Monthly Archives: August 2022

2022-08-27: News Headlines

Zoe Weil, Ayo Magwood (2022-08-27). 5 Ways to Teach About Structural Racism in Polarized Times. commondreams.org Use a solutionary approach to turn controversy into learning and action.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-27). Science Saturday: Mayo innovation, research at forefront of World War II victory. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A photograph taken from the air of "G-Whiz," the Mayo Clinic Dauntless Dive Bomber plane used for testing the G-suit and other innovations. If you watched "Top Gun: Maverick" this summer, you saw a fictional portrayal of how fighter pilots can perform incredible aerial maneuvers at high G-forces, or the force of gravity. Here's the story about the role Mayo Clinic had in enabling pilots to reach those heights and possibly win a war. In…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-27). National Institutes of Health renews Mayo Clinic's $48 million Clinical and Translational Science Award. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic announced today that its Center for Clinical and Translational Science has successfully renewed funding for its research grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences for five more years. The funding award, totaling $48.2 million, is one of Mayo's largest NIH grants, supporting research and education across the institution at that aims to accelerate innovation to improve patient care and health for all people. "We…

WSWS (2022-08-27). Contra Costa County Educators move towards a potential strike over pay and class sizes. wsws.org Potential strike of 90 teachers, who educate students with mental and physical disabilities, after working in unsafe conditions for months.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: Helping your child with back-to-school anxiety. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Most kids are eager for the last day of school and the start of summer vacation. But this time of year, there are many students who might not look forward to returning to the classroom, in part because of separation anxiety. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/C_wvC0NAgy8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. By the time the first…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: The 3 best ways to keep kids healthy when heading back to school. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Making sure kids are prepared to head back to school means more than just getting them the school supplies they need. Caregivers also will want to make sure their students are on track to have a healthy school year and help them avoid many viral illnesses that tend to circulate when young people gather in classrooms and day care facilities.In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a pediatric infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic's Children's…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-27). Mayo Clinic expert provides tips for reducing dementia risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — More than 55 million people worldwide are believed to be living with dementia, according to the World Health Organization. Ronald Petersen, M.D., a neurologist and director of Mayo Clinic's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, says you can't prevent dementia, but you can reduce your risk. Dementia is not one disease, but instead a term for a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. Dr. Ronald Petersen…

India Walton, Sam Rosenthal (2022-08-27). We Can Do So Much More on Student Loan Forgiveness. indybay.org Education should be free…

ICSS (2022-08-27). Sunday 8/28: LEPAIO: Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO International Operations. indybay.org ZOOM LINK | GOOD FOR SUNDAY, August 28, 2022 | Join Zoom Meeting | us02web.zoom.us/j/81133350622?pwd=dUUyUW… | Meeting ID: 811 3335 0622 | Passcode: ICSS2717rs | One tap mobile | +16694449171,,81133350622#,,,,*5892135124# US | +16699006833,,81133350622#,,,,*5892135124# US (San Jose) | Dial by your location | +1 669 444 9171 US | +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) | +1 719 359 4580 US | +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) | +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) | +1 646 931 3860 US | +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) | +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) | +1 309 205 3325 US | +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)…

____ (2022-08-27). Top 100 Chinese brands reach 1.24 trln USD in overall value in 2022: report. ecns.cn The total value of the top 100 Chinese brands surpassed the 1-trillion-U.S. dollar threshold for the second consecutive year and reached 1.24 trillion dollars in 2022, according to a report released by the international market research firm, Kantar, on Thursday.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-27). Religious practices, spirituality associated with higher levels of heart health among African Americans. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A research study of African Americans with cardiovascular disease suggests religious practices and spirituality may contribute to heart health. The study's authors assert that recognizing the importance of religious practices and spirituality in the lives and health of African Americans may be key to improving patient care and reducing heart health disparities in African American communities. African Americans are disproportionately affected by cardiovascular disease, compared to the general population. Those differences are…

____ (2022-08-27). HKUST scientists identify key blood protein for simpler treatment for Alzheimer's disease. ecns.cn The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) on Thursday announced the identification of a blood protein vital in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), paving the way for a simpler treatment of the neurodegenerative illness.

