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Air Conditioning and Public Health

Massachusetts residents are used to cold winters. But their summer this year has been sweltering. Record-high temperatures have health experts concerned over a lack of air conditioning in many low-income communities. A push to make cool air a public health priority -- and a debate over who should provide it.see more
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Air Conditioning and Public Health

Massachusetts residents are used to cold winters. But their summer this year has been sweltering. Record-high temperatures have health experts concerned over a lack of air conditioning in many low-income communities. A push to make cool air a public health priority -- and a debate over who should provide it.see more
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The Jobs Report, Minimum Wage and the Economy

Michael Krasny
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We discuss the latest monthly jobs report, President Obama's recent speech about the economic inequality in America and the fast food workers striking nationwide to demand a higher minimum wage.

Guests:

Steven Greenhouse, labor and workplace correspondent for The New York Times and author of "The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker"

Michael Strain, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute specializing in labor economics and the U.S. economy

Sylvia Allegretto, labor economist at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at UC Berkeley

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