2023-01-11: News Headlines

Piedmont Anti-Racism, Diversity Committee (2023-01-11). Monday 1/16: 26th Annual MLK Celebration. indybay.org Alan Harvey Theater | 800 Magnolia Ave | Piedmont, CA 94611…

Judy Greenspan (2023-01-11). Sunday 1/22: Stop US Wars! Disband NATO! Money for Jobs and Education Not for the Pentagon! indybay.org Gather at the Lake Merritt Columns, Oakland at 1 p.m. March to the Lake Merritt Amphitheater, Oakland…

Wendy Craig (2023-01-11). Press Conference: Defend the African Community's Right to Economic Self-Determination. indybay.org What: Press Conference: Defend the African Community's Right to Economic Self-Determination, and Human and Civil Rights on this MLK Day! | When: Friday, January 13th, 2023 at 10am | Where: Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles, 3742 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA 94610 | Who: African People's Education & Defense Fund and Uhuru Furniture & Collectibles | Black Star Industries and Uhuru Foods and Pies…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-10). Socioeconomic status measure helps researchers develop artificial intelligence models, improving equity in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Social determinants of health impact people's well-being and quality of life. These social determinants — conditions such as access to nutrition, safe and affordable housing, jobs, transportation, and access to health care — are some of the factors that lead to disparities in health and health care if they are not addressed. "Defining and assessing social determinants of health really invites clinicians, educators, and researchers to embrace a broader understanding of health in the social…

WSWS (2023-01-10). University of California to invest $4 billion in private equity giant Blackstone. wsws.org Emboldened by the UAW's sellout, the University of California has made a substantial investment in a company that profits from the maintenance of high rent.

WSWS (2023-01-10). New Zealand: Reject sellout of Wellington rail workers! wsws.org The Socialist Equality Group calls on rail workers in Wellington to reject the sellout agreement presented by the Rail and Maritime Transport Union, which constitutes a real wage cut, and to form a rank-and-file committee independent of the pro-capitalist union.

The Associated Press (2023-01-10). US Law Based on Anti-Latino Racism Fuels Immigration Fight. latinorebels.com As thousands of children were taken from their parents at the southern border during a Trump administration crackdown on illegal crossings, a federal public defender in San Diego set out to find new strategies to go after the longstanding deportation law fueling the family separations.

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Comparison of the Financial and Operational Characteristics of For-Profit and Nonprofit Hospitals Receiving Federal GME Payments, 2011-2020. jamanetwork.com This study compares graduate medical education (GME) payments between nonprofit and for-profit hospitals between 2011 and 2020 to assess how hospitals value GME.

Speak Out Now (2023-01-10). Saturday 1/21: 2023: A Coming Economic Crisis? Who Will Pay? with Richard Wolff (Online). indybay.org Online townhall, see website for details…

Volunteer organized (2023-01-10). Monday 1/9: January 6th Justice: Our Freedoms, Our Vote – 2nd Anniversary Virtual Rally. indybay.org Virtual / Online event (hosted from Fremont, CA)…

Ari Paul (2023-01-10). The right turns anti-LGBTQ hate up to 11. mronline.org In the past few years, the right-wing media have become laser-focused on transgender issues, not always attacking trans people individually, but instead claiming that children are being "groomed" to adopt "radical gender ideology," and that rights for the trans community are infringing on the rights of children, women and Christians.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-10). Israel imposes more repressive measures on Palestinians following UNGA vote. mronline.org Apart from imposing travel restrictions on Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, Israel has confiscated USD 39 million from the body which will be transferred to the 'victims of terrorism' fund for Israeli citizens.

jamanetwork (2023-01-10). Incorrect Data, Investigator Name, and eFigure. jamanetwork.com In the Original Investigation titled "Effect of Ivermectin vs Placebo on Time to Sustained Recovery in Outpatients With Mild to Moderate COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial," published in the October 25, 2022, issue of JAMA, the number of participating sites was incorrect in the Abstract and Methods section (93 has been changed to 91). Additionally, a grant number was fixed in the Funding/Support section, as well as an investigator name and eFigure 3 in Supplement 3. This article was corrected online.

Andy Higginbottom (2023-01-10). Peru and capitalist extraction—the imperial mining powers behind the throne. mronline.org As a rainbow of social movements in Peru prepare for a general strike starting on 4 January the country is polarised between party politicians' intrigues and action of the masses on the streets.

Editor (2023-01-10). How Big Pharma actually spends its massive profits. mronline.org New research shows that pharmaceutical companies have spent more on enriching shareholders than drug research and development over the past decade.

Editor (2023-01-10). Netflix's 'Descendant' shows capitalism continues to oppress African descendants. mronline.org In the spring of 1860, wealthy businessman Timothy Meaher made a bet that he could illegally kidnap and ship Africans from Africa to Mobile, Alabama, without being detected by federal officials.

Editor (2023-01-10). The lesson we should have learned from 'Silent Spring'. mronline.org We have to address the way that corporations create, shape, and control demand, leveraging the state as a tool.

Tings Chak (2023-01-10). A look back on three years of China's anti-COVID-19 fight. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in MR Online on Jan. 1, 2023. It is shared here under Creative Commons | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | I arrived in Shanghai, 36 hours after leaving Sà£o Paulo, a near deportation in South Africa, and a canceled connecting flight. It was March 21, 2020. In the following days, China implemented its mandatory centrali…

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