(2023-06-18). Mayo Clinic Social Innovation Grant to address health care disparities accepting applications. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic is now accepting applications for a new Social Innovation Grant poised to address health care disparities in Olmsted County. Visit the Mayo Clinic Community Engagement page for application materials and additional information. Applications are due July 31, 2023. The grant, sponsored by Mayo Clinic's Department of Medicine, will be awarded to digital innovation projects that improve health, enhance health care delivery, and promote greater health equity in the greater Rochester…
(2023-06-17). Correspondence] Climate change justice goes beyond authorship equity. thelancet.com Mehr Muhammad Adeel Riaz and colleagues commented on the poor global authorship equity in the 2022 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change.1 This letter not only describes the inequity in reporting but also enlightens the need to dissect climate change in detail to truly understand cause and effect.
(2023-06-18). Addressing cancer concerns in the LGBTQ+ community. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org During June, many cities and towns around the U.S. and the world celebrate and raise awareness of the LGBTQ+ community's accomplishments and the ongoing fight for equality and acceptance. When it comes to health, the LGBTQ+ community faces increased cancer concerns. Stigma and discrimination create barriers to health care, placing the LGBTQ+ community at heightened risk for certain forms of cancer. Being aware of cancer risks and finding ways to overcome these challenges can be lifesaving. Mayo…
(2023-06-18). Capital in the 2020s (with Thomas Piketty). indybay.org Inequality is not an accident. It's not like the weather. It actually is being driven by the way capitalism is functioning. You know what we need? We need state intervention, we need government action, and we need that to be very, very, very big. That is when he proposes a policy that seems like it's common sense now, but at the time, the idea of a wealth tax of 2 percent sounds radical.
(2023-06-17). Will Biden's Industrial Policy Create a Lot More Moderna Billionaires? cepr.net People routinely tout Biden's efforts to bring back manufacturing jobs as a way to rebuild the middle class and reduce inequality. Whatever the motives, there is not much reason to believe that it will have this effect. When the United States opened up its market to freer trade in manufactured goods, through trade deals like …
(2023-06-17). Celebrating Racial Justice and Equality on Juneteenth. progressive.org The holiday is an opportunity to learn from our history, celebrate our progress, and carry both forward.
(2023-06-18). Afroamericanos creen que el racismo empeorará en EE.UU. telesurtv.net Encuesta revela que 51 por ciento de los ciudadanos piensa que la discriminación racial solo empeorará, mientras que el 37 por ciento cree que se mantendrá igual.
(2023-06-17). Correspondence] Disability is central to discrimination in health. thelancet.com We congratulate The Lancet on the Series on racism, xenophobia, discrimination, and health—a key resource for health researchers and advocates. One Series paper by Shannon and colleagues1 focuses on intersectionality. We were gratified to see that the authors mention questions of ableism in their framing comments, but disability issues are not carried through in the case studies or analyses.
(2023-06-17). Correspondence] Essential role of staff development in addressing structural racism. thelancet.com After the recent Comment1 by Saleem Razack and Thirusha Naidu, we thought it essential to emphasise the importance of faculty development. As medical educators, we must role-model the behaviours and attitudes we expect of our students, including the critical consciousness mentioned, but also an awareness of structural racism and its effects on students, patients, and staff. We are concerned that too much of the focus in recent years has been on the development of the curriculum, with relatively little consideration of faculty that aims to develop the competencies required of an educator in today's higher educatio…
(2023-06-17). Correspondence] The role of patient safety in health inequities. thelancet.com The Series paper by Selvarajah and colleagues1 highlights how inequitable quality of care is a means by which health systems map discrimination onto poorer health outcomes. However, the authors miss an opportunity for framing these issues in a way that will provoke effective remedial action from health professionals and systems.
(2023-06-17). Covid Related News: Discrimination against unvaccinated Australians is deadly while the dangers of covid injections continue to be revealed. expose-news.com Australia's stance to not treat an unvaccinated child is nothing short of criminal in light of the ever-growing mountain of evidence from across the world of the harm and deaths caused by …
(2023-06-17). Brazil, literacy for development. plenglish.com Brasilia, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Convinced that with education a child can always become a good man, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a new decree to subsidize actions to promote literacy and guarantee it until the end of the second year of primary education in Brazil.