WSWS (2022-08-27). Severance: Employees undergo surgery to separate work and home life. wsws.org Employees at a mysterious technology and pharmaceutical corporation have their memories severed to divide their work and personal lives in this science-fiction meets dark-comedy thriller.

CIIS Public Programs (2022-08-27). Friday 9/16: On the Present and Future of Integral Education at CIIS and Beyond. indybay.org California Institute of Integral Studies | 1453 Mission St. | San Francisco, CA 94103…

WSWS (2022-08-27). Kent School District teachers strike for pay rise, smaller class sizes. wsws.org Teachers at Kent Public Schools have launched a strike with overwhelming public support to struggle against inadequate wages, unmanageable class sizes, worsening school and living conditions, and the mass spread of COVID-19.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-27). Mayo Clinic study shows AI may improve prediction of colorectal cancer recurrence. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org PHOENIX — In a multinational study led by a Mayo Clinic research team using artificial intelligence (AI), investigators developed an algorithm to improve the prediction of colorectal cancer recurrence. Study results are published in Gastroenterology. Excluding skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. Rish Pai, M.D., Ph.D., a pathologist at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and senior author, developed QuantCRC, a deep-learning segmentation…

Peter Koenig (2022-08-26). Ukraine Independence Day: Is Ukraine Killing Her Own People? "False Flags" — Russia Is the Culprit. globalresearch.ca

Infobrics (2022-08-26). China-Russia Science Cooperation Deepens. infobrics.org Scientific and engineering communities in China and Russia will enhance academic exchanges, training and the facilitation of scientific and technological innovation…

Barak Ravid (2022-08-26). U.S. Warns Palestinians Against Bid for Full UN Membership. globalresearch.ca

Philip Giraldi (2022-08-26). Video: Ukraine-Russia War, Assassination of Darya Dugina, Judge Andrew Napolitano with Philip Giraldi. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2022-08-26). Boris Johnson Urged against Negotiations with Russia in Last Surprise Visit to Ukraine as PM. Pledged New Weapons Package. globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2022-08-26). Sanctions Against Russia Damage Western Business. globalresearch.ca

Ann Brown (2022-08-26). Do You Qualify For $10,000-$20,000 Federal College Debt Cancellation? The Official Black American Guide. moguldom.com On Aug. 24, President Joe Biden announced his long-awaited plan to cancel billions of dollars in college student loan debt, a campaign promise that many said took too long to be fulfilled. Under the plan, the government will cancel up to $10,000 in student loan debt for borrowers making less than $125,000 a year, or …

The Global Research Team (2022-08-26). "The Worldwide Corona Crisis, Global Coup d'Etat Against Humanity" by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca My objective is to inform people worldwide and refute the official narrative which has been used as a justification to destabilize the economic and social fabric of entire countries, followed by the imposition of the "deadly" COVID-19 "vaccine". This crisis affects humanity in its entirety: almost 8 billion people.

Isabella (2022-08-26). You Can't Fix the Economy by Hurting People. inequality.org

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-26). 2 Former Obama Administration Economists Warn Biden's College Debt Cancellation Is Inflationary. moguldom.com Economists who have worked inside the government and out disagree on the effect President Joe Biden's student loan debt forgiveness plan will have on the economy, and whether or not it will exert an inflationary pull on already overheated consumer prices. The plan will forgive $10,000 to $20,000 of federal student loan debt for borrowers …

WSWS (2022-08-26). Union representing 55,000 Ontario, Canada education support workers delays strike vote, as Ford government unveils wage-cutting plan. wsws.org The government's proposed four-year deal is a declaration of war on the working class. The below-inflation pay offer sets the stage for an intensification of the assault on public education and an escalation of attacks on the living standards of all workers.

