(2023-05-17). Breaking barriers: Helping Native Americans in need get the gift of life. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robert Monroe and Jackie Johnson stand near their home on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona For many American Indians and Alaska Natives, living on an Indian reservation provides a sense of pride, independence, and the ability to maintain cultural and social traditions important to their heritage. Life on the Indian reservation can also mean high rates of poverty, lack of access to food, transportation, communication and health care. Complex medical procedures like an organ…
(2023-05-16). Association of a Housing Mobility Program With Childhood Asthma Symptoms and Exacerbations. jamanetwork.com This matched cohort study examines whether participation from 2016 to 2020 in the Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership housing mobility program, a program that provided housing vouchers and assistance moving to low-poverty neighborhoods, was associated with reduced asthma morbidity among children aged 5 to 17 years.
(2023-05-16). The US Health Equity Crisis—An Economic Case for a Moral Imperative? jamanetwork.com The US faces a health equity crisis. Income inequality has steadily increased over several decades, as have disparities in health outcomes between the richest and poorest US residents. Because income and wealth are strongly linked to education, the gap in life expectancy between adults with a college degree compared with those without one has also sharply widened. Black adults, who, on average, have less wealth and lower levels of education due to systemic inequities and structurally racist policies, experience the highest premature death rates in the country. There is growing concern that these pervasive and ala…
(2023-05-16). Exceptionism in US Empire. dissidentvoice.org 
[S]uffice it to state that the US Guardian Elite are very much of and for the overworld of private wealth. Since the end of World War II, the US Guardian Elite have functioned most decisively as executors of dark power. — Aaron Good, American Exception, p 107 Aaron Good, who received his PhD in political …
(2023-05-16). Biden Cancels Trips Due To Debt Impasse. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Joe Biden canceled the second leg of his trip to Papua New Guinea and Australia for the G7 summit to continue debt ceiling negotiations. | Related: | Biden will travel to Japan tomorrow to attend the summit, but will return to Washington earlier than planned in view of the impossibility of reaching an agreement with the Republicans to increase the debt limit, reached at the beginning of the year and which threatens to plunge the cou…
(2023-05-16). Biden Cancels Plans to Visit Papua New Guinea, Australia Over Debt Ceiling. news.antiwar.com President Biden has canceled planned visits to Papua New Guinea and Australia to focus on the debt ceiling debate that's ongoing in Washington, The Associated Press reported on Tuesday. Biden was planning to visit the two nations after the Group of Seven summit that will be held in Hiroshima, Japan, from May 19-21, which he …
(2023-05-16). Headlines for May 16, 2023. democracynow.org 200,000 Fled Sudan in First Month of Fighting Between Rival Military Factions, Flooding in Somalia Kills at Least 22, Affects Nearly a Half-Million People, Heat Waves Bake China and West Coast of North America, House Republicans Reject Closing Tax Loopholes as June 1 Deadline on Debt Ceiling Looms, SCOTUS to Review South Carolina Congressional Maps Struck Down over Racist Gerrymandering, Trump-Era Special Prosecutor Faults FBI over Probe of Russian Interference in 2016 Campaign, Ex-Associate Sues Rudy Giuliani, Alleging Rape, Abuse and Harassment, 18-Year-Old with Assault Rifle Kills 3, Injures 6 in New Mexico, V…
(2023-05-16). African Catholic Bishops Urge G7 Action on Debt, Bank Reform and Aid to Navigate Africa Crises. indybay.org Africa Faith Leaders Urge Passage of New York Taxpayers and International Debt Crises Protection Act (S4747, A2970)…
(2023-05-16). Inflation drives US household debt to record $17 trillion. wsws.org Rapidly rising prices for basic necessities have devastated household budgets, forcing working people to borrow on their credit cards or take equity out of refinancing their homes to pay their bills.
(2023-05-16). The Debt Ceiling Debate Is a Massive Deception Against the Public. By: Richard D. Wolff. midwesternmarx.com 
Future historians will likely look back at the debt ceiling rituals being reenacted these days with a frustrated shaking of their heads. That otherwise reasonable people would be so readily deceived raises the question that will provoke those historians: How could this happen?The U.S. Congress has imposed successive ceilings on the national debt, each one higher than the last. Ceilings were intended to limit the amount of federal borrowing. But the same U.S. Congress so mana …
(2023-05-17). Sri Lankan government launches a massive security operation in Colombo. wsws.org Last weekend's security operation is to ready the police, military and other sections of the state apparatus to deal with the inevitable eruption of working-class struggles against the government and its IMF austerity policies.
