(2023-04-06). NLRB OKs union vote at Ohio charter school complex. peoplesworld.org 
COLUMBUS, Ohio —The National Labor Relations Board's top regional official in Southern Ohio OK'd union authorization votes at the big KIPP charter school complex in Columbus. Regional Director Patricia Nachand ruled on April 3 for votes among one unit of 125 educators, social workers, intervention specialists, teacher fellows, and student life coordinators and the other …
(2023-04-06). Teachers across England overwhelmingly reject derisory pay offer. wsws.org Both the education unions and the government knew full well that educators would reject the pay offer and have used the "talks" to diffuse anger and opposition through political theatre and posturing, with the unions now calling for "fresh talks".
(2023-04-06). Inside the Prisoner-led Struggle to Win Education for All. scheerpost.com 
(2023-04-05). Xi stresses Party theoretic study drive to enhance cohesion and pool strengths. ecns.cn A meeting on the education campaign about the study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era was held on Monday in Beijing. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the meeting and made an important speech.
(2023-04-05). China plans to restructure disciplines, majors at universities. ecns.cn China will adjust the composition of about 20 percent of the disciplines and majors at its higher education institutions, replacing outdated disciplines with new ones that keep abreast with new technologies, emerging sectors and new business modes.
(2023-04-05). Student Debt Forgiveness Is a Win-Win for Our Country. inequality.org The Supreme Court is gearing up to weigh in on the ongoing student loan debt debate prompted by President Joe Biden's sweeping debt cancellation plan that would help over 35 million Americans. I spent over two decades paying off my federal student loans — and like a lot of people with educational debt, I paid $20,000 more …
(2023-04-06). Philippines Joins Washington's Containment Policy of China. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-06). Zelensky's Latest Trip to Poland Was Super Significant. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-06). Canada Must Condemn, Sanction Brutal Israeli Attack on Al-Aqsa Worshippers. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-06). Australia: Executive Donkeys and War Powers Reform. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-06). Possession Is Nine Tenths of Your Soul. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-06). Selected Articles: U.S. Gun Violence During the COVID Crisis: Teenage Deaths and Injuries Increased by 64.8%. globalresearch.ca 
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(2023-04-06). Philippines Joins Washington's Containment Policy of China. globalresearch.ca
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(2023-04-06). Australia: Executive Donkeys and War Powers Reform. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-06). Possession Is Nine Tenths of Your Soul. globalresearch.ca
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(2023-04-06). Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Running for President in 2024. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-06). GMO's Are Now Called Bioengineered in the USA: Why This Matters. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-06). Science Saturday: Igniting the interest of young cancer researchers. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The 2022 SPARK scholars gather for a photo before the Mayo Clinic SPARK Mini Science Fair on Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida. Back row: Sara Wasserman, Krish Relan, Nyla Searl, Manish Kota, William Li, Garrett Davidsen, Riya Kar, Ella McCarthy. Front row: Kristi Biswas, Ysabella Wijaya, Yangying Jiang, Katie Shapiro, Esinam Ekpeh, Nia Atcherson, Katherine Jones and Hazel Parent. Not pictured: Jessica Desgroseilliers. "My mother was diagnosed with stage 4 stomach cancer when I…
(2023-04-06). $41 million federal grant to help Mayo Clinic, collaborators advance multiethnic Alzheimer's research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Alzheimer's disease affects people of all ethnic groups. Armed with $41 million in new federal funding, Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues from 13 other institutions around the country are pursuing three multiethnic projects to identify targets for treatment. Alzheimer's disease robs victims of their memories and families of quality time with their loved ones. Deaths from Alzheimer's more than doubled from 2000 to 2019, and the number of people living with the…
(2023-04-06). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Treating colon cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A family member recently was diagnosed with colon cancer. After researching potential treatment options, I came across intraoperative radiation therapy. What is the difference between this and normal radiation? Is radiation a standard treatment option, or are there other approaches? ANSWER: Colon cancer is one of the most common malignancies in the U.S., with more than 100,000 new cases diagnosed each year. Over a lifetime, it is estimated that 1 in 23 men and…
(2023-04-06). Patients with multiple tumors in one breast may not need mastectomy, research finds. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients who have multiple tumors in one breast may be able to avoid a mastectomy if the tumors can be removed while leaving enough breast tissue, according to research led by the Alliance in Clinical Trials in Oncology and Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. Patients would receive breast-conserving therapy: a lumpectomy followed by whole-breast radiation therapy, rather than mastectomy. The study is published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Watch: Dr. Judy…
(2023-04-06). Regime Changed, System Remains in Place in Montenegro. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-06). Taiwan Leader Set to Meet US House Speaker Despite China Warning. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2023-04-06). Chinese scientists develop e-skin to give robots sense of touch. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have developed a new type of electronic skin (e-skin), enabling robots to navigate their surroundings through touch in the dark when visibility is limited.
