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First responders healthcare, Tesla's autopilot update, the transgender program that started in Mid City
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Sep 12, 2016
First responders healthcare, Tesla's autopilot update, the transgender program that started in Mid City

Health care for 9/11 responders, Tesla's software update for its self-driving vehicles, a new collaboration between trans activists and the California Restaurant Association.

HAWTHORNE  CA - OCTOBER 09: Tesla owners take a ride in the new Tesla "D" model electric sedan after Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, unveiled the dual engine chassis of the new Tesla 'D' model, a faster and all-wheel-drive version of the Model S electric sedan, at the Hawthorne Airport October 09, 2014 in Hawthorne, California. The D will be able to accelerate to 60 miles per hour in just over 3 seconds. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
HAWTHORNE CA - OCTOBER 09: Tesla owners take a ride in the new Tesla "D" model electric sedan after Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, unveiled the dual engine chassis of the new Tesla 'D' model, a faster and all-wheel-drive version of the Model S electric sedan, at the Hawthorne Airport October 09, 2014 in Hawthorne, California. The D will be able to accelerate to 60 miles per hour in just over 3 seconds. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)
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Health care for 9/11 responders, Tesla's software update for its self-driving vehicles, a new collaboration between trans activists and the California Restaurant Association.

Listen 8:02
For a look back at how health issues have affected presidential campaigns, Take Two spoke to Julian Zelizer, professor of history at Princeton University.
Listen 8:23
"Trans people are in the workplace and they could be the person in the next cubicle. Being respectful of other people is a basic thing that people expect at work."
Listen 4:51
The project will place trans job seekers into entry-level positions at restaurants throughout the state, in collaboration with the California Restaurant Association.
Listen 7:31
Last week some prisoners in California and across the U.S. announced a strike over poor wages for the work done in prison.
Listen 6:06
Autopilot 8.0 will reduce the accident rate in Tesla vehicles by more than half, says CEO Elon Musk
Listen 11:12
The mostly female workforce on Northern California's remote marijuana farms have been left vulnerable to sex abuse and trafficking.
Listen 8:16
Bon Appetit is finding themselves in some hot water after releasing a video titled "PSA: This is how you should be eating Pho" featuring a non-Vietnamese chef.