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Airport workers, disability-rights advocates join in push for higher …

Airport workers, disability-rights advocates join in push for higher wages. June 16, 2014 by Union Advocate. Demonstrators block traffic outside Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, protesting low wages and poor conditions for workers …

Cast Away Stigma of Mental Illness – CNN iReport

Since the tragic mass shooting in California Friday night by a lone man wielding knives, guns and his vehicle to wreak death and mayhem on unsuspecting victims, discussion has turned to mental health and mental illness.

Podcast: Mental Illness and Parenting – ProPublica

When is a mere diagnosis of mental illness enough to sever a parent's ties to her child? And how much effort must child welfare officials legally exert before they do so? Seth Freed Wessler joins Assistant Managing Editor Eric …

Military Funds Brain-Computer Interfaces to Control Feelings

A $70 million program will try to develop brain implants able to regulate emotions in the mentally ill. … you have PTSD, let's do surgery,' ” says Dougherty. “It's going to be for people who don't respond to the other treatments.” …

Obama orders better mental health care for vets | Army Times

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