(2021-12-22). China makes remarkable progress in gender equality, women empowerment. ecns.cn The average female life expectancy in China has exceeded 80 years, according to the report on China National Program for Women's Development (2011-2020) released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Tuesday.
(2021-12-22). Haitian Asylum Seekers Sue U.S. Government for "Anti-Black Racism Within the Immigration System" democracynow.org 
A group of 11 Haitian asylum seekers is suing the Biden administration, accusing the U.S. government of physical abuse, racial discrimination and other rights violations when they were forced to shelter under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. The class-action lawsuit comes after images of Border Patrol agents whipping Haitian asylum seekers from horseback went viral in September, drawing outrage from rights groups. The plaintiffs in the case are also demanding the U.S. government allow the return of the thousands of Haitian asylum seekers deported from the Del Rio encampment. Guerline Jozef, co-founder and executive di…
(2021-12-22). The US is Gaining a Foothold in Uzbekistan. journal-neo.org 
To create sustainable groundwork for further expansion into Central Asia, Washington has recently placed particular emphasis on developing relations and cooperation with Uzbekistan. One of such work areas in this country has been the active opening of "American Corners" in Uzbekistan. It is a US government-supported global network of more than 600 open-access educational centers, …
(2021-12-22). STOP FCMAT Attack On Oakland Public Schools! OEA, Community & Pols Oppose $90 M In Cuts. indybay.org The Oakland Education Association, politicians and community organizations spoke out against the demands of the FCMAT for $90 million in cutbacks in the public schools or the district would be put under trusteeship.
(2021-12-22). Physical fitness gradually improved among Chinese students. ecns.cn Chinese students have shown gradual improvements in physical fitness as efforts have been made to ensure their time for physical activity, according to the Ministry of Education.
(2021-12-22). VIDEO: Join emergency online meeting today to demand Julian Assange's immediate release. wsws.org "We need an independent movement of the working class, students and youth to free Assange."
(2021-12-22). Nicaragua's evidence-based democracy threatens U.S. oppression domestically and abroad. mronline.org 
Despite Washington's best effort to derail Nicaragua's electoral process through hybrid warfare, strong voter turnout resulted in a decisive victory by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), and the reelection of President Daniel Ortega with 75.92% of the votes cast. Nicaragua's non-partisan, independent Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) reported on Monday, November 8th that 65.23% of …
(2021-12-22). Lack of Left-wing culture, weakness of progressivism in Latin America. mronline.org 
One of the great weaknesses of Latin American progressivism and something that explains its partial defeats is the lack of a leftist, alternative and accessible popular culture, promoting new ways of organizing daily life, affirms àÅlvaro García Linera.
(2021-12-22). Thursday 1/20: Burrowing Owls of the South Bay Area Webinar w/ SCVOSA, WERC & POST. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…
(2021-12-22). Tuesday 12/21: From Lincoln to Today: Ken Burns & Heather Cox Richardson on Complex History of GOP. indybay.org Online event: www.facebook.com/UNUMKenBurns…
(2021-12-21). New Program Is Secretly Privatizing Medicare. popularresistance.org A new program is placing Medicare recipients into private health insurance plans without their knowledge or consent in a final effort to fully privatize our national Medicare system. Known as "Direct Contract Entities (DCEs)," this program is putting more of our healthcare system into the hands of private equity to generate enormous profits at the expense of our health. Clearing the FOG speaks about this with Kay Tillow, a long time health care, civil rights and union activist. Tillow explains what these entities are, why they threaten the future of our entire healthcare system and how they block our ability to a…
(2021-12-21). Healing and Health Equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Populations—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We thank Dr Taparra and colleagues for their comments bringing even greater attention to health challenges of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander populations. Their insights further underscore key themes we emphasized in our Viewpoint—the importance of granular data and data disaggregation to document public health and health care disparities, the need to bring the widest range of partners together to promote diversity and inclusion, and the urgency for new policy directions and societal actions. We look forward to further insights and commitments from many more colleagues to make health equity co…
(2021-12-21). Orthodox rabbis demand US universities abandon diversity efforts. rt.com 
The managing director of the Coalition for Jewish Values, which represents more than 2,000 Orthodox rabbis, told Fox News that US universities should end diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts over anti-Semitism concerns. | Speaking on Monday, the coalition's representative, Rabbi Yaakov Menken, likened current programs to appointing "foxes to guard the proverbial hen house" after a report claimed DEI leaders often promote anti-Semitism. | "With anti-Semitic incidents rising at an alarming rate, using Israel as a convenient facade, universities must ensure their diversity efforts include protection of…
(2021-12-21). 2022 Must Be the Year the Left Proactively Shapes the COVID Agenda. truthout.org 
As we head into the winter holidays nervously checking news about the Omicron variant and rising COVID-19 case numbers, let's take a moment to think of how a more just society might handle the coming weeks. | Schools and many workplaces would offer remote options for the final week before Christmas to slow the spread just before people gather with older relatives and immunocompromised loved ones. Airports and bus stations would have free rapid tests for all passengers traveling for the holidays. Finall…
(2021-12-21). Healing and Health Equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Populations. jamanetwork.com To the Editor We agree with the recent Viewpoint that Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) individuals are not a monolithic group and have sociodemographic heterogeneity. Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander individuals experience important differences in health disparities and physician representation compared with Asian American individuals. Therefore, aggregation of these 2 races should be made with caution and specific intention.