WSWS (2022-08-26). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org Bangladesh: 1 ,000 tea garden workers remain on strike; India: Police attack protesting power workers in Telangana; Sri Lankan government printing workers demand wage rise; Australia: Northern Territory public teachers strike; New Zealand packaging manufacture workers strike for higher pay…

Kate Nicholson (2022-08-26). Nuclear War is on the Table: Front Runner to Become Leader of Conservative Party, Liz Truss Says She's 'Ready' to Press The Nuclear Button. "Im Ready to Do It" globalresearch.ca

Eric Zuesse (2022-08-26). US Pressures Japan to Cancel Constitution's Peace-Clause. China and Japan Must Thus Finally Agree Now, to Avoid a War. globalresearch.ca

Will Porter (2022-08-26). British PM Hopeful Says She's 'Ready' to Launch Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca

Rebekah (2022-08-26). Want More Teachers? Start Valuing Education. inequality.org

Ahmed Adel (2022-08-26). US Pressures India to Imitate Europe's "Self-sabotaging Energy Policy" globalresearch.ca

Tim Shorrock (2022-08-26). South Korea, "This Land is Not a U.S. Base": US Media Ignores Major Anti-US Military Protest in Seoul. globalresearch.ca

David Swanson (2022-08-26). Every Single Member of Congress Is Willing to Let Yemeni Children Die. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2022-08-26). CDC Backtracks on "COVID Guidance" as Damning Studies Mount. Covid Shots are Causing Depopulation? globalresearch.ca

Prof. Mel Gurtov (2022-08-26). The Nancy Pelosi Conundrum: Another Missed Opportunity in US-China Relations. globalresearch.ca

Imran Danish (2022-08-26). Islamic Emirate Says the Reported Killing of Zawahiri Is 'Allegation'. globalresearch.ca

Yogendra Yadav (2022-08-26). India's Mood of the Nation Survey Has Three Messages for Modi Government, Opposition—Economy, Economy, Economy. globalresearch.ca

Thomas J. Britt (2022-08-26). COVID-19 Mortality: Life Insurance Survey Report. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Patrick Moore (2022-08-26). Video: The "Suicide Pact" and Climate Change Narrative. Dr. Patrick Moore Interviewed by Dr. Reiner Fuellmich. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Sam Ben-Meir (2022-08-26). Culture and the Arts: "Philip Guston Now" at Boston's Museum of Fine Art. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-08-26). Erdogan Repairs Syria Ties with Eye on Eurasianism. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2022-08-26). Alan Robock: The Terrifying Research Nuclear Powers Don't Want You to See. scheerpost.com "LIFE IS OVER!" [Illustration by Mr. Fish] | Click to subscribe on: Humanity is, according to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, "just one mi…

Ana Perdigón (2022-08-26). Venezuela Makes Revolutionary Advances in Stem Cell Treatments. orinocotribune.com At a press conference on Wednesday, August 24, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, highlighted the progress that Venezuela has made in the development of stem cell treatments. | During a day dedicated to innovation and research for healthy living and sovereignty, Maduro guaranteed the Venezuelan government's support for the stem cell the…

_____ (2022-08-26). Foundational Fairytales And The Lies They Tell On Books, Children And Truth. popularresistance.org There used to be a time in occupied America when only whites were allowed to write, read, and publish books. In fact, when Europeans started occupying the continent in 1492, one of the first things they did was burn the thousands of existing books Indigenous people had written in an attempt to destroy peoples' existing relationship with books and their contained knowledges. According to those initial colonizers, destroying the written ensured we lost access to writing, to our ways of thinking, and to centuries-old acquired knowledges on mathematics, medicine, astronomy, maps, history, plant science, poetry, liter…

Ryan Black (2022-08-26). One Way Out Of The White House Political Box On Student Debt. progressivehub.net DAVID DAYEN | THE AMERICAN PROSPECT…

Dana Sanchez (2022-08-26). Biden Government Pulls 'This You?' On MAGA, Exposes Millions Of Forgiven PPP Loans Distributed To Members Of Congress. moguldom.com After conservative critics called President Joe Biden "unfair" for canceling student debt with a policy that will forgive up to $20,000 in loans per borrower, the White House responded by exposing millions of dollars in forgiven covid relief loans given to members of Congress. Frequent Biden critic Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) criticized President Joe …

Dean Baker (2022-08-26). How Biden Got It Just Right on Student Loan Forgiveness. cepr.net The Biden administration's debt forgiveness plan is not perfect, but it is a big step that will help tens of millions of people. That's pretty good for government work.

