Monthly Archives: April 2023

2023-04-02: News Headlines

Fight Back (2023-04-02). Students rally for diversity at Florida Board of Governors meeting. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On Tuesday, March 28, over 100 students held a rally against Florida House Bill 999, at the Skateable Art Park in the city's Railroad Square. This bill gives the Florida Board of Governors the ability to review curriculum in higher education, review tenure of professors with the power of removal, and provides direction to each university on "removing from its programs any major of minor in Critical Race Theory, Gender Studies, or Intersectionality." The bill has passed several committees in the Florida House legislature, with no amendments removing these stipulations. | At the protest, led by th…

Aarathi Prasad (2023-04-01). [Perspectives] Annabel Sowemimo: countering inequities in health care. thelancet.com Annabel Sowemimo is a community sexual and reproductive health (CSRH) registrar in Leicester, UK, working at the Haymarket Health clinic and Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital. She was born in London to a father who came to England from Nigeria as a medical graduate hoping to become a surgeon, and a mother Sowemimo describes as "an advocate for people", who was a special educational needs teacher and had been raised in 1960s' London in a family of working-class Nigerian migrants.

Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune. (2023-04-01). Organizations File Complaint Against Texas' Takeover Of Houston Schools. popularresistance.org Civil rights organizations have filed a federal complaint on behalf of several parents against the Texas Education Agency because of its plan to replace the Houston Independent School District's democratically elected school board, claiming the move takes away the rights of Houston voters of color to choose their own school officials. | The complaint was filed with the U.S. Department of Justice Friday morning, with a claim by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the Houston NAACP, the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Greater Houston Coalition for Justice that the state's takeover violates…

Petteri Muukkonen (2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Geography education to help understand discrimination in climate change and health. thelancet.com Thilagawathi A Deivanayagam and colleagues1 have highlighted that the effects of climate change are not equally distributed around the world, creating discrimination related to climate change and health. The authors mentioned briefly that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recognises education as one way to address this issue.2 However, the problem is so large and multidimensional that it should be answered with cross-disciplinary solutions. The effects of climate change vary across countries and regions due to differences in geography, history, and economic development.

Saurav Sarkar, In These Times. (2023-04-01). What Unionized Starbucks Workers Think Of Howard Schultz' Testimony. popularresistance.org The latest round in the fight between Starbucks and its nascent barista network‚Äâ—‚ÄâStarbucks Workers United (SBWU)‚Äâ—‚Äâcame to a head on Wednesday with the appearance of former CEO and current board member Howard Schultz at the Senate Committee on Housing, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). | "It was honestly hard not to laugh out loud at some of the [bald-faced] lies he told," said James Greene, a fired Starbucks shift supervisor in the Pittsburgh area. | "He denied breaking the law repeatedly as senators were listing off mu…

shenby g (2023-04-01). Starbucks' Howard Schultz testifies on "scorched earth union busting" before Senate. liberationnews.org Howard Schultz, board member and former CEO of Starbucks, testified Wednesday the 29th before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee on what Starbucks workers describe as the company's "scorched earth" union busting campaign. Schultz finally agreed to testify one day before a scheduled subpoena vote against him.

Fight Back (2023-04-02). Students rally for diversity at Florida Board of Governors meeting. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On Tuesday, March 28, over 100 students held a rally against Florida House Bill 999, at the Skateable Art Park in the city's Railroad Square. This bill gives the Florida Board of Governors the ability to review curriculum in higher education, review tenure of professors with the power of removal, and provides direction to each university on "removing from its programs any major of minor in Critical Race Theory, Gender Studies, or Intersectionality." The bill has passed several committees in the Florida House legislature, with no amendments removing these stipulations. | At the protest, led by th…

Aarathi Prasad (2023-04-01). [Perspectives] Annabel Sowemimo: countering inequities in health care. thelancet.com Annabel Sowemimo is a community sexual and reproductive health (CSRH) registrar in Leicester, UK, working at the Haymarket Health clinic and Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital. She was born in London to a father who came to England from Nigeria as a medical graduate hoping to become a surgeon, and a mother Sowemimo describes as "an advocate for people", who was a special educational needs teacher and had been raised in 1960s' London in a family of working-class Nigerian migrants.

