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Nurses demand that State Department vouch for safety of XL pipeline
March 13, 2014The NNU believes the State Department has done an indequate review of what appears to be serious risks for public health posed by the pipeline.
Read moreDisabled workers paid sub-minimum wages in sheltered workshops
March 12, 2014People with intellectual or physical disabilities are often working in "sheltered workshops" across this nation for sub-minimum wage.
Read moreAnimals: Thinking, feeling, and emotional individuals
March 12, 2014"I cannot see an animals' expression - eyes, behavior, purring, etc. - and convince myself that it's anything other than a thinking, feeling, emotional individual."
Read moreScientists warn California could experience megadrought
March 11, 2014Although the storm system that brought precipitation to LA is going to help combat the drought in the short-term, weather officials don't believe it will have a lasting effect. The drought is a product of climate...
Read moreToday in women’s history: Physician Sarah Dolley born
March 11, 2014She was supportive of women's rights, and instrumental in the formation of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union in 1893.
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