Archive for May 2024

A San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy holds a “less lethal” weapon during an anti-genocide protest at UC San Diego, May 6, 2024.

“Pandemic-induced economic hardship had this downstream spillover effect that was ultimately linked negatively with their children’s mental health,” said Dr. Joyce Lee, lead author of the study and Assistant Professor of Social Work at Ohio State University.

In a report published this week, the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group on Poverty says higher costs for fuel, energy, transport, food and housing are pulling too many people in rural Scotland below the poverty line. On average, they pay an extra £50 a week more on travel than people in urban areas.

“The situation remains critical for children in Nunavik,” said the Report on the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Report on Youth Protection Services in Nunavik, released May 17 by Quebec’s Human Rights and Youth Commission. The report points to the need to focus on the “root causes” behind what it calls a “widespread violation” of Nunavik children’s rights.

All We Imagine as Light does not show us the rich, elite Mumbai of Bollywood stars and billionaire industrialists. Instead the filmmaker overlays the street images with voices of real immigrants of Mumbai who are the city’s heartbeat.https://ifp.nyu.edu/wp-admin/post-new.php