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Texas oil spill worsens as it travels down coast

March 28, 2014 By Blake Skylar

Strong winds have worsened matters, causing the oil to spread across a wider distance. This spill not only threatens birds and other large animals in the bay, but also seafood species like shrimp, blue crab and...

College athletes can unionize, NLRB says

March 27, 2014 By Associated Press

A federal agency said Wednesday that football players at Northwestern University can create the nation's first union of college athletes.

Outpouring in Missouri Capital demands end to attacks on labor

March 27, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

"Today we are united, side by side; we have to stick together, because if we lose, everyone who works for a living will pay the price."

FedEx loses another driver misclassification case, in Maine

March 27, 2014 By PAI

A federal judge in Portland approved a settlement saying FedEx Ground misclassified 141 drivers. The drivers will net $3.9 million in back pay and damages.

Racial discrimination leads to increased deaths of black women from breast cancer

March 27, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Although breast cancer survival rates increased overall between 1990 and 2010, white women benefited far more than did black women.