(2023-04-28). 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…
(2023-04-28). Lessons of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand for the Australian working class. wsws.org The Australian Labor government and some representatives of the Indigenous elite have praised the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand as a model for Australia; the treaty, first signed in 1840 during the colonisation of New Zealand, has been used over the past 30 years to enrich a narrow layer of Māori while leaving the vast majority in poverty.
(2023-04-28). Kristin O'Connell: 'The welfare system is stealing people's present and future'. greenleft.org.au Welfare recipients, anti-poverty campaigners and supporters gathered outside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's electoral office to demand he urgently commit to raising JobSeeker. Isaac Nellist reports.
(2023-04-28). Banco Mundial alerta sobre pobreza en Perú. telesurtv.net Alrededor del 60 por ciento de los hogares en la nación no tienen uno o más servicios básicos…
(2023-04-28). Saturday 5/20: Drag for Democracy. indybay.org The Commonwealth Club of California | 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105…
(2023-04-28). Norway's sovereign wealth fund chief seeks state regulation of AI – FT. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-28). Saturday 5/13: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: "Debt," by David Graeber. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.
(2023-04-28). Republican House bill on debt ceiling sets stage for bipartisan assault on social programs. wsws.org In the current debt ceiling dispute, both sides claim the basic entitlement programs—Social Security and Medicare—are "off the table." But behind the choreographed back and forth between the two parties, and over the heads of the population, the corporate elite is preparing to gut these programs to pay for war and bank bailouts.
(2023-04-28). IMF Has Starred Worst Moments Of Argentine Democracy: CFK. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner urged to revise the conditions and the amount of the debt that former President Mauricio Macri acquired with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2015 to 2019. | RELATED: | "The Macri administration requested to the IMF the largest credit in the Argentinian history," she stressed that the IMF debt payments must be subordinated to the situation of the trade balance and must not…
(2023-04-28). AFL-CIO's Liz Shuler calls GOP demands an 'affront to working people'. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler is describing the GOP demands to undo the progress made by the Biden administration in exchange for lifting the debt ceiling as an "affront to working people" and she has branded those demands as a complete cave-in by Speaker Kevin McCarthy to the radical right in his party. Brushing aside protests …
(2023-04-27). Debt Limit Vote Offers a Preview of GOP Attacks If Party Controls Congress. truthout.org House Republicans narrowly passed their controversial plan for raising the federal debt limit and forcing sweeping cuts to federal programs and the social safety net in a party line vote on Wednesday. The only full hearing on the legislation was held on the eve of the vote, and sparks were flying as lawmakers from both parties testified before the House Committee on Rules. Rep. Jim McGovern… |
(2023-04-28). May Day Greetings Book 2023: Honoring our working class heroes, past and present. peoplesworld.org 
May Day was born when U.S. workers in Chicago dropped tools and fought for the 8-hour day in 1886. It is the cherished gift of the multi-racial U.S. working class and people to workers everywhere. Known around the globe as International Workers Day, May 1st honors all workers and people fighting for democracy and progress, …
(2023-04-28). HDB to streamline home-buying process by consolidating eligibility assessments. channelnewsasia.com Buyers can expect to receive the HDB Flat Eligibility (HFE) letter within 21 working days upon application submission.
(2023-04-28). Shopee to process refunds, return requests within average of 2.5 working days. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-28). Saturday 5/20: 3rd Annual Under the Stars Sleepout to End Homelessness. indybay.org Virtual…
(2023-04-28). HDB to streamline home-buying process by consolidating eligibility assessments. channelnewsasia.com Buyers can expect to receive the HDB Flat Eligibility (HFE) letter within 21 working days upon application submission.
(2023-04-28). Shopee to process refunds, return requests within average of 2.5 working days. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-04-28). Saturday 5/20: 3rd Annual Under the Stars Sleepout to End Homelessness. indybay.org Virtual…