Brian Lopez, The Texas Tribune. (2023-04-01). Organizations File Complaint Against Texas' Takeover Of Houston Schools. popularresistance.org Civil rights organizations have filed a federal complaint on behalf of several parents against the Texas Education Agency because of its plan to replace the Houston Independent School District's democratically elected school board, claiming the move takes away the rights of Houston voters of color to choose their own school officials. | The complaint was filed with the U.S. Department of Justice Friday morning, with a claim by the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the Houston NAACP, the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Greater Houston Coalition for Justice that the state's takeover violates…

Petteri Muukkonen (2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Geography education to help understand discrimination in climate change and health. thelancet.com Thilagawathi A Deivanayagam and colleagues1 have highlighted that the effects of climate change are not equally distributed around the world, creating discrimination related to climate change and health. The authors mentioned briefly that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recognises education as one way to address this issue.2 However, the problem is so large and multidimensional that it should be answered with cross-disciplinary solutions. The effects of climate change vary across countries and regions due to differences in geography, history, and economic development.

Saurav Sarkar, In These Times. (2023-04-01). What Unionized Starbucks Workers Think Of Howard Schultz' Testimony. popularresistance.org The latest round in the fight between Starbucks and its nascent barista network‚Äâ—‚ÄâStarbucks Workers United (SBWU)‚Äâ—‚Äâcame to a head on Wednesday with the appearance of former CEO and current board member Howard Schultz at the Senate Committee on Housing, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). | "It was honestly hard not to laugh out loud at some of the [bald-faced] lies he told," said James Greene, a fired Starbucks shift supervisor in the Pittsburgh area. | "He denied breaking the law repeatedly as senators were listing off mu…

shenby g (2023-04-01). Starbucks' Howard Schultz testifies on "scorched earth union busting" before Senate. liberationnews.org Howard Schultz, board member and former CEO of Starbucks, testified Wednesday the 29th before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) committee on what Starbucks workers describe as the company's "scorched earth" union busting campaign. Schultz finally agreed to testify one day before a scheduled subpoena vote against him.

Colin Todhunter (2023-04-02). Stay Home, Save Lives: Uncovering the COVID Deception. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-04-02). Chinese scientists design implantable battery to help kill tumors. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have developed an implantable and self-charging saltwater battery that helps kill tumor cells by regulating the very environment supporting a tumor's growth.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-02). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-02). $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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-02). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-02). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-02). 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…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-04-02). ICC Arrest Warrant for Vladimir Putin for "Kidnapping Ukrainian Children" Borders on Ridicule. globalresearch.ca Updated on April 2, 2023 | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued "there are reasonable …

ecns.cn (2023-04-02). China's first high-temperature superconducting maglev system completes trial operation. ecns.cn China's first high-temperature superconducting maglev system completed its first trial operation on Friday, which verified a number of core technologies, marking another breakthrough in China's research and development (R&D) of ultrafast maglev transportation system.

Asad Ismi (2023-04-01). Sri Lanka's Neoliberal Nightmare, Widespread Famine Triggered by Covid-19 Lockdown and an Unpayable External Debt. globalresearch.ca

Children's Health Defense (2023-04-01). RFK, Jr. : Airline Safety Is 'Not a Partisan Issue,' FAA Must Investigate Spike in Pilot Health Emergencies. globalresearch.ca

David Skripac (2023-04-01). Our Species Is Being Genetically Modified. Are We Witnessing Humanity's March Toward Extinction? Viruses Are Our Friends, Not Our Foes. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Emanuel Garcia (2023-04-01). Deliberately Engineered Confusion: The Hallmark of the Greatest Biopsychosocial Operation in History. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels (2023-04-01). Why America Needs War, The Project for The New American Century (PNAC). globalresearch.ca Introductory Note on America's "Long War": The Project for The New American Century (PNAC) : | This incisive and carefully documented article by renowned historian and political scientist Dr. Jacques Pauwels was published by Global Research almost 20 years ago on April …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-04-01). Mask Study: "Makes little or no Difference" in COVID-19 Transmission" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Rosalie Bertell (2023-04-01). Dr. Rosalie Bertell: Zero Tolerance for the Destructive Power of War. globalresearch.ca

Dragan Vujicic (2023-04-01). Uranium Dossier. "Yugoslav Scenario" globalresearch.ca

Eric Zuesse (2023-04-01). The U.S.'s 'Democratic' Model for Dictatorships. globalresearch.ca

F. William Engdahl (2023-04-01). Global Planned Financial Tsunami Has Just Begun. globalresearch.ca Green Energy mandates are driving this inflation crisis: global shortages of fertilizers, soaring prices of natural gas, grain supply losses, coupled with the global snowballing of defaults, bankruptcies, amid a soaring inflation.

