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The anticipated impact would be significant. As the op-ed highlights: “Globally, a 2% minimum tax on billionaire wealth would generate about $250 billion in tax revenue—from just 3,000 individuals. In Europe, around $50 billion could be raised. And by extending this minimum rate to individuals with wealth over $100 million, these sums would increase significantly.”
UNICEF, in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection of the Population and the Ministry of Education of Turkmenistan, supported the academic practice of second-year Social Work students from Magtymguly Turkmen State University and Seydi Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute as part of UNICEF’s ongoing efforts to strengthen social work education and improve family-focused social services in Turkmenistan.
Researchers from the University of South Australia recorded the experiences of 10 social workers and mental health practitioners delivering equine-assisted interventions (EAI) to children.
The Federal Communications Commission abruptly announced a two-year postponement of rules reducing prison and jail phone rates that it passed unanimously last year in accordance with the Martha Wright-Reed Fair and Just Communications Act. The FCC’s reversal defies the Act, a bipartisan law that gave the agency a deadline (which it is now blowing past) to implement these regulations.
Proposed federal spending cuts could significantly impact healthcare and basic needs access for many in Washington….”We think it’ll be between 200,000 and 350,000 people in Washington state who will lose coverage. That’s a lot of people who go from having insurance coverage to being uninsured, and if they need healthcare, they’re going to the hospital,” said Sauer.
This attack on American colleges and universities is a disaster for the advancement of knowledge, but an opportunity for Canada. Canadian institutions have long lived in the shadow of their British and American counterparts. The dismantling of American post-secondary education is leading many academics and students to look for greener pastures elsewhere, and Canada is a good option.
New research, launched to mark the start of Alcohol Awareness Week, suggests that almost two thirds (63%) of UK workers report drinking alcohol for work-related reasons, with job stress, pressure and anxiety behind increased consumption in the past 12 months.