Democrats Need to Wake Up and Smell the Grassroots
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-16
Unfortunately, an exotic flu epidemic has broken out in Washington, D.C. Dubbed the "Canadian Hot Sauce Flu," it uniquely afflicts a particular group of Democratic officeholders and operatives. | CHS Flu renders its victims weaker than Canadian hot sauce, leaving them unable to stand boldly for the workaday majority they're supposed to represent. Instead, the afflicted — who are mostly old-line party leaders — are reduced to don't-rock-the-boat corporatism and conservative appeasement when advancing policy ideas. They fear that anything stronger will spook "centrist voters." | This breakout is a react…
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The 5G Wireless Crisis: Awareness & Accountability Summit
Josh del Sol | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-16
5G wireless… the industry HAS NOT shown it to be safe for your health or privacy — yet THOUSANDS of peer-reviewed, independent studies show the risks it presents. | Understand the dangers and find solutions in your community! | The 5G Crisis: …
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As Republicans Push Pro-Life Agenda, Maternal and Infant Death Rates Rise
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-16
Not only has maternal and infant health mortality rates increased in the U.S. but these rates are double for black women compared to their white counterparts–no matter what their education or income level. Community Doulas and midwives think they have part of the solution…
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'The Difference Is Thousands of Lives': Sanders Releases Chart Contrasting Biden's Incremental Healthcare Plan With Medicare for All
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-16
"Biden's plan would preserve a broken system," said Sen. Bernie Sanders's 2020 presidential campaign | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Ecuador: Workers, Farmers Launch National Strike Against Gov't
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-15
Ecuador's National Campesino Movement (Fecaol) and workers' unions have launched a five-day national strike Monday to protest President Lenin Moreno's neoliberal government, as massive manifestations in the country's capital and major cities are expected on Tuesday. | RELATED: | IMF Approves Second Million-Dollar Loan Installment to Ecuador | "The national strike is strengthened: Campesinos, Indigenous people, Afro-descendants, retail traders, health workers, electricians,…
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'We won't get to zero cases of Ebola without a big scale-up in funding,' UN relief chief warns
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-15
Deadly, attacks on health workers in Ebola-hit areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including one at the weekend that left two dead, are an indication that combating the disease outbreak will require far greater international support, UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock said on Monday.
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Baby foods high in sugar, inappropriately marketed in Europe, reveal two UN studies
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-15
Proper nutrition for newborn babies into early childhood is key to development and good health in later life, according to the Regional Director of the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) in Europe, as she launched two new studies on Monday.
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'Complacency' a factor in stagnating global vaccination rates, warn UN health chiefs
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-15
More than one in 10 children — almost 20 million worldwide — failed to receive potentially lifesaving vaccines in 2018, the UN said on Monday, citing obstacles including conflict, cost and complacency.
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Monday's Daily Brief: numbers of hungry people rising, millions of children need vaccines, Mali children need more protection
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-15
In today's Daily Brief: achieving zero hunger an "immense challenge", with numbers of hungry rising; 20 million children are missing out on potentially life-saving vaccines, the killing of health workers in DR Congo shows the need for a stronger Ebola response; a UN expert calls for an end to violations against children in Mali; and better training is needed to cut global youth unemployment.
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'Not Acceptable': Analysis Estimates Biden Healthcare Plan Would Kill 125,000 People in First Decade Alone
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-15
As Biden vows to "do everything in my power" to defend system based on for-profit insurance industry, People's Policy Project shows death toll would be equivalent "of 42 September 11-style attacks" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Pharma Companies Win Case Against Drug Price Transparency
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-14
One of the Trump administration's promises leading up to 2020 is to reduce prescription drug prices, but the plan has stalled after a big court loss, and other blows to Trump's grand healthcare plan. Wendell Potter discusses the implications…
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UN's Guterres condemns ongoing airstrikes on Syria's hospitals, medical workers
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-12
Reports that airstrikes have hit several health facilities in north-west Syria have been strongly condemned by the UN Secretary-General.
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Weekend Read: Jim Crow's fingerprints are on Florida's new voting law
splcenter.org | 2019-07-12
Voting is not a privilege but a right that is essential for a healthy, well-functioning democracy.
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DP World workers take strike action over conditions
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-12
Up to 2000 waterfront workers at DP World container terminals across Australia went on strike to oppose the multinational company's attacks on working conditions. The strikes began on July 8 and continued through the week, with workers in Brisbane, Fremantle and Sydney striking for 48 hours and for 96 hours in Melbourne. | The industrial action by members of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) was taken in opposition to the use of automation, outsourcing, cuts to income protection insurance and dishonest bargaining by the company, which is using change provisions in existing agreements to secure outcomes it can…
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Melbourne's safe injecting facility under spotlight
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-12
Since its opening mid-last year, Melbourne's safe injecting room in North Richmond has received significant media attention. | The consensus is that the facility is saving lives and reducing substance use on the streets. | North Richmond Community Health, which is operating the facility as a two-year pilot project, has reported that 650 overdoses have been successfully reversed. | Yet community concern persists that the facility is centralising Melbourne's drug scene, with North Richmond being described as a "honey pot" for drug traffickers. | North Richmond Community Health medical director Nicholas Clark says t…
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"Unconscionable & Unacceptable": Rep. Barragán Decries Detention of Migrant Children in Prison Cells
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-11
Yazmin Juárez, the Guatemalan mother whose child died from a lung infection after being held in an ICE detention center, testified before members of a congressional panel Wednesday. She shared the story of her daughter, 19-month-old Mariee, who died last year shortly after being released from the South Texas Family Detention Center in Dilley, Texas. Juárez filed a $60 million lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Patrol and the Department of Health and Human Services. The House subcommittee convened to examine the treatment of refugees in U.S.
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Mass measles vaccination campaign begins in Ebola-hit DR Congo province
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-11
Health workers have started a massive measles vaccination campaign in north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a region that's in the grip of the second deadliest Ebola virus outbreak on record.
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How the Climate Crisis Is Pushing Central Americans Out of Their Homes Toward the U.S
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-10
As the U.S. continues to crack down on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border, we look at one of the underreported driving factors leading people to flee their home countries: the climate crisis. John Carlos Frey, author of "Sand and Blood: America's Stealth War on the Mexico Border," spent time with Central American climate refugees traveling in a caravan toward the United States. He says, "If this drought continues, we're looking at all-out famine from Central America. …That's one of the major reasons why they're coming. … The government doesn't even acknowledge the fact that there is a climate c…
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Wednesday's Daily Brief: Guterres in Kenya, Prisoners sick in Iran, #GlobalGoals, Myanmar, Ukraine updates, and new space partnership
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-10
This Wednesday's UN top stories are: latest global terror warnings; political prisoners denied health access in Iran; high-level discussions on Sustainable Development Goals; continued abuse of Rohingya in Myanmar; Odessa killings in Ukraine; and partnering with NASA.
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Racism: Milwaukee's Public Health Emergency
Isiah Holmes | progressive.org | 2019-07-10
One of the most segregated cities in the United States takes on racism as a health issue.
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Medicare for all means radical change, not just reforms
Esteban Guevara | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-06
Healthcare, along with education, jobs, and affordable housing, are essential human rights indispensable for everyone.
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House Casts Historic Vote to Repeal Authorization for Endless War
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2019-06-19
Washington, D.C. — June 19, 2019 — In response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 2740 (Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Legislative Branch, Defense, State, Foreign Operations, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2020), which includes language to repeal the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) eight months after …
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