F. William Engdahl (2023-04-01). NATO's Doomsday Seed Vault in the Arctic. globalresearch.ca First published on September 22, 2008. | Of relevance to the ongoing restructuring of agriculture under the helm of NATO, the Gates Foundation, Monsanto and the Rockefellers. | *** | The controversial 'Doomsday Seed Vault', a nuclear-bomb-proof vault deep into the side of …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-01). Reviving Regionalism in the Age of US Decline. libya360.wordpress.com Tanupriya Singh The Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961 (Photo: Museum of Yugoslavia, CC BY-SA 3.0 RS, via Wikimedia Commons) A new dossier by the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research and Cuba's Center for International Policy Research examines the decline of the US-led "rules-based international order" in favor of a decided shift towards regionalism…

J. Michael Springmann (2023-04-01). Modern Iran's Advanced Information and Communication Technology. globalresearch.ca

James A. Lucas (2023-04-01). The U.S. Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 "Victim Nations" Since World War II. globalresearch.ca

James G. Rickards (2023-04-01). Biden to Order US Dollar Replaced with Trackable "Spyware" Version? globalresearch.ca

Jean Toschi Marazzani Visconti (2023-04-01). History of US-NATO Military Campaigns (1991-2023). globalresearch.ca

Jocalyn Clark (2023-04-01). [Perspectives] Equity for women in science: the role of gatekeepers. thelancet.com A new book by Cassidy Sugimoto and Vincent Larivière, Equity for Women in Science: Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Advancement, is aptly timed given concerns about the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic damaged women's productivity, visibility, and recognition within the research—publishing ecosystem. Equality within systems of knowledge production is not only right, as this book shows, denying such equality is also harmful.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-04-01). U.S. "Not Ready for War" Against Both Russia and China. globalresearch.ca

Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition (2023-04-01). Expertos en derechos humanos piden la retirada de un informe sesgado de la ONU sobre Nicaragua. globalizacion.ca Alfred de Zayas, ex Experto Independiente de la ONU sobre el Orden Internacional, se unió a otros especialistas en derechos humanos para condenar un informe de "experto" sobre Nicaragua publicado el 2 de marzo por ser poco profesional, parcial, incompleto…

Patrick Pasin (2023-04-01). What Kind of Ukraine Do We Support? globalresearch.ca

Prof Denis Rancourt (2023-04-01). Parental Authority for Covid Vaccination of Young Children: Ontario Law Case. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-04-01). Nuclear War. "90 Seconds to Midnight": The Pentagon's 1945 "Doomsday Blueprint" to "Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map" globalresearch.ca

Sarah L Chellappa (2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Intersectional inequities in academia. thelancet.com Gender equality in academia still faces enduring challenges globally, with under-representation of women in leadership and decision-making positions. However, most universities and research institutions actively implement gender equality plans and undertake activities aimed at increasing it. Despite this remarkable progress, intersectionality lags behind. This term, first coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, corresponds to the "lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects".

Shane Quinn (2023-04-01). 750 U.S. Military Bases Globally, $7.2 Trillion US Nuclear Weapons Expenditure Since Hiroshima, Nagasaki. globalresearch.ca

The Energy & Environmental Legal Institute (2023-04-01). The Rockefeller Way: The Family's Covert 'Climate Change' Plan. globalresearch.ca First published in December 2016, this article is of relevance to an understanding of the ongoing debate on Climate Change as well the Green New Deal, largely controlled by the financial establishment. The Rockefellers also play a key role in …

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute For Social Research. (2023-04-01). China's Historical Destiny Is To Stand With The Third World. popularresistance.org 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 the war in Ukraine. Putin said that 'many of the provisions of the peace plan put forward by China are consonant with Russian approaches and can be taken as the basis for a peaceful settlement when the West and Kiev are ready fo…

WSWS (2023-04-01). Preview release of ChatGPT shows potential of artificial intelligence. wsws.org ChatGPT, released as a free prototype by the research laboratory OpenAI last November, is a powerful artificial intelligence technology with socially transformative potential that is being used under capitalism to eliminate jobs, increase exploitation and automate warfare.

Yuri Rubtsov (2023-04-01). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …

ecns.cn (2023-04-01). China's efforts reduce carbon emission intensity in agriculture: report. ecns.cn The carbon emission intensity of major agricultural products in China is on a downward trend, according to a report released by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-04-01). Chinese telescope LAMOST reaches new milestone in spectral data. ecns.cn The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) has become the world's first sky survey telescope to release more than 22 million spectra, said the National Astronomical Observatories under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC).

