Archive for November 2025

Political interference, internal restrictions, societal hostility, private-sector influence, and security-related limitations remain threats to academic freedom

According to Hetmantsev, social workers play a crucial role in society but face significant challenges in securing their own housing due to low salaries and high rental costs. For many of them, housing rental expenses account for 40−60% of their family budget.

Family members report missing loved ones after at least 75 people were killed in a blaze at a Hong Kong apartment complex, the city’s worst fire in almost 80 years

If you practice social work in Kansas or Missouri, you already know that access to care is more than a clinical question. It is a social justice question. With the recent federal government shutdown and the expiration of pandemic-era telehealth waivers for Medicare, we are now witnessing disruptions that directly threaten vulnerable clients, our practices, and the wider social welfare network.

Children’s Health Defense was founded in 2007 as the World Mercury Project. Its mission, according to its website, is to “end childhood health epidemics by eliminating toxic exposures,” including pesticides and 5G radiation, but it is primarily focused on the alleged harms of vaccines. The organization supports anti-vaccine legislation and research aligned with its ideas, but its greatest impact is in relentless media production: anti-vaccine films, a web-based television channel, a newsletter and social media posts. It is possible to live in a surround-sound Children’s Health Defense universe, and thousands of people do.