(2023-06-17). The 2023 Oakland Teachers Strike: An Assessment. popularresistance.org At the end of May, I closed the books on my tenth year as a classroom teacher, my seventh in Oakland Unified. When the year got underway back in August of 2022, I was hoping for something that had eluded me for most of my time in OUSD: an uninterrupted school year. While contract negotiations were set to take place, I did not anticipate any major escalation on the union front. For most of the year, that proved to be the case. | But then shortly before spring break, word spread that the Oakland Education Association (OEA) bargaining team wanted to escalate to a potential strike before the end of the year.
(2023-06-18). Wednesday 6/21: How the Supreme Court's Hard-Right Turn Is Wreaking Havoc on Democracy. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-06-18). British football enthusiast enjoys village super league. ecns.cn A village super league held in Rongjiang County, Southwest China's Guizhou Province, has gone viral both online and offline. "ÄÄ…
(2023-06-18). ICWA Stands! Supreme Court Affirms Indian Child Welfare Act. popularresistance.org The court's opinion in the case Haaland v. Brackeen upheld the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), a 1978 law that gives tribal governments exclusive jurisdiction over Native children who live on reservations. Considered to be the "gold standard" of child welfare policy, ICWA has protected the continued existence of Indian tribes and their most vital resource — Indian children — for 45 years. | By a 7-2 margin, the court today reinforced ICWA by affirming an appellate court en banc ruling that challenged some aspects of the law's constitutionality. | The nation's highest court found that ICWA doe…
(2023-06-18). Friday 6/16: Understanding the Escalating Repression of the #StopCopCity Movement. indybay.org Online via Zoom | Register at www.nlg.org/civicrm/event/register/?id=60 | Live captioning provided…
(2023-06-18). Ireland's 'Hate Speech' Laws — Censoring Ukraine Truth? southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by Gavin O'Reilly | Last month, global attention was drawn to the southern Irish State's proposed 'hate speech' laws, owing to online commentary on the new bill from high-profile figures such as Allowing for s…
(2023-06-17). Our ongoing march into dystopia and oblivion. mronline.org 
The neoconservative think tank American Enterprise Institute is now floating the idea of giving nukes to Ukraine, which is about as evil and demented a foreign policy position as anyone could possibly come up with.
(2023-06-17). Assange: An unholy masquerade of tyranny disguised as justice. mronline.org 
Julian's persecution has nothing to do with the law. It is a simple demonstration of the crushing power of the state.
(2023-06-17). Perspectives] Virtually forgotten: telehealth and its histories. thelancet.com Along with nearly every doctor I knew, during the COVID-19 pandemic I was thrust into the strange world of virtual medicine. For many of my paediatric patients with autism spectrum disorder, for whom an hour in clinic can be challenging, this turned out to be a good thing and online the parents and I could have a genuine conversation. Still more importantly, I was able to see where these families lived—one mother took me on a virtual tour showing the holes her child had kicked into the wall plaster.
(2023-06-17). Pitfalls of export-led growth. mronline.org 
AFTER Sri Lanka and Pakistan, Bangladesh has become the third country in our neighbourhood to become afflicted by a serious economic crisis.
(2023-06-18). China's first intelligent floating production storage and offloading vessel delivered in Jiangsu. ecns.cn China's first intelligent floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel "Offshore Oil 123" was delivered in Nantong, Jiangsu Province, on Friday. It marks a new progress in China's intelligent construction of an offshore oilfield.
(2023-06-18). China plans raft of steps to boost growth. ecns.cn China will work further in implementing a raft of supportive measures to boost consumption, carry out the construction of major projects, and expedite the development of a modern industrial system to boost growth.
(2023-06-18). Working Films and National Labor Leaders Announce Short Film Fund to Support Worker-Led Organizing. indybay.org Working Films, in collaboration with Amazon Labor Union, North Carolina AFL-CIO, Starbucks Workers United, Union of Southern Service Workers, and United Farm Workers, are issuing a call for short films to amplify workers seeking to have their voices heard.
(2023-06-18). Labor must be pushed on its inadequate housing plan. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-18). Protestors call on Vic Labor to save Barak Beacon housing estate. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-18). On 2023 Juneteenth, ILWU10 Closes N.Ca Ports & Makes Actor Danny Glover An Honorary Member. indybay.org On Juneteenth, ILWU Local 10 will close all ports in Northern California and make Danny Glover and honorary member of the Local. Retired ILWU Local 10 secretary treasurer Clarence Thomas talks about the history of Juneteenth and also the history of Danny Glover with the ILWU Local 10.