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-01). Fred M'membe: "If We Struggle for the World We Want We Will Win" libya360.wordpress.com Fred M'membe I gave a speech in Beijing at the opening ceremony of The Second International Forum on Democracy — The Shared Human Values, organised jointly by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and think tanks from Cambodia, Chile, Nigeria, Spain and Tonga. More than 300 guests, scholars, and experts from over 100 countries and…

Fight Back (2023-04-02). New Orleans: Franklin HS students hold walkout against Louisiana's anti-LGBTQ bills. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – On Friday, March 31, close to 300 students at Benjamin Franklin High School walked out of school during last period. They demanded a stop to bills in the Louisiana legislature that target LGBTQ kids. Students gathered on the school's front lawn to hear speeches by their trans classmates. The event coincided with national Trans Day of Visibility. | Students chanted "These bills kill!" and "We say gay!" | "Conservatives are not trying to protect children, they just say that to justify what they are doing. Conservatives just want something that will distract people from how they do not better socie…

Destiny Spruill (2023-04-01). Students at Little Village Lawndale High School walk out against Vallas. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO — Most of the students at Little Village Lawndale High School (LVLHS) are too young to participate in Chicago's upcoming mayoral election, and many of those old enough are barred from participating because of their immigration status. Nevertheless, scores of high school students protested outside of LVLHS on March 30 to condemn mayoral candidate …

Staff (2023-04-01). Collectif Palestine Vaincra presents on Palestinian youth resistance and international solidarity in Toulouse. samidoun.net On Wednesday, 29 March, the Mirail Struggle Committee invited the Collectif Palestine Vaincra to lead a discussion and presentation at the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès in Toulouse, France about the resistance of Palestinian youth, historically and at present. This marks the third time that Palestine solidarity events have been organized as part of the student mobilization …

Taylor Giorno (2023-04-01). Gun Rights Groups Continue to Target Assault Weapons Bans Amid Mass Shootings. truthout.org A fatal shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday left three students and three adults dead and reignited a contentious political debate around gun policy. Following reports that the shooter used legally-obtained AR-style weapons, President Joe Biden once again called for a ban on assault weapons. But a federal ban is unlikely to pass a divided Congress, in part due to the… |

WSWS (2023-04-01). University of Michigan grad students remain defiant as university seeks injunction against strike. wsws.org The grad students and their supporters braved cold and rain on their third day on the picket line.

WSWS (2023-04-01). Protesting French students denounce trade union "mediation" with Macron. wsws.org Students demonstrated in Paris against Macron and his pension reform, and against the indifference of university administrations to neo-Nazi attacks targeting them.

MomsRising (2023-04-02). Thursday 4/6: Debunking the Parents Bill of Rights Teach-in. indybay.org Online teach-in…

Derek Seidman (2023-04-01). Florida Teachers' Unions Are Front Line of Resistance Against DeSantis's Fascism. truthout.org Beset with reactionary attempts to curtail their academic freedom and bust their unions, college and university professors have become a key target of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's far right regime — in no small part because they represent one of the few organized statewide forces ready to fight back against his increasingly repressive administration. There are few people better positioned to speak… |

Global Voices (2023-04-01). Legacy of a Palestinian Educator: Honoring Saniya Nusseibeh's Journey as a Teacher on Land Day. juancole.com Sanaiyeh's story: The unwavering pursuit of educating Palestinian girls. Written byŸÖÿØŸàŸÜÿ© ÿÆÿ≤ÿßÿ¶ŸÜ khazaaen Translated bySarah Khaled ÿ≥ÿßÿ±ÿ© ÿÆÿߟÑÿØ Translated byMariam A. Translation posted 30 March 2023 0: 34 GMT Read this post in ÿπÿ±ÿ®Ÿä Saniyeh wrote on this photo: At Schmidt College after before the Nakbah, I'm in 7th grade." Saniyeh Nusseibeh Collection, Khazaen Archive. U…

Kelly Hayes (2023-04-01). April 4 Runoff May Determine Whether Chicago Remains Playground for the Wealthy. truthout.org Tensions are high in Chicago, where early voting is underway in a hotly contested mayoral runoff. Incumbent Lori Lightfoot was roundly rejected by voters in the first round of voting on February 28, leaving Brandon Johnson, a progressive school teacher and Chicago Teachers Union organizer, to square off with neoliberal favorite Paul Vallas, who was CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) from 1995 to… |

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2023-04-01: News Headlines

Anurag Deb (2023-03-31). The Illegal Migration Bill and the Ireland/Northern Ireland Protocol: The return of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. ukhumanrightsblog.com Anurag Deb and Colin Murray This is not a post about the conflict between the provisions of the Illegal Migration Bill and the European Convention on Human Rights (an issue which has already attracted a considerable amount of critical academic commentary — see here and here). Instead, it is a post about the Bill's potential …

Aarathi Prasad (2023-04-01). [Perspectives] Annabel Sowemimo: countering inequities in health care. thelancet.com Annabel Sowemimo is a community sexual and reproductive health (CSRH) registrar in Leicester, UK, working at the Haymarket Health clinic and Leicester Royal Infirmary and Leicester General Hospital. She was born in London to a father who came to England from Nigeria as a medical graduate hoping to become a surgeon, and a mother Sowemimo describes as "an advocate for people", who was a special educational needs teacher and had been raised in 1960s' London in a family of working-class Nigerian migrants.

