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Unions-California

NPR

Published August 11, 2002 at 12:00 AM EDT

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports on the impact of the immigrant community on the labor movement in California, the state with the largest immigrant population in the country.

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First Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after desegregation dies

Cheryl W. Thompson

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.
Trump cabinet nominees face hearings. And, coping with Dry January's social pressure

Brittney Melton

Six of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominees face confirmation hearings today. Here's whom to watch. And, how to cope with social pressure during Dry January.
On Apache lands, progress in a long war against ticks and the disease they spread

Pien Huang

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, the deadliest tick-borne disease in the U.S., is a big problem on tribal lands in the Southwest. A community-led response on Apache lands in Arizona is helping save lives.

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