(2022-06-01). Tunisia's largest trade union calls for national strike against President Saied's economic policies. peoplesdispatch.org The government led by President Kais Saied has proposed massive cuts in basic subsidies and a freeze on wages of public sector employees to fulfill the main conditions for a fresh USD 4 billion loan from the IMF…
(2022-06-01). We'll All Need Home Care Someday. otherwords.org My son JJ has cerebral palsy. He's unable to speak or use his arms and legs. | But he's remarkable. He communicates by using his nose to type on a keyboard attached to his wheelchair. His mind is sharp, and he's passionate about advocating for people with disabilities and their families. | He's learned so much about policies that can help disabled people like him live independently at home. But heartbreakingly, he's also had to learn about the political forces that seem dead set against helping anyone. | We live in Florida. We've been on the waiting list for in-home health care assistance since JJ was 3 years old…
(2022-06-01). An Equal Pay Victory for America's Most Dominant National Team. otherwords.org Three years ago, the U.S. women's soccer team filed a $24 million gender discrimination lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation. This May, after a prolonged and public battle, the players association for the U.S. women's and men's national teams negotiated a groundbreaking The agreement enshrines a number of new protections for both teams. But most importantly, the agreement creates equal pay structures and requires the U.S. Socc…
(2022-06-01). Suffer the Little Weapons. otherwords.org
(2022-06-01). America Needs to See the Reality of Assault Rifle Murders. otherwords.org In the days since the Uvalde shooting, media outlets have shared heartbreaking images of the small victims as they were cherished in life. As Americans, we're forced to look into their young, innocent eyes and accept our shame that we failed to protect them. | What we haven't seen is what they looked like after their lives were ripped away by AR-15 bullets. Many of the children were reportedly so mutilated they could only be identified by DNA. | It is understandable that a newspaper would be loath to publish such photographs. Most human beings would be loath to look at them. | But in the past, such disturbing ima…
(2022-06-01). In OtherWords: June 1, 2022. otherwords.org Decades ago, photos of 14-year old Emmett Till's murdered body lit a fire under the nascent civil rights movement. | This week in OtherWords, Mitchell Zimmerman — a veteran of that movement — wonders if photos of assault rifle victims could
(2022-06-01). Manassas Civil War battlefield threatened by real estate development. wsws.org Home to two major American Civil War battles, Manassas National Battlefield Park is threatened by the proposed construction of a massive data center…
(2022-06-01). National Health Service dentistry faces "death" as hundreds of thousands in UK lack access to treatment. wsws.org Thousands of people are forced to suffer or must seek private dental care, paying exorbitantly high fees for their oral health needs. Press reports include people compelled to pull their own teeth in desperation, as in Victorian times.
(2022-06-01). Overcoming the Distorted Narrative of Christian Nationalism. otherwords.org I grew up in rural upstate New York, where life was difficult and often isolating. Folks in our community were very poor, but we took care of one another. Neighbors lavished affection and support on my family. | Still, there was a deep undercurrent of abandonment and anger. | Far from the South, Confederate flags pierced the landscape. And at church, there was often little help for people struggling to overcome isolation, daily struggles, or poverty. Instead, the focus of church life for many people around me was the sin of sex — especially homosexuality. | Now, my dad was a minister, and my mom and grandma…
(2022-06-01). Not all Things in Hindi are Kosher to the Sangh: Hindi as Language and as Ideology. zcomm.org It is clear why India's top advocates of Hindi are so conspicuously running shy of acknowledging a novel in Hindi winning the International Booker…