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Hospital Corporation of America National Leadership Council meets in Florida to prepare for next year's bargaining. November p. 10. San Bernardino County RNs go on strike. December p. 6. Minnesota RNs picket Cambridge Medical Center for fair con- tract. December p. 9. Washington Hospital Center nurses strike. December p. 10. Community Hospital Long Beach RNs win first contract. December p. 11. Tenet Health RNs ratify new contract. December p. 11. Providence Hospital nurses in DC win first contract. December p. 11. BOOK REVIEWS Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? A Memoir. July/August p. 20. The Death Class: A true story about life. July/August p. 20. Mindless: Why smarter machines are making dumber humans. July/August p. 21. Missing Microbes: How the overuse of antibiotics is fueling our modern plagues. July/August p. 22. Run, Don't Walk: The curious and chaotic life of a physical therapist inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center. July/August p. 23. Unnatural Selection: How we are changing life, gene by gene. July/August p. 24. We Band of Angels: The untold story of the American women trapped on Bataan. July/August p. 25. What the Apothecary Ordered: Questionable cures through the ages. July/August p. 25. This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. December p. 8. — [ E ] — ELECTIONS See Politics ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND JUSTICE Southern California RNs challenge Valero's bid to refine tar sands. January/February p. 10. Nurses say, "Don't pipeline my patients!" March p. 4. Lifesavers. As public health professionals, RNs are natural advo- cates and leaders for environmental justice. July/August p. 14. Nurses join in People's Climate March. September/October p. 5. This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate. December p. 8. NNU RN leaders join in people's climate summit in Peru. December p. 11. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COLUMN Human Health Hazard. 10 reasons to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline. January/February p. 11. R.N., the Man Who Saved a Million Lives. Celebrating Ralph Nader's uncompromising advocacy for working people and consumers. March p. 10. Insist on an RN. Our new campaign reminds everyone that nurses must be at the bedside when it matters most. April/May p. 13. Questioning the value of electronic health records. June p. 11. In It Together. Everybody knows Ebola is a global health emer- gency, except the for-profit U.S. healthcare industry. July/August p. 13. The Precautionary Principle. Corporate healthcare refuses to accept the concept of being better safe than sorry. September/October p. 11. Unstoppable Force. There is power in the voice and action of nurses. November p. 11. Picture This! In 2014, NNU members were constantly on the move. December p. 12. — [ H ] — HEALTHCARE REFORM Maine RNs lobby Legislature to expand Medicaid. January/February p. 10. Domino Effect. Single-payer advocates play a state-by-state strategy to win Medicare for All. March p. 12. Major conference reenergizes single-payer movement. July/August p. 11. HOSPITAL INDUSTRY NNU hospital charges report shows ever-growing price gouging. January/February p. 6. Trouble on the Horizon. Top five things RNs must know about where healthcare is heading. January/February p. 12. Monopoly Medicine. This past year, Community Health Systems has swiftly and quietly become the largest hospital chain in the United States. Learn why nurses are saying this corporation's vast influence and control over healthcare is very, very bad for patients and RNs. June p. 12. — [ I ] — INTERNATIONAL NURSING AND SOLIDARITY This is how we do it. Global Nurses United members celebrate Nurses Week with advocacy for the world's patients. April/May p. 16. Global nurses step up campaigns on healthcare, climate fight. September/October p. 19. Queensland Nurses' Union hosts Global Nurses United and G20 Nursing Conference in Australia. November p. 10. D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 4 W W W . N A T I O N A L N U R S E S U N I T E D . O R G N A T I O N A L N U R S E 21