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Upton Sinclair is seen in September 1934 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., following a conference with President Franklin D. Roosevelt…. A movement to stop Mamdani is coming together, and some of what they are saying resonates with the 1934 campaign to stop Sinclair.

Center for Family Services social worker Lyzza Tyson (left) works with Camden County Metro Police Capt. Vivian Coley (center) and Lt. Luis Gonzalez (right), talking with an unhoused person living in the park at Waterfront South Raingarden

Opportunistic “paper mills” sell quick publication with minimal review to academics desperate for credentials, while publishers generate substantial profits through huge article-processing fees. Corporations have also seized the opportunity to fund low-quality research and ghostwrite papers intended to distort the weight of evidence, influence public policy and alter public opinion in favour of their products.

Surrey County Council are looking for feedback on plans that would leave more people paying for their own adult social care…. “Before any decisions are made, we want to hear from residents, so I’d really encourage people to share their views.”

An early-career researcher who discovered a nearly identical version of her manuscript published by the researcher who reviewed — and recommended rejecting — the work for another journal is still awaiting a resolution 10 months after reporting her concerns. Dr. Shafaq Aftab, now a lecturer at the University of Central Punjab in Pakistan, learned of the published study last fall.

For more than three years, Starbucks has waged what New York Times columnist Megan Stack called a “dirty war” against its employees’ attempts to unionize. The company has fired union organizers and pro-union workers, cut their hours to deny them healthcare coverage, shut down unionized stores, and subjected employees to aggressive anti-union “captive audience” meetings. The Economic Policy Institute estimates that Starbucks has likely had more complaints of illegal union-busting filed against it than any other company in the National Labor Relations Board’s 90-year history.

An ICU team generally includes nurses, doctors, respiratory therapists, physical and occupational therapists, pharmacists, unit coordinators, social workers, environmental service team members, and in a teaching setting, trainees.

It’s no surprise that the current Labour government, increasingly keen to throw human rights and civil liberties to the wind, would hold fast to a ‘law and order approach’ to drugs. But complacency in the face of bad drugs laws goes beyond Labour. With some exceptions – notably extraparliamentary radicals and anarchists – the UK left has largely followed the drugs status quo. Prohibition has become common sense.

While it is unclear precisely how the White House plans to enact these actions, it instructs federal agencies to crack down on public drug use, urban camping, and loitering. It also directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to potentially pursue legal action against organizations that run supervised drug consumption sites. Harm reduction programs will also be deprioritized. One of the biggest changes would be a shift away from a “housing first” approach to homelessness pursued by the Biden administration.

AI adoption is progressing rapidly, and the risk of job displacement is swiftly becoming a reality. Historically, all forms of technological innovation have been associated with an “augmentation effect” – the idea that technology enhances worker productivity and creates new roles, often offsetting job losses through increased demand and rising incomes. However, as has been repeatedly observed, this process is neither immediate nor painless and may, in fact, be shifting in this new era of AI adoption.

With the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) aiming to reach at least 750,000 “food-poor” families within the next two years, Undersecretary Eduardo Punay believes it is possible to bring hunger levels down to “single digit,” since attaining zero hunger remains an “ambitious target.”

Recently, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it will cap the amount of direct funding support that researchers can spend on paying for article processing charges, or APCs. These fees are increasingly used by publishers for their revenue streams and makes researcher contributed articles available to read for free via “gold” open access.

A lawsuit outlines what the former contractor called a retaliatory firing. The university has denied any wrongdoing.

Renata Hedrington-Jones, president of the National Association of Black Social Workers, relished hosting its 2025 annual conference in Richmond.

Municipal governments across Canada face a legal and humanitarian balancing act when dealing with homeless encampments in public spaces. Court decisions — mainly in British Columbia — have affirmed the constitutional rights of unsheltered people, significantly influencing how cities can draft and enforce bylaws.

There has been a recent shift toward lifestyle treatment, including increased movement and cognitive behavioral therapy as a first-line treatment in lieu of antidepressant medication for mild-to-moderate depression in countries such as Australia and New Zealand, but it has been slower to catch on in the United States. “Changing lifestyles can improve depression or augment medication treatment, so why are we reluctant to discuss movement with our patients?” Dr. Sugden said.

The government has quietly published 12 detailed research reports, nearly all related to disability employment, disability poverty and the benefits system, all on the same day, just eight days after MPs voted to impose £2 billion-a-year cuts to disability benefits. The mass information dump includes at least six research reports which would have provided crucial information for MPs voting on the universal credit bill, which they approved on 9 July.