Petteri Muukkonen (2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Geography education to help understand discrimination in climate change and health. thelancet.com Thilagawathi A Deivanayagam and colleagues1 have highlighted that the effects of climate change are not equally distributed around the world, creating discrimination related to climate change and health. The authors mentioned briefly that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recognises education as one way to address this issue.2 However, the problem is so large and multidimensional that it should be answered with cross-disciplinary solutions. The effects of climate change vary across countries and regions due to differences in geography, history, and economic development.

Anonymous103 (2023-03-31). In Video: Meet New Minister of Education of Ukraine Nazi Oksen Listovoy. southfront.org

Carla Stea (2023-03-31). Educational Methods Encouraging Critical Thinking Versus Covert Methods of Inducing Obedience to "Authority" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-03-31). "Stop the Absurd Debate": Parkland Father Calls for Nationwide Education Strike to Demand Gun Reform. democracynow.org In the wake of the mass shooting at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday Republicans "want to see all the facts" before proposing any new gun legislation. Just last week, Manuel Oliver, father of one of 17 people killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, was arrested in the Republican-controlled House after he and his wife Patricia spoke out during a subcommittee hearing on the Second Amendment. He joins us to call for a national education strike to push for action on the U.S. gun…

Sandra Jones (2023-03-31). The defeat of a school voucher program reveals the truth within the 'school choice' debate. nationofchange.org The momentum for education savings accounts is increasing across the country, and public education advocates say they will endanger neighborhood schools.

Children's Health Defense (2023-04-01). RFK, Jr. : Airline Safety Is 'Not a Partisan Issue,' FAA Must Investigate Spike in Pilot Health Emergencies. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-04-01). Mask Study: "Makes little or no Difference" in COVID-19 Transmission" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Rosalie Bertell (2023-04-01). Dr. Rosalie Bertell: Zero Tolerance for the Destructive Power of War. globalresearch.ca

Dragan Vujicic (2023-04-01). Uranium Dossier. "Yugoslav Scenario" globalresearch.ca

Eric Zuesse (2023-04-01). The U.S.'s 'Democratic' Model for Dictatorships. globalresearch.ca

J. Michael Springmann (2023-04-01). Modern Iran's Advanced Information and Communication Technology. globalresearch.ca

Jocalyn Clark (2023-04-01). [Perspectives] Equity for women in science: the role of gatekeepers. thelancet.com A new book by Cassidy Sugimoto and Vincent Larivière, Equity for Women in Science: Dismantling Systemic Barriers to Advancement, is aptly timed given concerns about the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic damaged women's productivity, visibility, and recognition within the research—publishing ecosystem. Equality within systems of knowledge production is not only right, as this book shows, denying such equality is also harmful.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-04-01). U.S. "Not Ready for War" Against Both Russia and China. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-01). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-01). $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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-01). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-01). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-04-01). 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…

Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition (2023-04-01). Expertos en derechos humanos piden la retirada de un informe sesgado de la ONU sobre Nicaragua. globalizacion.ca Alfred de Zayas, ex Experto Independiente de la ONU sobre el Orden Internacional, se unió a otros especialistas en derechos humanos para condenar un informe de "experto" sobre Nicaragua publicado el 2 de marzo por ser poco profesional, parcial, incompleto…

Prof Denis Rancourt (2023-04-01). Parental Authority for Covid Vaccination of Young Children: Ontario Law Case. globalresearch.ca

Sarah L Chellappa (2023-04-01). [Correspondence] Intersectional inequities in academia. thelancet.com Gender equality in academia still faces enduring challenges globally, with under-representation of women in leadership and decision-making positions. However, most universities and research institutions actively implement gender equality plans and undertake activities aimed at increasing it. Despite this remarkable progress, intersectionality lags behind. This term, first coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw, corresponds to the "lens through which you can see where power comes and collides, where it interlocks and intersects".

