Saturday, August 17, 2019 Trump's Immigration Crackdown Is Quietly Targeting Labor Protections Mike Ludwig, Truthout Undocumented immigrants are particularly vulnerable to exploitation, but the Trump administration has quietly eroded protections within a federal program for immigrants who come forward to report labor trafficking, sexual harassment and other forms of abuse. The administration is also attempting to crush a union representing immigration judges.
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Intergenerational Trauma Is a Biological Reality A. Abbas Naqvi, Truthout New research in the fast-evolving field of epigenetics is producing groundbreaking information on the impacts of social trauma, such as experienced by colonization, slavery, war and famine, on populations and their descendants. Can timely intervention in epigenetic changes stop the endless cycle of trauma?
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States Sue Trump Administration for Going After Low-Income Green Card Holders Sasha Abramsky, Truthout New public charge rules proposed by the Trump administration will effectively close the U.S. off to low-income would-be-immigrants and exclude millions already in the country from public resources. In response, a tremendous legal battle as large as that surrounding the administration's efforts to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is now underway.
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Trump DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Legalize Firing Workers for Being Transgender Jake Johnson, Common Dreams On Friday night, the Justice Department filed a brief urging the right-wing Supreme Court to legalize the firing of workers solely for being transgender. The filing comes just days after the Trump Labor Department unveiled a rule that would allow federal contractors to discriminate against LGBTQ workers as long as they have a "religious" justification.
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Teachers Fighting for Public Schools Were Key to the Uprising in Puerto Rico Mercedes Martinez and Monique Dols, Labor Notes In the two months leading up to the uprising which ousted Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Roselló, educators celebrated hard-fought victories against the privatization of their education system. Struggles by teachers and families against school closures and charter schools helped pave the way for July's unprecedented outpouring of protest.
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Private Prisons Face 87.4 Percent Financing Gap as Banks Continue to Flee Gin Armstrong, Eyes on the Ties As of August 2019, eight banks – JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, SunTrust, BNP Paribas, Fifth Third Bancorp, Barclays and PNC – have publicly committed to ending their future financing relationships with the private prison industry, including CoreCivic and GEO Group.
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The Dangerous New U.S. Consensus on China and the Future of U.S.-China Relations Mel Gurtov and Mark Selden, The Asia-Pacific Journal The trade war and technological competition with China are symptomatic of a much larger issue: a dangerous gridlock in U.S.-China relations that may become permanent, with dire consequences not just for the two countries' economies but also for the global economy and quite possibly East Asia's and international security.
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The Answer to Burn Out at Work Isn't "Self-Care" -- It's Unionizing Kayla Blado, In These Times "Self-care" has been touted by social media influencers as the best solution to restoring your mental health, no matter the cause. It's true that healthy food, exercise and sleep are important ways to deal with stress, and we could all use more of each. But eating a salad isn't going to fix the systemic problems at your workplace.
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A Wave of Solidarity With Kashmir Is Spreading Across the Globe Skanda Kadirgamar, Truthout India's Hindu nationalist administration is setting the stage for an ethnic cleansing of Kashmir that would drive out Muslim residents and replace them with Hindu settlers. Resistance has emerged not only within Kashmir, but throughout the diaspora: Kashmiris are leading historic protests around the world. Activists are drawing parallels to the Palestinian struggle against Israeli apartheid.
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"Guardianship" Often Fails Poor Seniors. Is There a Different Way? Michelle Chen, Truthout Guardianship is one of the most ethically fraught aspects of the elder care system, hinging on the most sensitive questions about personal liberty, medical responsibility and kinship. While progressive advocates are gravitating toward options that support independence whenever feasible, a more human-centered public guardianship program could enable the most vulnerable seniors to live more independently and stay close to their communities.
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