Scots affected by drugs say while peer groups provide vital support, but one-on-one mental health care is lacking across the country. Half of recovery service users revealed they have been met with stigma.

The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, in a statement, said the facility “was not under the control or authority of the diocese” and that it has no records related to it. The facility was supervised by Catholic nuns who were members of the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity, a Catholic religious order…. The institution at 485 Best St. in Buffalo was described in promotional materials as “a residence and school for troubled teenagers who can be helped by love, guidance, religion, therapy and school”…. O’Hara said she later attempted suicide. After being transferred to another facility in Albany, she said a social worker warned her to stay silent. “This will never be spoken of again,” the social worker allegedly told O’Hara. “And if it is, nobody will believe you and nobody will care.”

Moving to a four-day work week without losing pay leaves employees happier, healthier and higher-performing, according to the largest study of such an intervention so far, encompassing six countries. The research showed that a six-month trial of working four days a week reduced burnout, increased job satisfaction and improved mental and physical health.

With remarkable speed and determination, lawmakers have passed a stunning wave of educational gag orders that directly censor academic teaching, as well as laws that target tenure and traditional faculty governance, intervene in how academic and non-academic programs are run and overseen, manipulate accreditation practices, and mandate institutional neutrality in ways that silence important speech.

Censorship of higher education, it seems, is highly contagious.

Manic episodes and hypomanic episodes are periods of abnormally heightened or irritable mood, as well as increased activity or energy. There is no chemical test for them; diagnosis depends on recognising certain kinds of behaviour or thinking. The major guidelines for doing this are similar to each other, so here we’ll draw from definitions used in the latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5-TR).

The court has said that Tse’s failure to make an accurate income declaration goes beyond mere negligence and deserves criminal sanction.

China plans to offer subsidy coupons to ease the financial strain on its aging population and drive consumption of elderly-care services. The allowances will be paid monthly in the form of electronic coupons to cover part of the costs for seniors’ care services.

Over the last year and a half, American universities have rapidly destroyed the right to protest on campus. At the request of administrators, heavily armed police raided unarmed, nonviolent protesters opposing Israel’s war on Gaza. Encampments have been forcibly cleared, while extreme punishment has been used as a tool of intimidation. Some 3,100 students have been detained or arrested, and thousands more face severe university discipline—suspension, expulsion, and loss of degree.

So let’s suppose a professor declares that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, like the Nazis did in Europe. Would Columbia declare the statement antisemitic and subject the professor to disciplinary action? How about a staff member who says that “Zionism is racism”? Or a student who chants, “From the river to the sea, Palestine must be free”? You might view all of these statements as antisemitic. And depending on who is talking and listening, I might agree with you. But I cannot — and will not — abide by a university that restricts our discussion of the matter.

Despite world-beating home ownership rates in CEE, generally exceeding 80 percent and often surpassing 90 percent in many states – for example, Romania (96 percent), Slovakia (94 percent), Croatia and Hungary (both 91 percent), Lithuania (88.8 percent), and Poland (87.3 percent) – these high averages obscure a critical imbalance. Ample housing exists in regions with few job opportunities, while select urban cores, offering robust work prospects, suffer from both a scarcity of housing and exorbitant prices.

Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) Scotland recently celebrated a milestone event at its annual conference in June – its 45th anniversary. Above: Jacqueline Norwood, TPAS Scotland executive director, at the organisation’s annual conference

Working in partnership with all citizens is a core principle of government. Social Work England is a non-departmental public body, operating at arm’s length from government and in receipt of significant central government funding. Despite receiving significant public funding, Social Work England continues to operate with a substantial backlog of Fitness to Practise cases, leaving many social workers in prolonged uncertainty. BASW supports high social work standards and public protection, these must be delivered through a fair and timely regulatory system rooted in respect for those it regulates.

Tanya Plibersek has been urged to take a “deep dive” in her first 50 days as social services minister to explore reform.

Speaking to the media after a launch ceremony, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun (above) said the guide aims to help professionals report child abuse cases by providing them with practical guidelines so they can properly discharge their legal obligations.

An authoritarian bully will not be satisfied with just one trophy at Columbia University. For higher education to function, students, staff, and faculty must be free to think and speak their minds. All who care about higher education must stand up and fight back against this unprecedented continuing assault. To preserve our democracy, we have no choice.