(2023-06-17). Striking film and television writers rally in New York's Times Square. wsws.org Broadway artists, actors and singers showed their support for the writers, who face wage cuts, the casualization of their labor and the threat of artificial intelligence.
(2023-06-18). Hate Group A Threat To Philadelphia Workers. popularresistance.org Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – When the neofascist, racist, anti-trans, book-banning group Moms for Liberty comes to Philadelphia for their national summit June 29-July 2, those most at risk will be the workers at hotels, libraries, restaurants and other venues where M4L plans to meet. | For weeks activists have protested outside the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott, calling on the hotel to cancel the reservation of this known hate group and urging people to call the Marriott with the same message. At the Philadelphia Pride march June 4, speakers alerted the thousands gathered there to the danger of this upcoming con…
(2023-06-18). Teamsters Vote By 97 Percent To Strike If UPS Fails To Deliver Strong Contract. popularresistance.org Washington, DC – UPS Teamsters have voted by an overwhelming 97 percent to authorize a strike, giving the union maximum leverage to win demands at the bargaining table. | The powerful vote allows the UPS Teamsters National Negotiating Committee to call a strike should UPS fail to come to terms on a strong new contract by July 31, when the union's current National Master Agreement expires. The Teamsters represent more than 340,000 UPS package delivery drivers and warehouse logistics workers nationwide. | "This vote shows that hundreds of thousands of Teamsters are united and determined to get the best contract in…
(2023-06-18). As Shippers Call for Biden to Intervene in Longshore Negotiations All Out on Juneteenth. indybay.org West Coast rank and file ILWU members and retirees are supporting a strike on Juneteenth June 19 until longshore workers get a contract. They have been working without a contract since last July.
(2023-06-18). Friday 6/16: POA: Shut it Down! indybay.org On the sidewalk in front of the San Francisco Police Officers Association: 800 Bryant @ 6th Street in San Francisco…
(2023-06-17). "Time for UPS to Pay Up": 97 Percent of UPS Teamsters Vote to Authorize Strike. truthout.org In a landslide vote on Friday, United Parcel Service workers represented by the Teamsters authorized a nationwide strike as part of their effort to win a strong contract in ongoing negotiations. The Teamsters said in a statement that 97% of UPS workers represented by the union voted in support of a strike if there's no acceptable deal with management by July 31, when the current contract — the… |
(2023-06-17). The Childcare Movement Is Rediscovering Its Power. popularresistance.org Last month, hundreds of childcare workers, families and children gathered in front of City Hall in Philadelphia for a Day without Childcare and a demand for better wages. It was a rousing, passionate event. A lead organizer of the event — and a third-generation childcare provider — Shineal Hunter, was thrilled. "This is a grassroots effort," she said. "It's just a beginning, a starting point to educate as many providers, parents and stakeholders and get them to jump on board. This whole opportunity is allowing me to see how much power we have to make change happen. We just have to join together and sp…
(2023-06-17). UAW rams through sellout deal, shuts down 40-day Clarios strike. wsws.org The sabotage by the United Auto Workers bureaucracy of the courageous strike by workers at the Toledo, Ohio, area auto battery plant is a warning to autoworkers facing their own contract battle this September.
(2023-06-17). "We should have struck!" West Coast dockworkers decry White House-brokered sellout agreement. wsws.org While exact details of the tentative agreement are being kept under wraps by the PMA, ILWU, and the White House, what few items have emerged portend a massive betrayal.
(2023-06-17). Workers Party government in Brazil joins pro-imperialist campaign against Roger Waters. wsws.org The Lula government has joined the campaign to vilify Waters, a leading international antiwar activist, going one better by threatening to jail him for his performances in Brazil.
(2023-06-17). Tentative agreement for New York City transit workers attacks retiree health care. wsws.org The proposed deal would force New York City transit worker retirees onto private Medicare Advantage plans that frequently deny coverage.
(2023-06-17). UPS workers vote overwhelmingly to strike, as Teamsters boast about sham deal for AC in trucks. wsws.org The margin reflects a determined mood among rank-and-file UPS workers, but the Teamsters bureaucracy tried to sabotage this determination by suppressing turnout in the strike vote.