Speaking Up (2022-08-26). Students Affected by Abortion Restrictions Are Acting. indybay.org Peninsula Youth Activists in San Mateo on August 20…

Anonymous669 (2022-08-26). Israel's Last Attack On Syria Caused Heavy Civilian, Military Losses (Videos). southfront.org An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli airforce pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel December 29, 2016.. (photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN) | The August 25 large-scale Israeli aerial attack on western Syria have reportedly resulted in some heavy civilian and military losses. | The main targets of the attack were a key complex of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) located to the northeast of Masyaf in…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-08-26). NYC Teachers battle Mayor Adams over school budget cuts. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK —With the Big Apple's schools preparing to open on September 8, the nation's biggest teachers local—the United Federation of Teachers—and school bosses, specifically New York City Mayor Eric Adams, are at loggerheads over Adams' budget cuts from city schools, which educate more kids than any other district in the continental U.S. And, adds …

WSWS (2022-08-26). Biden announces limited student debt relief. wsws.org For most students, $10,000 of loan debt would be forgiven, eliminating less than a third of the total.

Staff (2022-08-26). China's carbon emissions soar to record high. aninews.in Beijing [China], May 22 (ANI): While the world is battling COVID-19 pandemic, China's carbon emissions has reached a new record high with a growth of 14.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 as compared to the previous year, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

Brett Wilkins (2022-08-26). Ted Cruz Worries Working Class Might 'Get Off the Bong' and Vote After Student Debt Relief. commondreams.org "Republicans revealing what they REALLY think about the working class," said one progressive commentator.

Michael Jansen (2022-08-26). A Decades Old Israeli Campaign to Disrupt Palestinian Unity. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-08-26). Boston teachers must reject the tentative agreement reached by the teachers union. wsws.org The tentative agreement presented by the BTU to Boston teachers denies the existence and danger of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic for teachers, students and their families and provides a paltry wage increase.

Staff (2022-08-26). 'Educational justice' priority for Iranian government. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) — Iranian students must have the opportunity to flourish their talents, the Iranian President said, adding that the government considers educational justice as the main infrastructure of the country's balanced development.

Global Research News (2022-08-26). Selected Articles: The Energy Crisis: A Cold Winter Ahead for Europe and Syria. globalresearch.ca By While the world has sympathy for the plight of Europeans facing a cold winter because of their energy crisis, Syrians have been …

WSWS (2022-08-26). The CDC minimizes the danger of monkeypox among children as students begin returning to school. wsws.org The CDC's cursory guidance posted as answers to Frequently Asked Questions only downplays and minimizes the concerns working families have about the safety of schools for their children.

WSWS (2022-08-26). A disaster in the making: Back to school in Detroit, Michigan. wsws.org Detroit dropped its mask and weekly testing mandate, making it optional last July 1 while class sizes are returning to pre-COVID levels with no social distancing. Teachers have reported that there is a greater emphasis on putting students in groups and to focus on attendance, testing and enrollment.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-08-26). Pandemic resulted in more worker militancy among other workplace changes. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The coronavirus pandemic, which isn't over yet, has wreaked massive changes on the world of work. At the height of the coronavirus-caused closures in June 2020, 31.3% of U.S. workers teleworked from home, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, through its American Community Survey, reported. That totaled 44.64 million workers, including 41% of working women in …

Manlio Dinucci (2022-08-26). Daria Platonova: Chi e perché l'ha assassinata. globalresearch.ca Quale sia la catena di comando che ha pianificato e attuato l'attentato contro Dughin e sua figlia Daria, lo rivela indirettamente il giornale statunitense Los Angeles Times: "Dal 2015 la CIA addestra gli agenti dei servizi segreti ucraini in una …

_____ (2022-08-25). ROTC Redux: A Bete Noire Of The Anti-War Movement Is In The News. popularresistance.org Fifty years ago, no symbol of university complicity with the military angered more students than the on-campus presence of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). The manpower requirements of the Vietnam era could not be met by conscription, draft-driven enlistments, and the graduating classes of military service academies alone. The Department of Defense also needed commissioned officers trained in DOD-funded Military Science Departments at private and state universities. | Anti-ROTC campaigning became a major focus of the campus-based movement against the Vietnam War. Critics demanded everything from strip…