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute For Social Research. (2023-04-01). China's Historical Destiny Is To Stand With The Third World. popularresistance.org 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 the war in Ukraine. Putin said that 'many of the provisions of the peace plan put forward by China are consonant with Russian approaches and can be taken as the basis for a peaceful settlement when the West and Kiev are ready fo…

WSWS (2023-04-01). Preview release of ChatGPT shows potential of artificial intelligence. wsws.org ChatGPT, released as a free prototype by the research laboratory OpenAI last November, is a powerful artificial intelligence technology with socially transformative potential that is being used under capitalism to eliminate jobs, increase exploitation and automate warfare.

Alex Kane (2023-03-31). Jamaal Bowman and Bernie Sanders Urge the Biden State Department to Investigate Israeli Use of US Weapons. globalresearch.ca

Alexa St. John (2023-03-31). These Electric Vehicles Need Their Batteries Replaced Most Often. globalresearch.ca

Arjun Walia (2023-03-31). New Analysis Shows How the CDC Spread False Information That Exaggerated the Severity of COVID-19. globalresearch.ca

Ben Bartee (2023-03-31). Hope Is Alive: Dutch Farmer-Citizen Movement Wins Historic Electoral Victory. globalresearch.ca

Debbie Hayton (2023-03-31). Report: Most UK Schools Now Pushing Gender Ideology. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Brenda Baletti (2023-03-31). Critics Warn of 'a Dragnet of Surveillance' as U.S. Pushes Ahead with Plans for More 'Smart' Cities. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-03-31). Does America Have a Future? globalresearch.ca

Dr. Peter McCullough (2023-03-31). Hundreds of French Citizens Suffer Cardiac Events After Bivalent Boosters. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2023-03-31). History: 50 Years of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-03-31). (W.E. Talk) Will Lehman Moment stage again for the U.S.?>. ecns.cn Is this a new Lehman moment that stages again for the U.S.? Will there be another round of financial crisis? Will the whole world bear the consequences? | In the latest W.E. Talk, Josef Gregory Mahoney, professor of Politics and International Relations at East China Normal University, and Qu Qiang, fellow researcher at Beijing Foreign Studies University were invited to share their observations.

ecns.cn (2023-03-31). NSFC, Gates Foundation launch joint fund to improve vaccine regulatory science. ecns.cn NSFC) and Gates Foundation on Thursday announced a joint program, soliciting research proposals for new regulatory science systems, tools and methodologies to advance vaccine development and innovation in China.

Editor (2023-03-31). The European Union's Digital Trade Rules: Undermining European Policy to Rein in Big Tech. scheerpost.com By Deborah James / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Executive Summary This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies to regulate their activities in the public interest through "trade" agreements, which are binding and permanent. Digitalization is the defining economic transformation of our time. …

Global Research News (2023-03-31). This Month's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-03-31). Selected Articles: Hundreds of French Citizens Suffer Cardiac Events After Bivalent Boosters. globalresearch.ca By I have served on or chaired two dozen data safety monitoring boards for randomized trials of novel experimental drugs or devices. I …

imperial.ac.uk (2023-03-31). Roaming portrait exhibition celebrates staff and patients in healthcare research. imperial.ac.uk Imperial College Academic Health Science has launched a roving photography-led exhibition of patients and researchers involved in healthcare research.

Jean Toschi Marazzani Visconti (2023-03-31). History of US-NATO Military Campaigns (1991-2023). globalresearch.ca

Jon Rappoport (2023-03-31). Coronavirus: Toxic Drugs, No Liability for Pharma. globalresearch.ca

Jonathan Cook (2023-03-31). Israel's Crisis Is About Who Gets to Play Tyrant: The Generals or Religious Thugs. globalresearch.ca

Kenny Stancil (2023-03-31). 'Noah's Wounds Were Not Survivable': Parents Allow Detailed View of AR-15 Carnage. globalresearch.ca

Marc Vandepitte (2023-03-31). Shifting World Order? How "Dangerous" Is the "Friendship" Between Putin and Xi? globalresearch.ca

Michael Welch (2023-03-31). Iraq Twenty Years after "Shock and Awe": The Mysterious Death of David Kelly. globalresearch.ca

MISH (2023-03-31). The Fed Refuses Any Blame Including Its No Stress, Stress Test. globalresearch.ca

Nicaragua Solidarity Coalition (2023-03-31). Human Rights Experts Call for Withdrawal of Biased UN Report on Nicaragua. globalresearch.ca

Peter Caddle (2023-03-31). EU Pushing the 'Criminalisation' of Physical Cash with New Anti-Money Laundering Law. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-03-31). Ukraine's "Neo-Nazi Summer Camp". Military Training for Young Children, Para-military Recruits. globalresearch.ca The Azov battalion supported by its Western partners is not only involved in para-military operations in Donbass, it is also running a Summer Camp military training project for young children.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-03-31). Video: China and the Geopolitical Chessboard. Undermining China's Strategic Alliance with Russia, The Taiwan Issue. Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca First published on March 24, 2023 | Geopolitics: | US-NATO confrontation directed against the People's Republic of China consists in the militarization of the South China Sea as well as the reinforcement of U.S. military presence in East and South East Asia. …