(2021-12-21). Unions Are Not Only Good For Workers. popularresistance.org We know that unions promote economic equality and build worker power, helping workers to win increases in pay, better benefits, and safer working conditions. | But that's not all unions do. Unions also have powerful effects on workers' lives outside of work. | In this report, we document the correlation between higher levels of unionization in states and a range of economic, personal, and democratic well-being measures. In the same way unions give workers a voice at work, with a direct impact on wages and working conditions, the data suggest that unions also give workers a voice in shaping their communities. Wher…
(2021-12-21). The Year in Inequality in 10 Charts: Our Economic and Racial Divides grew Wider in 2021. juancole.com Blogging Our Great Divide by Sarah Anderson Brian Wakamo | — A year ago we had such high hopes. We expected the Covid vaccine rollout to bring a swift end to the pandemic, opening a window for pushing bold solutions to the long-standing economic, racial, and gender divides that had grown even wider under Covid. …
(2021-12-21). SF UESF Teachers & Supporters Demand No Cuts In the Class & Rally Against At SFUSD HQ. indybay.org Hundreds of teachers, students and supporters of public education rallied at the SFUSD offices to protest the proposed $125 million dollar budget cuts.
(2021-12-21). Video: Nancy Pelosi Interrupted by Protester Shouting 'Let's Go Brandon'. sputniknews.com "Let's Go Brandon" is a viral euphemism for "F**k Joe Biden" that has flourished online and offline since a NASCAR race in October. The contest was won by Brandon Brown, and, while the crowd was chanting "F**k Joe Biden", a reporter said instead that they were shouting "Let's Go Brandon" in support of the driver.
(2021-12-21). Incorrect Recommendation Wording in Figure. jamanetwork.com In the US Preventive Services Task Force Policy Report titled "USPSTF Approach to Addressing Sex and Gender When Making Recommendations for Clinical Preventive Services," published in the November 16, 2021, issue of JAMA, language for a past recommendation was incorrect. In Figure 1, in the "Recommendation" column of the "Asymptomatic bacteriuria screening" row, the second recommendation should have read "The USPSTF recommends against screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria in nonpregnant adults. (D)" This article was corrected online.
(2021-12-21). How do we stop the neocons from starting another disaster in Ukraine. mronline.org 
If anything, Washington's neoconservatives have an unerring instinct for survival.
(2021-12-21). Property: Is it theft? Is it freedom or is it both? Merry Christmas! mronline.org 
Not long after Thanksgiving this year, I went to San Francisco's Japantown ("Jtown" to locals). Surrounded by commodities for sale and in a high rent district I was reminded of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's famous remark, "La propriété, c'est le vol!, which is usually translated as "Property is theft."
(2021-12-21). LABOUR live at Metabolic Rift. mronline.org 
Titled Metabolic Rift, the month-long event series combined both an exhibition spread across Berlin's Kraftwerk venue and a series of concerts that captured the spirit of Berlin through site-specific interventions and live performance.
(2021-12-21). Gregory T. Cushman — 'Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History'. mronline.org 
In the last two decades it has been common, in Marxist books on ecology, to find discussions of how capitalist agriculture developed an urgent need for fertilisers to solve the crisis of soil fertility in the 19th century.