_____ (2022-08-25). First Columbus Teachers Strike In Almost 50 Years. popularresistance.org At 7 o'clock Monday morning, teachers and education workers of the Columbus Education Association union in Ohio went on strike, marking the first time teachers have gone on strike in the city since 1975. Columbus City Schools is the largest school district in the state of Ohio and the school year was originally scheduled to begin today. | The 4,500-member union — representing teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors, psychologists and other education professionals — met for more than three hours to vote on Sunday. Over 94 percent of members voted to reject the Columbus City school board's latest "fina…

_____ (2022-08-25). Reality Is Not What It Seems And That Might Just Save the Climate. popularresistance.org Anti-science rhetoric and special interests have pushed us to the edge of climate chaos. But just as quantum physics disrupted our view of matter and energy, quantum social change disrupts our beliefs about what's possible, how fast, and by whom. | As the world gasped in wonder at the first images of our infant universe from the James Webb Space Telescope last month, we were reminded that human beings are still capable of acts that elevate us all and advance our collective potential. | "[When] my grandchildren … look up at a star, point to it and say 'there's life!' — that's going to be a moment more prof…

_____ (2022-08-25). Cancel All The Student Debt Now. popularresistance.org President Biden announced today that his administration was taking two actions with regards to the student debt crisis affecting tens of millions of people in the United States. The administration pushed back the deadline for the resumption of student loan payments until the end of the year, and up to $10,000 of student debt will be forgiven for those making less than $125,000 a year (or $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients). | The cancellation of student debt — which now totals over $1.7 trillion — has been a longstanding demand of the mass movements of the past decade. The popularity of this demand and…

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2022-08-26: News Headlines

Infobrics (2022-08-26). China-Russia Science Cooperation Deepens. infobrics.org Scientific and engineering communities in China and Russia will enhance academic exchanges, training and the facilitation of scientific and technological innovation…

Barak Ravid (2022-08-26). U.S. Warns Palestinians Against Bid for Full UN Membership. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-08-26). Union representing 55,000 Ontario, Canada education support workers delays strike vote, as Ford government unveils wage-cutting plan. wsws.org The government's proposed four-year deal is a declaration of war on the working class. The below-inflation pay offer sets the stage for an intensification of the assault on public education and an escalation of attacks on the living standards of all workers.

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-26). Mayo Clinic Minute: Helping your child with back-to-school anxiety. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Most kids are eager for the last day of school and the start of summer vacation. But this time of year, there are many students who might not look forward to returning to the classroom, in part because of separation anxiety. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/C_wvC0NAgy8 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News Network." Read the script. By the time the first…

Newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-08-26). Science Saturday: Mayo innovation, research at forefront of World War II victory. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org A photograph taken from the air of "G-Whiz," the Mayo Clinic Dauntless Dive Bomber plane used for testing the G-suit and other innovations. If you watched "Top Gun: Maverick" this summer, you saw a fictional portrayal of how fighter pilots can perform incredible aerial maneuvers at high G-forces, or the force of gravity. Here's the story about the role Mayo Clinic had in enabling pilots to reach those heights and possibly win a war. In…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-08-26). Erdogan Repairs Syria Ties with Eye on Eurasianism. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2022-08-26). Alan Robock: The Terrifying Research Nuclear Powers Don't Want You to See. scheerpost.com "LIFE IS OVER!" [Illustration by Mr. Fish] | Click to subscribe on: Humanity is, according to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, "just one mi…

Ryan Black (2022-08-26). One Way Out Of The White House Political Box On Student Debt. progressivehub.net DAVID DAYEN | THE AMERICAN PROSPECT…

Michael Jansen (2022-08-26). A Decades Old Israeli Campaign to Disrupt Palestinian Unity. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-08-26). A disaster in the making: Back to school in Detroit, Michigan. wsws.org Detroit dropped its mask and weekly testing mandate, making it optional last July 1 while class sizes are returning to pre-COVID levels with no social distancing. Teachers have reported that there is a greater emphasis on putting students in groups and to focus on attendance, testing and enrollment.

WSWS (2022-08-26). Biden announces limited student debt relief. wsws.org For most students, $10,000 of loan debt would be forgiven, eliminating less than a third of the total.

India Walton, Sam Rosenthal (2022-08-26). We Can Do So Much More on Student Loan Forgiveness. indybay.org Education should be free…

WSWS (2022-08-26). The CDC minimizes the danger of monkeypox among children as students begin returning to school. wsws.org The CDC's cursory guidance posted as answers to Frequently Asked Questions only downplays and minimizes the concerns working families have about the safety of schools for their children.