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2023-03-31). 9/11 and the COVID-19 Hoax in the Transition to Governance by "Emergency Measures" globalresearch.ca

Ryan Cristián (2023-03-31). 2nd Amendment Attacked From Right After Trans Shooter, CDC Gets Sick At East Palestine & Kill Switch. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/28/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Stephen Karganovic (2023-03-31). The Cowboy Style of the International Criminal Court (I.C.C.) Irreversibly Crosses the "Redline of Legal Decency" globalresearch.ca

Steven Sahiounie (2023-03-31). The Beginning of the End of Israel. globalresearch.ca

Susan Jones (2023-03-31). Joint Chief of Staff General Mark Milley: Fighting Both China and Russia Together Would be a 'Very, Very Difficult Thing'. globalresearch.ca

Tanupriya Singh (2023-03-31). Reviving regionalism in the age of US decline. peoplesdispatch.org A new dossier by the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research and Cuba's Center for International Policy Research examines the decline of the US-led "rules-based international order" in favor of a decided shift towards regionalism and internationalism…

The Global Research Team (2023-03-31). Global Research Donation Drive. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | We publish pieces by a wide variety of contributors including journalists, scholars, political analysts, historians, ex-military and intelligence personnel, scientists, and environmental experts among others. The publications are not selected in the interest of pushing a specific narrative …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2023-03-31). US Occupation Forces in Syria are not "Fighting Terrorism" globalresearch.ca

University of Portsmouth (2023-03-31). National Survey Finds Microplastics Pollution Around Britain's Coastline Up to 100 Times Worse Than Previously Recorded. globalresearch.ca

Wei Yu (2023-03-31). The Sound of the New War Drum Goes Tik-Tok. globalresearch.ca

Yasmin Dahnoun (2023-03-31). Deep-sea Mining Damage 'Irreversible'. globalresearch.ca

Zero Hedge (2023-03-31). Dangerous Crossroads: US to Withhold Nuclear Weapons Data From Russia as Last Treaty Collapses. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-04-01). China's efforts reduce carbon emission intensity in agriculture: report. ecns.cn The carbon emission intensity of major agricultural products in China is on a downward trend, according to a report released by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) on Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-04-01). Chinese telescope LAMOST reaches new milestone in spectral data. ecns.cn The Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) has become the world's first sky survey telescope to release more than 22 million spectra, said the National Astronomical Observatories under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC).

Derrick Broze (2023-03-31). Mexico Battles U.S. Government and 'Mr. Monsanto' to Protect Food Sovereignty. thelastamericanvagabond.com Despite legal threats from the U.S. government, Mexico's government plans to go forward with a partial ban on imports of genetically modified corn. On Wednesday Mexico's National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) hosted an online webinar laying out the science behind the nation's decision to ban imports of Genetically Modified corn. The webinar itself

ecns.cn (2023-03-31). China's non-manufacturing PMI up in March. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's non-manufacturing sector came in at 58.2 in March, up from 56.3 in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-31). China's manufacturing PMI down in March. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector came in at 51.9 in March, down from 52.6 in February, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-31). China's manufacturing sector expands for third straight month. ecns.cn China's manufacturing sector expanded for the third straight month in March while non-manufacturing activity grew at the fastest pace in recent years, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Friday.

Staff (2023-04-01). Collectif Palestine Vaincra presents on Palestinian youth resistance and international solidarity in Toulouse. samidoun.net On Wednesday, 29 March, the Mirail Struggle Committee invited the Collectif Palestine Vaincra to lead a discussion and presentation at the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès in Toulouse, France about the resistance of Palestinian youth, historically and at present. This marks the third time that Palestine solidarity events have been organized as part of the student mobilization …

WSWS (2023-04-01). University of Michigan grad students remain defiant as university seeks injunction against strike. wsws.org The grad students and their supporters braved cold and rain on their third day on the picket line.

WSWS (2023-04-01). Protesting French students denounce trade union "mediation" with Macron. wsws.org Students demonstrated in Paris against Macron and his pension reform, and against the indifference of university administrations to neo-Nazi attacks targeting them.

no más transfobia! (2023-04-01). 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.

