Monthly Archives: September 2024

2024-09-28: News Headlines

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-09-28). Space: A new frontier for exploring stem cell therapy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Stem cells grown in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have unique qualities that could one day help accelerate new biotherapies and heal complex disease, two Mayo Clinic researchers say. The research analysis by Fay Abdul Ghani and Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D., published in NPJ Microgravity, finds microgravity can strengthen the regenerative potential of cells. Dr. Zubair is a laboratory medicine expert and medical director for the Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics at Mayo Clinic…

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2024-09-24: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-09-24). University of California Regents summon riot police to expel students protesting further militarization of campuses. wsws.org College administrators and wealthy regents, terrified of anti-war and anti-genocide protests, are expanding the repressive elements under their command.

Jake Johnson (2024-09-24). Study Finds Wealth Tax, Oil Subsidy Phaseout Could Generate $5T for Climate. truthout.org Research published Tuesday estimates that rich countries could mobilize over $5 trillion a year for climate action worldwide by cutting off subsidies to the oil and gas industry, imposing a levy on big polluters, and cracking down on tax evasion by large corporations and the rich. The new report from Oil Change International (OCI) was released as world leaders gathered in New York City for… |

Matt Dougherty, Ithaca Times. (2024-09-24). Student Faces Deportation After Suspension for Pro-Palestine Protest. popularresistance.org Cornell University has become the first university to suspend a student for pro-Palestinian organizing this semester. The suspension came in response to a student-led protest organized by the Coalition for Mutual Liberation (CML), which shut down a career fair at the Statler Hotel attended by defense contractors Boeing and L3 Harris last week. | The protest, according to the CML, was part of a broader effort to oppose Cornell's complicity in military and defense industries that profit from violence, specifically in the occupied Palestinian territories. | The suspended student is PhD candidate Momodou Taal, who ha…

John Wojcik (2024-09-24). Trump-Vance team doubles down on racism and anti-communism. peoplesworld.org "The Trump and Vance acceleration of their attacks on Haitian immigrants and their continued red-baiting of Kamala Harris are signs of the increasing danger of fascism. They're getting more and more desperate. But the U.S. people aren't buying. Still, no stone has to be left unturned in the effort to defeat not only them but …

Sasha Abramsky (2024-09-24). Why Is New UK Prime Minister Seeking Immigration Advice From Italy's Far Right? truthout.org When U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour Party sailed to power in snap elections earlier this year, his party's victory represented a repudiation of the hard right policies of the Conservative Party, helmed by Rishi Sunak. So why, when it comes to immigration policy, is Starmer now taking cues from Italy, and a government arguably further to the right than the one he replaced? |

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