Archive for February 2025

Patricia Chan, an officer-in-charge and social worker at Rainbow Lutheran Centre

We are (still) in the majority.
They are divided.
The separation of church and state is a good idea—and we should try it.
Extreme levels of material inequality are eroding democracy.
Knowledge is power.
Organization matters.

Text of bill here: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0830-02000.pdf

Dr Jennifer Davidson is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Melbourne.

Prior research shows that upward of 70% of pregnant women use acetaminophen during pregnancy to control pain or reduce fever. The drug, which is the active ingredient of many pain-relief medications, is one of the few considered safe to take during pregnancy by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The new findings suggest, however, that doctors should reconsider prescribing medications with acetaminophen to mothers during pregnancy, the researchers said.

Kosovo authorities closed four facilities of the Center for Social Work – which operated within the parallel Serbian system – on Friday due to suspicion that “illegal acts related to the electoral process” were carried out there…. According to the statement, these officials of parallel and illegal institutions are suspected of having called citizens and threatened them, or shown them how to vote, making them conditional on the payment of social assistance.

Care minister Stephen Kinnock (above) has said “we need to take a fundamental look” at how care homes, mental health support and other similar services are funded as boroughs face mounting costs to take care of some of their most vulnerable residents.

Cold violence is a form of emotional abuse that occurs within care relationships. It happens when the person with more power and resources in the relationship completely and intentionally withdraws communication and emotional support for a sustained period. Cold violence is used to punish people for particular conduct or to limit their independence and freedom.