Monday, April 11, 2016

April 11 News Digest

Schools Nationwide Still Grapple With Lead in Water *
Drilling Is Making Oklahoma as Quake Prone as California
Exxon Mobil Climate Change Inquiry in New York Gains Allies *
Technology to Make Clean Energy From Coal Is Stumbling in Practice *
Deafening Atlantic oil prospecting to go ahead despite threat to marine life
Global Warming Linked to Public Health Risks, White House Says *
Lawmakers urged to keep passenger rail on track
Eco-friendly Portland baffled to discover an artisanal industry is polluting its air
Let's use Tata Steel to build the UK's wind turbines and green economy


Photo: Mark Ugolini / Socialist Action
Day of Action for Chicago teachers

Remembering – and forgetting — Upper Big Branch
Donald Blankenship Sentenced to a Year in Prison in Mine Safety Case *

March 31: a new step towards a general mobilization against the labour law
Nationwide fast food strike set for Thursday
Here's what business and labor think about the proposed minimum wage hike
Austerity Gathers Pace in Volatile South Africa
Fidel Castro Criticizes Barack Obama’s Efforts to Change Cuba
Revealed: how Associated Press cooperated with the Nazis
World figures deny wrongdoing as 'Panama Papers' turn spotlight on
Missouri senate moves to hold Planned Parenthood president in contempt
What are the Panama Papers? A guide to history's biggest data leak
David Cameron must come clean on tax, says Jeremy Corbyn
LivingCenter workers join union
Canada: Leap Manifesto unites broad forces, builds climate justice campaigns
Ivanka Trump’s Chinese-Made Scarves Are Recalled *
Junior doctors' strike continues as ministers urged to resume talks
Dutch referendum voters overwhelmingly reject closer EU links to Ukraine    
Big Labor Crafts Law Paying Their Members Less Than Non-union Workers
Untold Stories series focuses on 'Worker Rights and Wrongs'
Wisconsin caregivers ratify union contract
The Rich Live Longer Everywhere. For the Poor, Geography Matters *


Stories from the New York Times will be followed with a *. The Times pay wall policy allows free access to only about ten articles a month.

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