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Child labor laws are under attack in states across the country: Amid increasing child labor violations, lawmakers must act to strengthen standards | Economic Policy Institute

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher 0 Comments

At a time when serious child labor violations are on the rise in hazardous meatpacking and manufacturing jobs, several state legislatures are weakening—or threatening to weaken—child labor protections. The trend reflects a coordinated multi-industry push to expand employer access to low-wage labor and weaken state child labor laws in ways that contradict federal protections, in…

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Jackson dissents in abortion case

March 20, 2023March 20, 2023 K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher 0 Comments

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented Monday as the Supreme Court wiped out a federal appeals court ruling that upheld the right of a minor to go to court to obtain permission to seek an abortion without parental notification.That lower court decision, issued last April by the St. Louis-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, seems…

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Who benefits from all this outrage & division? | Khadija Mbowe

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Who benefits from all this outrage & division? | Khadija Mbowe from YouTube41 minutes 25 seconds

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M2KaNE – MaDlamini (Official Music Video)

March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher 0 Comments

M2KaNE – MaDlamini (Official Music Video) from YouTube5 minutes 51 seconds

This song is proudly dedicated to Phindiwe Edna Mbatyoti, my mother. Ndyabulela MaDlamini, you have raised a good man.

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfTrsAn63M8&ab_channel=M2KaNE[/embed] I’m here to pander to a heart that has been vilified That’s always pampered me and harvested my inner fire I wanna see you smileDon’t wanna see you cry I wanna be the one who always let’s your demons down Relentless in your quest to make your baby fly I’ll always grind until I…

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Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country – Mother Jones

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher 0 Comments

Inside the Secret Working Group That Helped Push Anti-Trans Laws Across the Country by Damian Carrington (Mother Jones)

On a Saturday afternoon in August 2019, South Dakota Republican state Rep. Fred Deutsch sent an email to 18 anti-trans activists, doctors, and lawyers with the text of a bill he planned to introduce that would make it a felony for doctors to give transgender children under 16 gender-affirming medical care. “I have no doubt this […]

On a Saturday afternoon in August 2019, South Dakota Republican state Rep. Fred Deutsch sent an email to 18 anti-trans activists, doctors, and lawyers with the text of a bill he planned to introduce that would make it a felony for doctors to give transgender children under 16 gender-affirming medical care. “I have no doubt…

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Stereotypes about girls dissuade many from careers in computer science

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023 K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher 0 Comments

Stereotypes about girls dissuade many from careers in computer science (The Conversation)

Could it be that girls aren’t pursuing jobs in computer science and engineering because society has told them that’s not what they want to do? Three scholars weigh in.

In our peer-reviewed research – published in November 2021 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – we found that these stereotypes about girls’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math – or lack thereof – are fairly widespread among young people today. We also found that these stereotypes actually have an effect on…

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Five Women Sue Texas Over the State’s Abortion Ban

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Five Women Sue Texas Over the State’s Abortion Ban (Yahoo News)

Five women who say they were denied abortions despite grave risks to their lives or their fetuses sued the state of Texas on Monday, apparently the first…

Five women who say they were denied abortions despite grave risks to their lives or their fetuses sued the state of Texas on Monday, apparently the first time that pregnant women themselves have taken legal action against the bans that have shut down access to abortion across the country since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned…

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What Florida Stands to Lose From its War on Books and Black History – Legal Defense Fund

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher 0 Comments

What Florida Stands to Lose From its War on Books and Black History by

Mariel Fernandez (NAACP Legal Defense Fund)

What Florida Stands to Lose from Its War on Books and Black History By Ishena Robinson Deputy Editorial Director Public education has been taken hostage in Florida. And the state legislature and governor’s feverish campaign to strictly limit what facts and information can be accessed in public learning institutions is the driving force behind this […]

Public education has been taken hostage in Florida. And the state legislature and governor’s feverish campaign to strictly limit what facts and information can be accessed in public learning institutions is the driving force behind this egregious incursion.The impact of this campaign, put into motion through a series of targeted and often discriminatory laws, is…

Black, non-Hispanic women had a rate four times higher than white, non-Hispanic women, according to a report released Thursday by the state’s Department of Health.

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Black maternal deaths and disparities increase in Mississippi

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Black maternal deaths and disparities increase in Mississippi by The Associated Press (NBC News)

Deaths from pregnancy complications have become more prevalent in Mississippi, and racial disparities in the health of those who give birth have widened.

The Mississippi Maternal Mortality Report shows that the maternal mortality rate increased by 8.8% between 2013‐2016 and 2017‐2019, with the latter period being the most recent one analyzed by researchers.Black, non-Hispanic women had a rate four times higher than white, non-Hispanic women. Meanwhile, the rate increased by 25% for Black women while falling 14% among…

How One Mom Fought Washington’s Special Education System — and Won - photo of a smiling boy with a video game controller, and someone sitting to his right, screen left.

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How One Mom Fought Washington’s Special Education System — and Won — ProPublica

February 19, 2023February 19, 2023 K. Sis. Nicole T.N. Lasher 0 Comments

How One Mom Fought Washington’s Special Education System — and Won by an author (propublica.org)

The state’s failure to monitor private special education schools forces parents to take extraordinary and sometimes expensive measures to get their kids into the best programs— or keep them out of the worst.

Cummings had read online reviews accusing the school’s staff of mistreating kids. She pleaded with the district officials to give ElijahKing a second chance, but it was too late. He had already been enrolled in the new school.Like other parents, Cummings was confronting a flaw in Washington’s special education system: It has failed to monitor…

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