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For Briana Jones, a young Black mother in San Francisco, a city program called the Abundant Birth Project has been a godsend. Designed to counter the “obstetric racism” that researchers say leads a disproportionate number of African American mothers to die from childbirth, the project has provided 150 pregnant Black and Pacific Islander San . . .
In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department said Tuesday it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of recent attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the step after warning Israel last week that President Biden’s administration would be taking […]
Congress, Global, Pentagon U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III delivers the keynote address. Topics included Russia and Ukraine, the alliance with Israel and protecting civilians, strengthening alliances, among others. (Breaking Defense/Brendon Smith) REAGAN NATIONAL DEFENSE FORUM — The US military’s top civilian came to a meeting of US . . .
Since day one, President Biden, Vice President Harris, and the entire Biden-Harris Administration have treated climate change as the existential threat of our time. After spearheading the most significant climate action in history at home and leading efforts to tackle the climate crisis abroad, the United States heads into the 28th U.N. Climate Change Conference […]
Sue Ryder CEO to leave Heidi Travis, chief executive of Sue Ryder, will be leaving the organisation in the spring of 2024. After more than 14 years with Sue Ryder, 11 of those as the CEO, Ryder has decided that the time is right for her to semi-retire. Rima Makarem, chair of Sue Ryder said: […]
Amazon workers in the UK are to go on strike today to coincide with Black Friday – one of the company’s busiest shopping days of the year. More than 1,000 staff at the firm’s warehouse in Coventry are expected to take part in the walkout, the GMB union said, amid a long-running dispute over pay […]
The company has insisted customers will not be affected by the industrial action at its site in Coventry. The GMB union expects more than 1,000 staff to take part. By Daniel Binns, business reporter Friday 24 November 2023 00:54, UK Amazon workers in the UK are to go on strike today to coincide with Black […]
On November 3, 2023, the U.S. Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) issued a final analytic framework for assessing financial stability risks (the Framework) and final interpretive guidance regarding FSOC’s procedures for designating nonbank financial companies as systemically important (the Guidance, and together with the Framework, the Final Guidance).1 Companies designated as systemically important become subject […]
More than 650 scientists signed a letter sent to President Biden today calling on him to commit to more ambitious U.S. climate actions in the lead-up to the annual U.N. climate talks—also called COP28—in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Nearing the end of a year in which the world witnessed devastating climate-fueled disasters, record-breaking global average […]
Article by Karen B. Roberts Photos by Kathy F. Atkinson and Dave Levandoski October 26, 2023 Norbert Mórucz traveled more than 4,400 miles to attend the 2023 international conference of the Association of University Research Parks in Delaware, Oct. 16-19. Mórucz is president of the Association of Science and Technology Parks in Budapest, Hungary, an […]