Fight Back (2023-03-31). Chicago: Bernie joins Brandon for jobs, healthcare and justice. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On Thursday, March 30 Brandon Johnson and Bernie Sanders held a joint "Chicago for All of Us" rally at the Credit Union 1 Arena, drawing a crowd of more than 4000 supporters. The event comes after Sanders' endorsement of Johnson for the April 4 mayoral runoff election. The event included speeches from Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa; Representatives Jonathan Jackson and Delia Ramirez; president of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten; Martin Luther King III, and Senator Bernie Sanders. | The event brought together progressive activists, union members and students from the nearby Univers…

Christos Avramidis, The Real News Network. (2023-03-31). Massive Anti-Government Protests Sweep Greece. popularresistance.org On Feb. 28, 2023, two trains traveling along the same track collided in Greece, killing 57 people—many of them students in their teens and 20s returning home from university in Athens. The deaths of 11 workers in the crash sparked two 24-hour strikes from the railway unions, followed by demonstrations across the country that have lasted for weeks and mobilized tens of thousands of people. Workers blame the crash on a lack of properly functioning safety and communication systems, as well as severe understaffing and underfunding of the railways—all originating from "Troika" (EU, IMF, and ECB) structural…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-31). Doctors in Croatia stand up for a better public health system. peoplesdispatch.org On March 18, thousands of physicians protested in Croatia's capital Zagreb, following years of misleading promises by the Ministry of Health. The doctors, supported by other health workers and patients, are asking for more investment in the public health system, better staffing policies, and responsible coordination of existing health resources. Urologist Mirjana Livojević and medical student Laura Mayer talk about the reasons behind the protest and the doctors' expectations.

Staff (2023-03-31). Meet the Nashville ER Doctor Who Joined 1,000+ Protesters at Tennessee Capitol Demanding Gun Control. democracynow.org More than a thousand students rallied at the Tennessee state Capitol Thursday to demand gun control, just days after a mass shooting at a Nashville Christian elementary school where three adults and three 9-year-olds were killed. Republicans hold a supermajority in Tennessee's Legislature and have loosened gun restrictions. We speak with Dr. Katrina Green, an emergency physician in Nashville who has lost patients to gun violence and joined in Thursday's protest. "People are angry, and that's part of the reason I went down there, as well," says Green. "Tennessee has become a sta…

Susan Price (2023-03-31). West Papuan student charged with treason. greenleft.org.au A West Papuan university student was charged with treason for raising the Morning Star flag and calling for a referendum on West Papian independence at a rally last November, reports Susan Price.

Global Voices (2023-04-01). Legacy of a Palestinian Educator: Honoring Saniya Nusseibeh's Journey as a Teacher on Land Day. juancole.com Sanaiyeh's story: The unwavering pursuit of educating Palestinian girls. Written byŸÖÿØŸàŸÜÿ© ÿÆÿ≤ÿßÿ¶ŸÜ khazaaen Translated bySarah Khaled ÿ≥ÿßÿ±ÿ© ÿÆÿߟÑÿØ Translated byMariam A. Translation posted 30 March 2023 0: 34 GMT Read this post in ÿπÿ±ÿ®Ÿä Saniyeh wrote on this photo: At Schmidt College after before the Nakbah, I'm in 7th grade." Saniyeh Nusseibeh Collection, Khazaen Archive. U…

MomsRising (2023-04-01). Thursday 4/6: Debunking the Parents Bill of Rights Teach-in. indybay.org Online teach-in…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-03-31). Chicago Teachers Union slams Vallas's 'path of destruction'. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO—All through the heated and confrontational Chicago mayoral race, crime seems to have been the top topic in the Windy City, especially for one of the two finalists. The Chicago Teachers Union wants to remind everyone there's another big-ticket issue up for grabs in the April 4 general election: The city's schools. The election is …

Staff (2023-03-31). Indicted: Trump Faces Criminal Charges in NY; Three Other Investigations into Ex-President Continue. democracynow.org In an unprecedented move, a Manhattan grand jury voted Thursday to indict former President Donald Trump for hush-money payments made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign to hide an alleged affair, making Trump the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges. While the precise details of the charges are not yet known, the development culminates years of political, business and personal legal troubles for Trump, who still faces three other major investigations. We look at the charges in this case and others that Trump faces, with Ellen Yaroshefsky, who teaches legal ethic…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-03-31). Chicago Teachers Union slams Vallas's "path of destruction" peoplesworld.org CHICAGO—All through the heated and confrontational Chicago mayoral race, crime seems to have been the top topic in the Windy City, especially for one of the two finalists. The Chicago Teachers Union wants to remind everyone there's another big-ticket issue up for grabs in the April 4 general election: The city's schools. The election is …

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