(2023-05-16). Hollywood writers are joining the fight for stable jobs. peoplesdispatch.org The TV & entertainment writers' strike is only one example of organized labor attempting to lift the working class out of the trenches of the so-called gig economy…
(2023-05-16). Trade unions in Italy continue mobilizations against government's labor policies, support to Ukraine war. peoplesdispatch.org Working class sections have demanded an increase in wages and pensions at par with inflation, including raising the minimum wages to 10 euros (10.87 US$) per hour, and additional investment in public health, education, transport, and infrastructure…
(2023-05-16). A Neo-Nazi Working in Congress: Aide to Rep. Gosar Pledged Loyalty to White Supremacist Nick Fuentes. democracynow.org 
We look at a newly confirmed direct connection between a white supremacist leader and a staffer for one of Trump's staunchest supporters in Congress. The digital director for right-wing Arizona Congressmember Paul Gosar has been revealed as a prominent follower of neo-Nazi online influencer Nick Fuentes. Gosar himself is linked to organizers of the January 6 insurrection and was censured for posting an animated video on social media where he murdered Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacked President Biden. We speak with Talking Points Memo reporter Hunter Walker about his exclusive report, whic…
(2023-05-16). The Subminimum Wage Plus Tips: A Bad Bargain for Workers. cepr.net 
This article, published in the May 2023 issue of the New Labor Forum discusses the systemic flaws in the United States' two-tiered minimum wage system, focusing on the long-overlooked federal subminimum wage for tipped workers. While many think of the federal minimum wage as $7.23/hour, the subminimum wage for tipped workers is, in fact, $2.13/hour …
(2023-05-16). Right to Counsel: Jersey City tenants fight for free lawyers in eviction struggles. peoplesworld.org 
JERSEY CITY, N.J.—Two years ago, a report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition showed that a full-time worker in the U.S. needs to earn at least $25.82 per hour to rent a two-bedroom apartment, and $21.25 per hour for a one-bedroom apartment. The federal minimum wage, however, has been frozen at $7.25 since 2009. …
(2023-05-16). MAGA-Oriented Americans Raise $2.49 Million For New York Subway Killer Dan Penny. moguldom.com An online legal defense fund started by attorneys has raised almost $ 2.5 million for an ex-Marine known as the New York "subway killer" who is charged in the May 1 killing of Jordan Neely, a homeless man with mental health issues. Donations have risen to $2.497 million with pledges from thousands of people to …
(2023-05-17). Class forces behind Jordan Neely's murder ‚àí an editorial. workers.org 
Due to the mass struggle, white ex-Marine Daniel Penny, whose 15-minutes-long chokehold led to the death of Jordan Neely — a 30-year-old African American houseless and mentally ill man — was charged with second-degree manslaughter. If convicted — and that is a very big IF — he could face anywhere . . . |
(2023-05-16). Vice Media Officially Files for Bankruptcy After $5 Billion Valuation: Who's Next? moguldom.com Vice media, which was once valued at $5.7 billion and produced "gonzo journalism from exotic locales" with a stated a commitment to cover "under-reported stories," filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. The filing came weeks after the company announced layoffs thought to impact more than 100 employees in the company's 1,500-person workforce, the Wall Street …
(2023-05-16). Hollywood Writers Have a Word for It: Inequality. scheerpost.com 
(2023-05-16). This Food Bank Is Bringing A HelloFresh Approach To Its Pantry. popularresistance.org The Fritz Food Pantry in Madison prides itself on providing a wide variety of foods and ingredients to accommodate as many diets, allergies and food preferences as possible. Their approach speaks not just to the continuing hunger crisis exacerbated by the pandemic; food pantries like The Fritz have also been shown to have an important influence on the dietary health of their customers. | But just because a variety of healthy foods and ingredients are offered doesn't mean that every visitor has the ability to put recipes together at home. So Abby Warfel, a volunteer turned part-time pantry assistant, had an idea:…
(2023-05-16). 'We don't want to be slaves': Meet the People's Liberation Army of Burma By: Michael Christopher. midwesternmarx.com 
A young soldier of the People's Liberation Army shows off his rifle skills in the Burmese jungle. | Photo via PLA "Why can't they wait for the new government to sort out? 'All in good time,' and 'they must wait for their turn,' they say. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from, when your children go hungry, how long are you willing and prepared to wait?"— Popular Struggle, Communist Party of Burma, June 20, 2016.K …