As a professor of information systems who’s been working with AI for more than two decades, I’ve watched this transformation firsthand. And as many people increasingly delegate cognitive tasks to AI, I think it’s worth considering what exactly we’re gaining and what we are at risk of losing.

A new, purpose-built residential and dementia care home will open its doors this October, bringing with it a fresh approach to community-based care and creating 30 new local jobs in its first phase of recruitment. Above: Lindley Park Care Home, Huddersfield.

UNISON says workers will be ‘disappointed’ by 3.2% rise for 2025-26 and ‘far more will be required in future’ to prevent worsening of council recruitment ‘crisis’

The term ‘sandwich generation’ refers to a group of middle-aged adults who are simultaneously caring for their own children and their ageing parents…. In Malaysia, most caregivers are informal or family members and according to the Department of Statistic Malaysia (DoSM) Labour Force Survey in February 2024, there are 7.23 million persons recorded as being outside the labour force, with the main reason being housework or family responsibilities.

A copy of the Harvard Education Review previewing a future issue dedicated to education in and about Palestine.

The number of British Columbians in forced treatment has risen steadily: from 11,000 in 2011 to 18,000 in 2020-21 — a number that’s believed to be even higher today. By comparison, patients in voluntary care over that decade largely remained stagnant at about 11,000 a year, according to the B.C. ombudsperson. Above: Nicole Luongo is with the Canadian Drug Policy Coalition.

While HART is several years old, it’s already made an impact in Fort Wayne. Since the team’s inception, they have responded to around 5,000 mental health calls, and since April, there have been around 600.

Congratulations to our Faculty of Social Work scholars who have been awarded Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 2025 Insight Development Grants to support the development of new ideas, research questions, methods, and theoretical approaches over the next 2 years. Above: L-R: Dr. Christine Mayor, Dr. Blessing Ojembe, and Dr. Ashley Stewart-Tufescu

Niagara Falls Schools Superintendent Mark Laurrie, left, with Megan Koury, a trainer in the UB School of Social Work’s Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care, outside Niagara Falls High School.

Nearly 130,000 Instagram posts congregate under the hashtag #princesstreatment. At the heart of the trend is Utah-based influencer Courtney Palmer, a self-proclaimed “princess housewife”, whose TikTok – viewed 7.6 million times – outlines her controversial expectations for her spouse: “At a restaurant with my husband, I don’t speak to the hostess, open doors or order my food.” Some naysayers have suggested that this is more like the behaviour of a prisoner than a princess.

As we argued in our first essay on this topic, the Left needs to take both the safety and livelihood risks of AI very seriously. Just as it was a mistake to let climate change be put in an “environmental” box and be treated as a special interest or scientific issue when it will in fact impact everyone’s life, we can’t compartmentalize the changes that AI will wreak into a single-issue “technology” or innovation policy issue. This is a topic for everyone to engage with.

The problem can seem intractable: Commentaries identifying inaccuracies go back to at least 1985, yet remedies have proved elusive. Previous research into the prevalence of flawed citations has typically focused on a single discipline and has yielded a wide range of estimates, some as high as 40%. Now, a new study finds that approximately one in six papers across the natural and life sciences mischaracterize the findings in a paper they cite—and offers ways to improve.

Women are so fed up with dating men that the phenomenon even has a name: heterofatalism. So what do we do with our desire?

Representatives of Face Addiction Now’s Harm:Less program interacts with a potential drug user during an outreach effort.

If reviewers are merely skimming papers and relying on LLMs to generate substantive reviews rather than using it to clarify their original thoughts, it opens the door for a new cheating method known as indirect prompt injection, which involves inserting hidden white text or other manipulated fonts that tell AI tools to give a research paper favorable reviews. The prompts are only visible to machines, and preliminary research has found that the strategy can be highly effective for inflating AI-generated review scores.

BASW has written to the Minister for Social Security and Disability, Sir Stephen Timms MP urging the UK Government to ensure that Access to Work remains a robust, accessible, and equitable scheme that supports—not hinders—disabled people’s right to work. It also insists that any changes to the scheme must be done in consultation with disabled professionals, not imposed upon them.

A police spokesman said officers discovered multiple dangerous substances in the flat, including a vape device containing liquid etomidate, the main ingredient in the drug commonly known as “space oil”. Cannabis and ketamine were also seized. The source said the “space oil” was inside the bedroom where the teenager was found. There were no suspicious injuries on his body, but he had multiple self-inflicted wounds on his shoulders and forearms.