WSWS (2022-08-26). Columbus Education Association shuts down three-day strike after reaching "conceptual agreement" wsws.org The CEA abruptly called off the picketing, failing to even solidify a tentative agreement, only a "conceptual" agreement. In other words, no actual agreement in fact exists.

____ (2022-08-26). Top 100 Chinese brands reach 1.24 trln USD in overall value in 2022: report. ecns.cn The total value of the top 100 Chinese brands surpassed the 1-trillion-U.S. dollar threshold for the second consecutive year and reached 1.24 trillion dollars in 2022, according to a report released by the international market research firm, Kantar, on Thursday.

Hrw.org (2022-08-26). Israel's All-Out Assault on Rights Defenders. hrw.org Palestinian Groups Raided, Closed; Researcher for Israeli Group Detained. #StandWithThe6…

Speaking Up (2022-08-26). Students Affected by Abortion Restrictions Are Acting. indybay.org Peninsula Youth Activists in San Mateo on August 20…

WSWS (2022-08-26). Boston teachers must reject the tentative agreement reached by the teachers union. wsws.org The tentative agreement presented by the BTU to Boston teachers denies the existence and danger of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic for teachers, students and their families and provides a paltry wage increase.

CIIS Public Programs (2022-08-26). Friday 9/16: On the Present and Future of Integral Education at CIIS and Beyond. indybay.org California Institute of Integral Studies | 1453 Mission St. | San Francisco, CA 94103…

Stephen W Enciso (2022-08-26). NT Chief Minister downplays Don Dale self-harm statistics. greenleft.org.au The NT government is committed to keep incarcerating children in Don Dale Youth Detention Centre until at least "late 2023", reports Stephen W Enciso.

Staff (2022-08-26). China's carbon emissions soar to record high. aninews.in Beijing [China], May 22 (ANI): While the world is battling COVID-19 pandemic, China's carbon emissions has reached a new record high with a growth of 14.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2021 as compared to the previous year, according to a report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

____ (2022-08-26). HKUST scientists identify key blood protein for simpler treatment for Alzheimer's disease. ecns.cn The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) on Thursday announced the identification of a blood protein vital in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD), paving the way for a simpler treatment of the neurodegenerative illness.

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2022-08-25). Africa is Not For Sale: Sixteen SADC African Nations Reject "Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act" (H.R. 7311). globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2022-08-25). Selected Articles: US Secretary of State Blinken Returns Empty Handed from Africa Tour. globalresearch.ca By This tour came amid an escalation of tensions between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China in regard to their …

Dr. Suzanne Burdick (2022-08-25). Promising a 'Full-Throated Investigation' of Fauci, Senators Demand NIH, HHS Preserve All Related Documents, Communications. globalresearch.ca

The Global Research Team (2022-08-25). New PDF Ebook: "The Worldwide Corona Crisis, Global Coup d'Etat Against Humanity" by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca My objective is to inform people worldwide and refute the official narrative which has been used as a justification to destabilize the economic and social fabric of entire countries, followed by the imposition of the "deadly" COVID-19 "vaccine". This crisis affects humanity in its entirety: almost 8 billion people.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-08-25). "Economic Warfare" Directed against China? The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate" globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people, requiring the imposition of PCR tests, using the QR code as a means of social control.

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2022-08-25). FBI Investigates Millions of Americans Without Warrants. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-08-25). ROTC Redux: A Bete Noire Of The Anti-War Movement Is In The News. popularresistance.org Fifty years ago, no symbol of university complicity with the military angered more students than the on-campus presence of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). The manpower requirements of the Vietnam era could not be met by conscription, draft-driven enlistments, and the graduating classes of military service academies alone. The Department of Defense also needed commissioned officers trained in DOD-funded Military Science Departments at private and state universities. | Anti-ROTC campaigning became a major focus of the campus-based movement against the Vietnam War. Critics demanded everything from strip…

John Bachtell (2022-08-25). Biden order hailed as step toward total student loan debt cancellation. peoplesworld.org Over 43 million people will have some or all of their crippling student debt canceled, including 20 million entirely, under a historic executive order issued by Pres. Joe Biden. The student debt crisis has ballooned into a $1.75 trillion impossible burden for 45 million people and their families. Activists who have organized for cancelation for …

Brett Wilkins (2022-08-25). Heatwaves Rated 'Extremely Dangerous' Could Triple This Century, Warns New Climate Study. commondreams.org "Something that's gone from virtually never happening before," said one Harvard researcher, "will go to something that is happening every year."