(2023-06-17). The childcare movement is rediscovering its power to make change. wagingnonviolence.org
(2023-06-18). Unions step up push for 'same job, same pay' rule. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-17). The end of the unipolar world. journal-neo.org 
The global world order is on the verge of a radical transformation. The Western powers 30 years ago saw in the collapse of the Soviet Union, which resulted from its internal weaknesses and mistakes, an unprecedented opportunity to dominate the world by way of deterring possible competitors by any means. Perhaps one of the most […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-06-17). The Enduring Traumas of War Scares for the United States and Russia. strategic-culture.org By Melvin GOODMAN | Surprise attacks lead to enduring traumas for the country under attack. This was true for the United States after Pearl Harbor in 1941 and continues to this day following the 9/11 attacks in New York City and Washington. The same was true for Russia in the wake of Operation Barbarossa, the German codename for Hitler's surprise attack in June 1941 against the Soviet Union. The German attack was the worst military disaster in Russian history, far more damaging than the Napoleonic invasion and the setbacks in World War I. | Russian President Putin and his populace are obsessed with the lessons of…
(2023-06-17). Union triumph overhauls Mexican billionaire Larrea mines. plenglish.com Mexico City, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Today, union leader Napoleón Gómez Urrutia described the United States demanding the Mexican government review of the San Martín mine owned by billionaire businessman Germán Larrea as a "great triumph" for the mining union.
(2023-06-17). With strike looming, Teamsters at UPS win air conditioning and other gains. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – Since national negotiations started in March, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has reached many tentative agreements in their national contract with United Parcel Service. These agreements that will benefit Teamsters include but are not limited to better cooling systems in package cars, strengthened grievance procedures, and the creation of more union jobs. | The current Teamsters contract with UPS was a five-year agreement which expires on July 31. Unless the Teamsters bargaining team reaches a tentative agreement with UPS for a next contract and the rank and file votes "yes" by July 31, o…
(2023-06-17). International Conference, Rome, Oct. 27: For a true and just peace: Stop the Third World War! iacenter.org June 15, 2023 This is a statement posted by the initiators of a call for an international conference to end the war in Ukraine. For more information and a list of signers, see tinyurl.com/39j9m2nk. The clash between Russia and Ukraine, due to the direct involvement of NATO, threatens to unleash a third world war. The Euro-Atlantist elites justify their direct support for the puppet regime in Kiev as "necessary to repel Russian aggression." Actually, the real aggressor is the U.S.-NATO-EU coalition, which took advantage of the Soviet Union's dissolution to economically and politically subdue all of Eastern Europe…
(2023-06-17). Lawfare Against Venezuela: Three Years After the Kidnapping of the Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com 
By àÅlvaro Sánchez Cordero — Jun 13, 2023 | Alex Saab has become a pillar of Venezuela's resilience and resistance | "Dear Prime Minister, my name is Alex Nain Saab Morán and I have been illegally detained in your country for 57 days already, while I await the review of an unsubstantiated and politically motivated extradition request made by the United States. I am compelled to write to you given the great injustice that has been committed." | Thus begins a letter written by Venezuelan Special Envoy and Deputy Ambassador to the African Union Alex Saab addressed to the Prime Minister of Cape Verde Ulise…
(2023-06-17). Presidente Maduro sostiene reunión con ministra de Estado para Cooperación Internacional de Emiratos àÅrabes Unidos. telesurtv.net El mandatario destacó que son naciones unidas con el mismo espíritu, abocados a trabajar en la agenda bilateral que fortalezca la cooperación mutua.
(2023-06-17). Germany: Train drivers union leader turns union into a temporary employment agency. wsws.org The cooperative founded by the Train Drivers' Union (GDL) is a trap and marks a new low in the transformation of trade unions into tools of big corporations.
(2023-06-17). New York City teachers union announces sellout deal. wsws.org Mayor Eric Adams has announced that there will be budget cuts of hundreds of millions of dollars next year that will result in the firing of over 500 school crossing guards, and drastically cut the city's pre-K program.
(2023-06-17). Jobs stable in May, but youth still struggling. ecns.cn The unemployment rate remained stable in May, hovering around 5 percent, but younger job seekers still face a tough outlook with structural imbalances in the job market.
(2023-06-17). BRI creates more than 3,000 projects, 420,000 jobs for participating countries in decade: ministry. ecns.cn A decade on since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was announced, it has galvanized nearly $1 trillion of investment globally and created more than 3,000 projects and 420,000 jobs for participating countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at the daily press conference on Thursday.
