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As if sandbagging unionized federal workers isn’t despicable enough, some states recently ramped up their own assaults on union members who serve as educators, firefighters, corrections officers, and road workers, as well as in many other positions.
Harrington cites recent findings by economic psychologists showing that most people vastly underestimate the extent of inequality in their countries—in the United States, by as much as 42 percent. Since the 1960s, offshore capitalism has quietly helped transform the global economy by pioneering financialization, facilitating elite impunity, and supporting the accumulation of ever greater intergenerational wealth, all while shielded from outside scrutiny.
The Legislature eliminated parole for nearly everyone imprisoned for crimes committed after Aug. 1, making Louisiana the 17th state in a half-century to abolish parole altogether and the first in 24 years to do so. For the vast majority of prisoners who were already behind bars, like Alexander, another law put an algorithm in charge of determining whether they have a shot at early release; only prisoners rated low risk qualify for parole.
Johanna Pretzl, who is studying the Conversion programme for persons with a foreign degree in Social Work at Stockholm University shares her background, experiences with the program, and hopes for the future.
Reform UK looks to prey on class anger, formed by the economic misery of the cost of living crisis, stagnating wages and collapsing public services. But Reform UK pushes a neoliberal agenda that will do nothing to address the social crisis facing the working class. That class anger is deflected by racism. One person on the doorstep who intended to vote for Reform UK ranted about “the immigrant invasion”.
During his presentation, Mateo Taveras shared the findings of a qualitative research study conducted in three hospitals in the capital city. The research revealed a concerning lack of specific regulations for the work of social work personnel within these healthcare facilities. According to the speaker, this absence of clear guidelines has led to a devaluation of the professional role, inconsistent practices across different institutions, and a weak integration of social workers into medical care teams.
Heavy drinkers who have eight or more alcoholic drinks per week have an increased risk of brain lesions called hyaline arteriolosclerosis, signs of brain injury that are associated with memory and thinking problems, according to a new study.