Sarah Anderson, Brian Wakamo (2022-08-25). Biden's Student Debt Plan Is an Important Step Towards Narrowing the Racial Wealth Divide. commondreams.org Black students have had to take out larger loans and faced greater difficulty paying them back than other borrowers.

Sarah Anderson (2022-08-25). Biden's Debt Cancellation Plan Is a Step Forward on the Racial Wealth Divide. inequality.org

TeleSUR (2022-08-25). Bolivian Social Movements March in Support of President Arce. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Pact of Unity (PU) and the Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) called for a march to reject attempts at political destabilization and ratify their support for President Luis Arce and Vice President David Choquehuanca. | RELATED: | The march started from the El Alto City towards Saint Francis Square in downtown La Paz, where thousands of workers, farmers, and students gathered to affirm their will for eco…

_____ (2022-08-25). First Columbus Teachers Strike In Almost 50 Years. popularresistance.org At 7 o'clock Monday morning, teachers and education workers of the Columbus Education Association union in Ohio went on strike, marking the first time teachers have gone on strike in the city since 1975. Columbus City Schools is the largest school district in the state of Ohio and the school year was originally scheduled to begin today. | The 4,500-member union — representing teachers, librarians, nurses, counselors, psychologists and other education professionals — met for more than three hours to vote on Sunday. Over 94 percent of members voted to reject the Columbus City school board's latest "fina…

Eric Zuesse (2022-08-25). How US and Allied News-media Deceive the Public, to Believe What the Government Wants Them to Believe. globalresearch.ca

Steven Sahiounie (2022-08-25). The Energy Crisis: A Cold Winter Ahead for Europe and Syria. globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2022-08-25). Global Economic Depression: U.K. "Sharpest Economic Contraction" Since 1709. European Economies in Straightjacket. globalresearch.ca

Center For Biological Diversity (2022-08-25). Legal Agreement Requires U.S. to Re-Examine Harms to Whales From Pacific Offshore Oil Drilling. globalresearch.ca

Richard Gale (2022-08-25). America's Recipe for Systemic Disintegration. globalresearch.ca

Andrew Moran (2022-08-25). European Central Bank (ECB) Says Cash 'Not Fit' for Digital Economy, Dismisses CBDC Privacy Concerns. globalresearch.ca

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano (2022-08-25). On Government Invasions of Private Property. globalresearch.ca

Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin (2022-08-25). Woodstock '99: Feeling the Heat. globalresearch.ca

Abayomi Azikiwe (2022-08-25). The Legacy of Resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex. Nehanda Abiodun Enters the Struggle. globalresearch.ca

Helen Davidson (2022-08-25). China Drought Causes Yangtze to Dry Up, Sparking Shortage of Hydropower. globalresearch.ca

Al-Jazeera (2022-08-25). Europe Facing Its Worst Drought for 500 Years: Study. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-08-25). Reality Is Not What It Seems And That Might Just Save the Climate. popularresistance.org Anti-science rhetoric and special interests have pushed us to the edge of climate chaos. But just as quantum physics disrupted our view of matter and energy, quantum social change disrupts our beliefs about what's possible, how fast, and by whom. | As the world gasped in wonder at the first images of our infant universe from the James Webb Space Telescope last month, we were reminded that human beings are still capable of acts that elevate us all and advance our collective potential. | "[When] my grandchildren … look up at a star, point to it and say 'there's life!' — that's going to be a moment more prof…

_____ (2022-08-25). Cancel All The Student Debt Now. popularresistance.org President Biden announced today that his administration was taking two actions with regards to the student debt crisis affecting tens of millions of people in the United States. The administration pushed back the deadline for the resumption of student loan payments until the end of the year, and up to $10,000 of student debt will be forgiven for those making less than $125,000 a year (or $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients). | The cancellation of student debt — which now totals over $1.7 trillion — has been a longstanding demand of the mass movements of the past decade. The popularity of this demand and…