(2023-04-06). Chinese scientists discover key genes for lodging resistance in maize. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have recently discovered key genes in maize to improve its root lodging resistance, offering new hope for increasing planting density and crop yield.
(2023-04-06). Insights丨Malaysian researcher: China's modernization a good lesson to other countries. ecns.cn
(2023-04-06). Insights丨Malaysian researcher: China indispensable in regional and global economic revitalization. ecns.cn
(2023-04-05). Detroit Activists Battle Bailiffs in Defense of the Tiny Home of Taura Brown. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). The Meeting Between Lula's Chief Foreign Policy Advisor & President Putin Was Very Important. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). Turkey's 2023 Election A Choice Between Eurasianism And Atlanticism. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageErdoƒüan blasts US Ambassador for meeting with opposition leader Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The Turkish President refuses to speak any further with the American ambassador to Ankara. The reason: a recent meeting between the diplomat and the leader of the Turkish opposition only a month and a half before the presidential election…
(2023-04-05). Urgent Threats to Peace for Humanity in the 21st Century. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). Twitter Thread Expertly Dissects Millennial/Gen Z Psychology. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). German Leftist Lawmaker Says U.S. Soldiers and Nukes Must Leave Her Country. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). US Announces $2.6 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). So the Russian Incursion in Ukraine Was "Unprovoked", Eh? globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). What Trump's Indictment Means. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). "The Big Powers are Worried". Iran's Military Technologies for Defense. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). Japan Ignoring Price Cap, Paying 16% More for Russian Oil. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). NATO Expansionism in Scandinavia Helps America, But Puts Finland in Line of Fire. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). China's Tibet discovers earliest cave tomb built 3,000 yrs ago. ecns.cn The cemetery site is indicative of diverse cultures and exchanges and connections between different areas in the hinterland of Tibet at that time, said Tashi Tsering, a researcher with the regional institute of cultural relics protection.
(2023-04-05). Tax policies to boost market confidence. ecns.cn Foreign enterprises are expected to expand funding into research and development in China as the country strengthens its support to innovation with long-term preferential tax policy arrangements, they said.
(2023-04-05). Selected Articles: Turning Tides: The US Congress and Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca 
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(2023-04-05). U.S. Gun Violence during the Covid Crisis: Teenage Deaths and Injuries Increased by 64.8%. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). China's Historical Destiny is to Stand With the Third World. libya360.wordpress.com Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research On 20 March 2023, China's President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin spent over four hours in private conversation. According to official statements after the meeting, the two leaders talked about the increasing economic and strategic partnership between China and Russia—including building the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline—and the Chinese peace initiative for…
(2023-04-05). 20 Years After Iraq: No Accountability and No Lessons Learned. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). The "Psychological War" Behind Ukrainian Frontlines. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). As China Embraces Russia, the Western Narrative Needs a Rethink. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). The Climate (CO2) Hoax and the Control Matrix. Mega-banks and Corporations. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). Science Saturday: Understanding the speed of brain communication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It often was thought that the speed of information transmitted among regions of the brain stabilized during early adolescence. A new study in Nature Neuroscience by Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues from the Netherlands found transmission speeds continue to increase into early adulthood. Because problems such as anxiety, depression and bipolar disorders can emerge in late adolescence and early adulthood, a better understanding of brain development may help clinicians offer therapies to treat these disorders. "A fundamental understanding…
(2023-04-05). Women in science: Q&A with Martha Grogan, M.D. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Martha Grogan March is Women's History Month and an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women in science and research. Women make up just 33% of the world's researchers, according to the United Nations. That's changing according to Felicity Enders, Ph.D., director of the Office of Research Equity, Inclusion and Diversity. As is their role in the field. Today, there are "more women not only entering the field but also moving into leadership," she says. Among them…
(2023-04-05). UN and Orthodox Prelates Condemn Zelensky's Moves to Evict Monks, Seize Churches in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-05). Vatican Renounces Euro-supremacist "Doctrine of Discovery" globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-06). China carries out successful rocket vertical landing at sea. ecns.cn China recently carried out a successful rocket vertical landing test at sea, with developers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) saying Thursday that the technology would lay the foundation for future applications including a recyclable near-space experiment platform as well as the development of space travel.
