Archive for June 2024

Gov. Katie Hobbs, who has a background in social work, said that the need for stable housing is even more pressing for seniors and those with disabilities, who make up a disproportionate share of the unhoused population.

Above: Disposable vapes are displayed in a convenience store

But even the weak grasp of capitalist democracy is too strong for, well, capitalists. “Capital,” Fraser wrote, “tries to have it both ways.” On one hand, “it freeloads off of public power, availing itself of the legal regimes, repressive forces, infrastructures, and regulatory agencies that are indispensable to accumulation.” On the other, “the thirst for profit periodically tempts some fractions of the capitalist class to rebel against public power, to bad-mouth it as inferior to markets, and to scheme to weaken it. In such cases, when short-term interests trump long-term survival, capital once again threatens to destroy the very political conditions of its own possibility.”

Laura Kuzdale alleges in a lawsuit that after eating three “everything bagel bites” before giving birth, hospital workers told her she tested positive for opiates. Then CPS investigators showed up at her door…. What’s more, Kuzdale, who has a master’s degree in social work from the University at Buffalo, says her livelihood will be impacted. As a result of the CPS report, her name has been placed on the state’s registry listing those accused of abuse and neglect, where such reports can remain for as long as 10 years.

BASW wants to see the next UK Government commit to introducing the right for carers to be paid by their employer, with a model like that of maternity leave. There should also be enhanced support for all carers, including young carers.