(2023-06-17). Syrian Army Assassinates HTS Commander In Syria's Greater Idlib (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | On June 17, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) assassinated a commander of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-facto ruler of the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | Syrian pro-government news sources said that the SAA monitored the movements of the commander, who was identified Hammam Abu Dujana, for a while, then targeted him with an anti-tank guided missile near the town of Kafr Nouran in the southern Idlib coun…
(2023-06-17). Minnesota: FBI investigating abortion rights movement, activists say no. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Around two dozen students, journalists and community members gathered outside the Humphrey School of Public Affairs for June 15 press conference addressing the FBI harassment of SDS organizer Gillian Rath, regarding her activism surrounding abortion rights, including the SDS campaign in opposition to government-funded and predatory "crisis pregnancy centers." | The FBI called Rath several times last week. This FBI harassment of a student organizer is especially troubling given the FBI's long history of infiltrating and disrupting organizations in student movements stretching back to the 1960s,…
(2023-06-17). Red Square/Molotov Club: 'Stop NATO! Peace to the People!'. iacenter.org June 16, 2023 The following is a memorandum issued by the VI Annual Conference of the expert community "Red Square/Molotov Club," held May 24-25 in Moscow. Participants of the VI Annual Conference of the expert community "Red Square / Molotov Club" (hereinafter: "Community"), held with the organizational support of the news agency M.A.R.T.corp., in Moscow from May 24-25, 2023, declare: In the years since the V Annual Conference of the Community (2020), the world has been subjected to increasing instability and turbulence. Thus, the Peace Movement in different countries, as well as the left, socialist and communis…
(2023-06-17). 1500 Scientists Say "Climate Change Not Due to CO2" — The Real Environment Movement Was Hijacked. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-17). Resolution On Indigenous Peoples' Health Is A Landmark Moment. popularresistance.org During the 76th World Health Assembly, members of the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted an unprecedented resolution on the health of Indigenous peoples. The drafting process of the resolution was primarily driven by Brazil, with support from other countries in Latin America. The adoption of the resolution could pave the way for combating the health inequities that Indigenous communities have been exposed to for centuries, and open the doors to greater participation from Indigenous movements. | Mariana Lopes Simàµes, who took part in the World Health Assembly as part of the People's Health Movement's W…
(2023-06-17). "Trans Movement" Makes Thoughtcrime Reality & Ushers In New Flavor Of Authoritarian Control. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (6/17/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth
(2023-06-17). Palestinian prisoners suspend hunger strike scheduled for Sunday while dialogues continue to achieve their demands. samidoun.net The Administrative Detainees' Committee of the Palestinian prisoners' movement in occupation jails issued a statement on Saturday, 17 June, announcing that the mass open hunger strike of Palestinians jailed without charge or trial scheduled to begin on Sunday was suspended pending further dialogue with the occupation prison administration to achieve their demands. There are currently …
(2023-06-17). The Other Americans: Fascism's Ugly Shadow in Latin America. progressive.org In Latin America, the roots of fascism run deep. Across the hemisphere, fascist and far-right ideologies are reemerging, often growing out of religious movements.
(2023-06-18). Gov't of Waukegan, Illinois tries to hide extensive history of abuse by cops. liberationnews.org 
The city government of Waukegan, Illinois, tried to bury an internal report revealing misconduct and evasion of discipline in the Waukegan Police Department. Waukegan is a city 30 miles north of Chicago with a multinational, working class population of just under 90,000.
(2023-06-17). New Details From Leonard Leo's Trust Fund Expose the Inner Workings of the Right. truthout.org Newly obtained documents show that the billion-dollar trust fund given to Leonard Leo — the right-wing attorney and longtime leader the Federalist Society who orchestrated Donald Trump's Supreme Court picks — has dumped at least $411 million into fueling right-wing infrastructure in the U.S. since mid-2020. The latest IRS filing of the new nonprofit, Marble Freedom Trust — obtained by Accountable. |
(2023-06-17). Venezuela: Authorities Working on Comprehensive Response Plan to Meet Yukpa Indigenous People's Demands. orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, June 5, 2023 ( In a statement on Thursday, June 15, the Ministry reported that Interior Minister Remigio Ceballos has met with leaders of Yukpa and other indigenous communities living…
(2023-06-17). Egypt mourns deaths in shipwreck off coast of Greece. plenglish.com Cairo, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The Egyptian government is currently working with Greek authorities to determine total toll of nationals dead during a boat shipwreck, with hundreds of illegal immigrants, off the coast of Greece.