(2023-04-06). A social and medical examination of Long COVID as a "mass disabling event": Part 3. wsws.org This review will document what is known about the science and impacts of Long COVID, the lessons that should have been drawn from previous post-viral illnesses, and the refusal of world capitalism to address this massive and ongoing social catastrophe.
(2023-04-06). Projected collapse of crucial Antarctic current met with media silence. nationofchange.org Science doesn't guide U.S. corporate media, which were virtually silent on the landmark study.
(2023-04-05). A social and medical examination of Long COVID as a "mass disabling event": Part 2. wsws.org This review will document what is known about the science and impacts of Long COVID, the lessons that should have been drawn from previous post-viral illnesses and the refusal of world capitalism to address this massive and ongoing social catastrophe.
(2023-04-06). Jobs Day Preview: What to Expect in the March Report. cepr.net The monthly Employment Situation is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, April 7th at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time. The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the resulting contagion added a major element of uncertainty to an economy that already was not following any clear course. There were already widespread …
(2023-04-06). Comunicado: La clase obrera en Francia entierra a sus sepultureros. workers.org 
Los estudiantes se suman a la lucha para defender la jubilación. París, 7 de marzo. Por CNC en el Estado Español Comunicado de la Coordinadora de Núcleos Comunistas (CNC) en el Estado Español (España), publicado el 28 de marzo de 2023. Workers World publica este comunicado porque también podría aplicarse . . . |
(2023-04-06). Free HPV vaccines offered to students in Jiangsu. ecns.cn More than 240,000 female students in Jiangsu province will receive free HPV shots this year to prevent cervical cancers, the vast majority of which have been confirmed to be caused by human papillomavirus.
(2023-04-06). Harvard admits record number of Asian Americans. ecns.cn Harvard University has admitted a record number of Asian American students to its Class of 2027 as it faces allegations of bias against Asian students in its admissions process.
(2023-04-06). Ma Ying-jeou visits Fudan University in Shanghai. ecns.cn Ma Ying-jeou, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, led a group of Taiwan students to Fudan University in Shanghai on Thursday morning.
(2023-04-05). Tampa Bay SDS statement regarding USF trying to intimidate student activists with false charges. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Tampa Bay SDS. | On Tuesday, April 4th, one of our members, Lauren Pineiro, retroactively received student code of conduct violations relating to our protest on March 6th in which we were brutally attacked by University of South Florida police officers. This comes as two of our other members, who were previously charged, are having student code of conduct hearings. Pineiro is set to graduate at the end of this semester, with a major in Sociology and a minor in Women's and Gender Studies, but these conduct violations could put their degree in jeop…
(2023-04-05). Nashville students rally for gun control ahead of April 5 nationwide walkout. nationofchange.org One organizer said that if Tennessee lawmakers "actually cared about protecting kids" they would "address what kills kids every single day" instead of banning books and drag shows.
(2023-04-05). Bead obsession grows among Chinese students. ecns.cn A string of beads made of various materials has become a favorite toy among some elementary Chinese school students.
