(2022-02-18). Wave of Bomb Threats Terrorizing Historically Black Colleges Continues During Black History Month. democracynow.org 
The House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security heard testimony Thursday about a wave of bomb threats against historically Black colleges and universities, including more than a dozen this month alone. February is Black History Month. More than 60 educational groups called on Congress this week to take immediate steps to support and protect HBCUs. We speak with legendary filmmaker Stanley Nelson, whose 2017 PBS film, "Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities," documents the pivotal role HBCUs played in dismantling segregation after the Civil War and creati…
(2022-02-18). Activists arrested at FL state capitol for opposing abortion ban law. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL- On February 17, around 12 a.m., members of Students for a Democratic
| Society and Tallahassee's chapter of Planned Parenthood were given trespassing warnings for speaking up against HB 5, an abortion ban bill that limits abortions to the first 15 weeks of pregnancy. After HB5 was passed despite significant public opposition, organizers and students joined a chant denouncing the bill and were subsequently removed from the capitol. | Capitol Police threatened to arrest organizers if they did not sign a trespassing warning that indefinitely banned them from entering the Florida Capitol Building…
(2022-02-18). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Baggage handlers hold three-day wildcat strike in Copenhagen Airport, Denmark over pay and conditions, ruled illegal and condemned by union; thousands of teachers in Belgium walk out over pay, conditions and class sizes; South African Clover food workers' strike over pay and job cuts continues into week twelve, tens of thousands of Sibanye-Stillwater gold miners vote to strike over pay…
(2022-02-17). Donetsk reports Ukrainian artillery barrages, impending assault with U.S. landing craft. globalresearch.ca A Report from Donetsk News Agency: | February 17, 2022 | Ukrainian armed formations delivered strikes at the areas of nine settlements in the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics within two hours on Thursday morning, …
(2022-02-17). Selected Articles: Ukraine Invasion Scheduled for Wednesday Canceled. globalresearch.ca 
By Over recent weeks, AP's ace reporter Matthew Lee and colleagues had been repeatedly led down the White House garden path by the likes of broken-record "the-Russians-are-coming-and-it-could-be-Wednesday" national …
(2022-02-17). WWF proposes to limit shipping in Arctic for whales' safety. tass.com According to the fund, WWF Russia is also conducting research on underwater noise off the coast of Chukotka to understand how it affects whales…
(2022-02-17). Anti-Cancer Material Extracted From Tropical Plant Created in Russia. sputniknews.com Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISiS" (NUST MISIS), as part of an international group of researchers, have synthesised a new material with unique antibacterial and anti-cancer properties.
(2022-02-17). Elusive Transparency In Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org 
Even though they make up less than 7% of all schools in the U.S., every year hundreds of news articles highlight the persistent lack of transparency and accountability in the crisis-prone charter school sector. Even worse, everyone is under pressure to stand passively on the sidelines and watch as these outsourced privatized schools, which siphon …
(2022-02-17). The gains of Nicaraguan women during the second Sandinista Government. mronline.org 
Women in the Third World (and increasingly in the imperial First World) face problems of violence at home and in public, problems of food and water for the family, of proper shelter, and lack of health care for the family, and their own lack of access to education and thus work opportunities.
(2022-02-17). Corporations Are Turning Public Schools Into Their Workforce Training 'Pipelines'. independentmediainstitute.org Nearly all public schools in the United States (98 percent) offer some form of career and technical education (CTE), and these programs, which were previously called vocational education or voc-ed, aren't new to public schools. But what is new is the extent to which CTE programs have become exploited by big businesses and powerful actors …
(2022-02-17). Your Guide to Talking About Attacks on Trans Youth. aclu.org Misinformation is fueling an attack on trans youth in state legislatures. These attacks overwhelmingly focus on youth and schools. They try to make being trans shameful — but they won't stop youth from being trans. They will only make it harder for kids to grow up at all and make it harder to access the support, education, and community that all young people deserve. | While everyone should be contacting lawmakers and expressing their support for trans youth, we know that these attacks aren't limited to statehouses. The lies about trans youth spread at the dinner table, PTA meetings, and many other place…
(2022-02-17). Thursday 2/17: The Role of Black Journalism in the Struggle for Freedom. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-02-17). £2.1 million grant for research into brain activity 'avalanches'. imperial.ac.uk Researchers working to understand how the brain functions in various states of health have received a £2.1 million grant for their project.
(2022-02-17). New Atomic Clock Loses Just One Second Every 300 Billion Years, Making it the World's Most Accurate. sputniknews.com Atomic clocks, considered the world's best time-keepers, rely on measuring the frequency of light absorbed or emitted by atoms. These clocks set standards for Coordinated Universal Time, the global standard for regulating time. They also have myriads of applications in scientific research.