Editor (2022-08-25). Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Is a Drop in the Bucket. scheerpost.com A desperate statement spray-painted on a wall. [ By India Walton and Sam Rosenthal | As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden was hardly bullish on student debt cancellation. He was cajoled by progressives and his presidential primary opponents into adopting a more forceful student debt cancellation stance, one which ultimately helped win him the support of young voters. | Now, after a series of tepid moves, President Biden's grand statement in the student debt saga has arrived. To put it mildly, it's not very inspiring. Over t…

Rann Miller (2022-08-25). Opinion: Black Children Need Black Teachers Who Are Prepared To Stand In The Political Climate. moguldom.com One of the greatest decisions I ever made in life was to become an educator. Becoming that which I never had during my K-12 experiences—a Black male teacher—has provided me the greatest professional joy. It is because I have the pleasure to teach African people history in a way that is antithetical to how they …

WSWS (2022-08-25). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Airline pay strikes continue to sweep Europe in Spain, Romania, Germany, Portugal; civil servants, firefighters and teachers in one-day national walkout in Kosovo; rolling strikes by Dutch railway workers over conditions and cost of living begin; 2,700 teachers walk out in Norway over pay and staff shortage; waste and recycling workers' stoppages sweep Scotland as rubbish piles up in streets; Qatar government deports migrant workers after arresting them for protesting non-payment of wages; National one-day stoppage in South Africa against plunging living standards; | One striker shot dead and three hospitalised b…

India Walton, Sam Rosenthal (2022-08-25). Why $10,000 in Student Debt Relief Is Not Enough. commondreams.org Joe Biden, and Democrats in Congress, should cancel student debt, all of it. But even that is only the beginning of what must be done to make higher education accessible for all.

Listener (2022-08-25). KVHS 90.5FM Under Threat of Closure by MDUSD. indybay.org Concord's local radio station, KVHS 90.5FM (The Edge) is under treat of closure by the Mount Diablo Unified School District. This radio station is part of local history, having been established in 1964 by Clayton Valley High vice principal Bob Daugherty. A MDUSD staff report claims the station has no education value, and is too expensive to maintain. The station community, and local listeners want to keep their station – which is known as "the voice of the valley".

Ediz Tiyansan (2022-08-25). City leaders gather for World Water Week. america.cgtn.com City planners, researchers and activists from around the globe have gathered for World Water Week in Stockholm.

Suheir Sheikh (2022-08-25). U.S. midterms and the top voting issues. america.cgtn.com With fewer than three months until the U.S. midterm elections, the economy remains one of the key issues facing Democratic and Republican voters. That finding comes in a national survey released this week by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. In addition, researchers say that following the Supreme Court's …

____ (2022-08-25). China eases visa rules for international students. ecns.cn China has eased border entry restrictions for international students and business travelers starting on Wednesday as part of broader steps to facilitate greater cross-border travel and exchanges more than two years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-08-25). As teachers continue strike in Columbus, Ohio, UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman visits picket lines. wsws.org The Biden administration, concerned the walkout in Columbus could spark a wider movement of educators, has intervened with a federal mediator in an effort to crush the strike before teachers can win their demands.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2022-08-25). West Should End Its Support to Kiev to Escape Devastating Consequences — Military Expert Douglas Macgregor. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-08-25). Monkeypox cases double in the week since Los Angeles schools opened. wsws.org On the first day of the school year, ,000 LAUSD students failed to attend classes. A majority of parents and students are doubtless concerned about walking onto school sites which–for all intents and purposes–have been converted into human petri dishes.

Anonymous103 (2022-08-24). Iran Can Supply Europe With Energy If Sanctions Are Lifted But Cannot Fully Replace Russia. southfront.org An Iranian crude oil supertanker anchored off Singapore. IMAGE: REUTERSTrade routes make Iranian energy alternative an unfeasible option. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | As Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanani Chafi said, Tehran can partially make up for the shortfall in the world energy market caused by the crisis surrounding the conflict in Ukraine. The fuel-energy crisis concerns Europe first, especially with countries that have rejected Russian oil and…

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