(2023-04-05). Despite government attacks: Workers, students in France stay strong. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel March 28, 2023 Since President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Élizabeth Borne rammed through the "reform" of France's pension system March 16 — an attack which will require workers to work longer to obtain a full pension — the class struggle has grown more intense. Women retirees on the front lines, March 2023. Millions of workers struck on March 23 to protest this new law, which extends their retirement age to 64 from 62. The law must still be reviewed by the Constitutional Council, which can reject or modify it. The new pension law provides fewer protections for workers who have ard…
(2023-04-05). Trans Day of Visibility Rally in San Jose. indybay.org March 31 is Trans Day of Visibility every year. This year the group "Queer Trans Youth Assemble" called for student walkouts and rallies nationwide. Dozens of locations across the US saw actions in solidarity. In San Jose, Silicon Valley Pride organized a rally with music, singalongs, speakers, and lots of youth power and creativity.
(2023-04-05). Tennessee Republicans Move to Expel 3 Democratic Lawmakers for Supporting Student-Led Gun Protests. democracynow.org 
As students across the United States today join a nationwide school walkout to demand lawmakers take action on gun control, we go to Tennessee, where Republicans are trying to expel three Democratic lawmakers for supporting student-led gun control protests at the state Capitol after last week's school shooting in Nashville. "We're demanding that lawmakers hear that we can't be ignored anymore," says Ezri Tyler, a student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and a national organizer for March for Our Lives. "This is authoritarianism," Tennessee state Representative Justin…
(2023-04-05). University of Michigan graduate student strike continues after judge denies injunction. wsws.org This denial of a preliminary injunction is by no means a victory for the striking graduate students, who should place no faith in the bourgeois legal system.
(2023-04-05). 'You're going to see more books get banned': Teachers describe Florida's war on public schools. therealnews.com 
(2023-04-05). Slinghot: Take The High Road. popularresistance.org When I ran for president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association I ran headlong into attacks about my character, my competency, and the intentions of our reform caucus. We were accused of being divisive, of being controlled by outside forces, and of cheating. | As we campaigned, we tapped into a deep vein of anger and disappointment with the former leadership. We put forward a vision of well-funded schools, autonomy in the classroom, and dignity at work. We invited each other into building a fighting union that would organize to achieve these goals. | Instead of proposing their own vision, our opponents pulled…
(2023-04-05). Progressive coalition brings Brandon Johnson across the finish line in Chicago. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO — Brandon Johnson, a progressive African-American community activist, union organizer, and former teacher, defied the pollsters and was elected as Chicago's next mayor yesterday in a major victory for progressives. His win was propelled, in major part, part by a huge turnout among enthusiastic young voters. According to the Chicago Board of Elections, a …
(2023-04-05). Thursday 4/6: Debunking the Parents Bill of Rights Teach-in. indybay.org Online teach-in…
(2023-04-05). Progressive Johnson Triumphs Against "Tough-on-Crime" Democrat in Chicago. truthout.org Progressive Brandon Johnson won the Chicago mayoral race on Tuesday, triumphing over conservative Democrat Paul Vallas in a victory that serves as a rebuke to Vallas's "tough-on-crime" platform and shows that candidates running on left-wing platforms can win. Johnson, a former labor organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), defeated his well-financed opponent on a platform of supporting… |
(2023-04-05). From Teacher & Union Organizer to Mayor: Brandon Johnson Wins Chicago Race in Upset Victory. democracynow.org 
We get an update on a major victory for progressives in Chicago's mayoral race, where union organizer and former teacher Brandon Johnson narrowly defeated Paul Vallas in a runoff election Tuesday. Johnson called for community investment, while Vallas, who was backed by the police union, focused his campaign on crime. "Now comes the difficult part of governance," says Democracy Now! co-host Juan González, who is in Chicago and notes Johnson faces a hostile police force and skepticism from the city's business community.
(2023-04-05). Headlines for April 5, 2023. democracynow.org Trump Pleads Not Guilty to 34 Felony Counts Before Lashing Out at DA Bragg, Judge on His Case, Teachers' Union Leader Brandon Johnson Defeats Corporate Candidate to Become Next Mayor of Chicago, Liberal Judge Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court Race in Major Victory for Voting and Abortion Rights, Israeli Forces Violently Attack Al-Aqsa Worshipers, Arrest Hundreds During Ramadan Prayers, Colombia Tops List of Deadliest Country for Human Rights Activists, Massive Blaze at Bangladesh Clothing Market Burns Down 3,000 Shops, Anger and Mourning After 13 Women and Children Killed in Pakistan Food Distribution Stampede,…