(2022-02-17). Shotgun Science and Bio-Colonialism. dissidentvoice.org 
Introduction As an Ottawa resident and an anarchist, it seems to me that an ultra-leftist analysis at ground zero of this thing is fundamentally necessary, specifically concerning the Canadian Government's draconian get vaxxed or get fired policy. Having walked the congested downtown of Ottawa, it's clear that this is an issue that transcends the political …
(2022-02-17). Many Immunocompromised People Feel Left Behind as US Lifts Pandemic Measures. truthout.org 
As U.S. health guidelines start to loosen as COVID-19 cases fall from record-high levels of infection, we look at how there there are still millions of immunocompromised people who face acute risk of illness and feel they have received little to no guidance on how to stay safe in a prolonged COVID-19 world. Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Ed Yong of The Atlantic spoke to immunocompromised people for his new report and says, "While a lot of the world opens up, their world shuts down, and…
(2022-02-17). Back to Normal? Many Immunocompromised People Feel Left Behind as U.S. Lifts Pandemic Measures. democracynow.org 
As U.S. health guidelines start to loosen as COVID-19 cases fall from record-high levels of infection, we look at how there there are still millions of immunocompromised people who face acute risk of illness and feel they have received little to no guidance on how to stay safe in a prolonged COVID-19 world. Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer Ed Yong of The Atlantic spoke to immunocompromised people for his new report and says, "While a lot of the world opens up, their world shuts down, and they feel left behind and abandoned by the government, by their friends, by their workplaces." Yong notes immu…
(2022-02-17). High School Students Organized Thousands To Walk Out For Amir Locke. popularresistance.org More than 3,000 high school students from across the Twin Cities metro area in Minnesota walked out of class February 8 to march to the governor's mansion and demand justice following the death of Amir Locke. | Locke, a 22-year-old Black man, was shot and killed February 2 by a Minneapolis Police Department SWAT officer during a no-knock apartment raid. Locke was neither named in the no-knock warrant nor a resident of the apartment. | In an area beset by the police killings of Black residents‚Äâ—‚Äâincluding 46-year-old George Floyd in May 2020‚Äâ—&sb…
(2022-02-17). What Is 'House Hacking'? How Savvy Young Professionals And Investors Are Becoming Real Estate Investors. moguldom.com House hacking — having tenants pay for one's primary residence — turned into the beginning of a real estate investing career for Peter Keane-Rivera, a Seattle millennial who owed $45,000 in student loans when he bought his first property at age 25. Keane-Rivera now owns two properties with nine rental units, grossing more than $100,000 …
(2022-02-17). Students sue school over book banning. rt.com 
US students suing a St. Louis school claim books are being banned as part of an effort to "remove" ideas on race and sexuality | The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit on behalf of two young students against the Wentzville School Board in St. Louis, Missouri, claiming they violated civil rights by banning a handful of books from school libraries. | The students in question were not identified as they are minors, but they have been referred to as C.K.-W and D.L. | According to the class action lawsuit, the recent vote to ban certain books is part of a "targeted campaign by the St. Charles…
(2022-02-17). Denver SDS kicks off campaign to demilitarize campus police. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On February 10, students gathered outside Tivoli Commons on Auraria Campus to demand the disarmament of Auraria Campus Police Department (ACPD) and the end to their involvement in the Pentagon 1033 Program. Denver Students for a Democratic Society began their "Defund, Disarm, Demilitarize" campaign, joining many student and community organizations around the country in the struggle against police injustice. | "The money being put into ACPD's budget is being misused. We don't need rifles or SWAT vehicles; we need tuition relief for students suffering from housing insecurity in a pandemic!" said SDS s…
(2022-02-17). Trans Youth Are Facing Right-Wing Attacks and a Solidarity Shortage. truthout.org 
"What we have is a situation where our opponents are fixated on us and our allies are leaving us behind," says trans attorney and activist Chase Strangio. Republicans have made attacks on trans youth a signature policy item at the state level. In this episode of "Movement Memos," Kelly Hayes and Chase Strangio talk about the avalanche of transphobic legislation Republicans have generated, the role of fascist politics in this onslaught and why trans students are not getting the support they need from libe…
(2022-02-17). AOC warns failure to cancel student debt has 'demoralized' critical voters. mronline.org 
"This really isn't a conversation about providing relief to a small, niche group of people," said the congresswoman. "It's very much a keystone action politically." —AOC…
(2022-02-17). From Puerto Rico To Minnesota, Teachers Are Rising Up Again. popularresistance.org In the last two weeks, teachers in both Puerto Rico and Minnesota have taken to the streets. Though separated by thousands of miles, and a temperature difference of about 60 degrees, their demands are in many ways very similar: Like the teachers who went on strike in 2018, they are marching for better pay, better benefits, and greater funding for schools. However, these struggles are taking place in a period very different from 2018. The pre-pandemic strike wave was driven by decades of austerity and rising rank-and-file militancy born of frustration with do-nothing labor bureaucrats. The pandemic has since galva…
(2022-02-17). Puerto Ricans rise up against US-imposed austerity, protest poverty wages. multipolarista.com Puerto Rican public workers are protesting the neoliberal policies imposed by the US government's unelected Financial Oversight and Management Board. A professor speaks about their demands for higher wages and better social programs.