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The Book That Should Change How Progressives Talk About Race

NYT
NYT

Heather McGhee writes that racism increases economic inequality for everyone.

Posted in: News on 02/20/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Most teen bullying occurs among peers climbing the social ladder

SD | UCDavis
SD | UCDavis

New findings suggest why anti-bullying programs don’t work. A new study demonstrates that teens’ rivals are often their own friends.

Posted in: News on 02/20/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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‘I Miss My Mom’: Children Of QAnon Believers Are Desperately Trying To Deradicalize Their Own Parents

HuffPost | R Zisser
HuffPost | R Zisser

Here’s what it’s like to lose the person who raised you to a far-right cult.

Posted in: News on 02/20/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Unintended consequences of state, opioid policies

SD | IU/hexheadart
SD | IU/hexheadart

In response to the increase in opioid overdose deaths in the United States, many states have implemented supply-controlling and harm-reduction policy measures aimed at reducing those deaths. But a recent study from Indiana University found the policies may have had the unintended consequence of motivating those with opioid use disorders to switch to alternative illicit substances, leading to higher overdose mortality.

Posted in: News on 02/20/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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The Skinny on Teaching Evals and Bias

IHE | A Valanskyi/Getty
IHE | A Valanskyi/Getty

Kreitzer said it’s critical that administrators “be particularly cautious in how SETs during the pandemic are incorporated into personnel decisions.” They should not make direct comparisons between professors’ scores during the pandemic and before or after “because of the multitude of ways in which remote teaching during the pandemic is different,” she added.

Posted in: News on 02/20/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Come work with What Works for Children’s Social Care

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WWCSC
Posted in: News on 02/19/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Half of London councils found using Chinese surveillance tech linked to Uighur abuses

TRFN | A Winning
TRFN | A Winning

UK councils’ reliance on Chinese surveillance tech has sparked concern among privacy advocates and lawmakers

Posted in: News on 02/19/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Social Work Students Awarded National Fellowship to Combat Substance Abuse, Mental Illness

Cal State Fullerton
Cal State Fullerton

Graduate students Rwanda Carter, Jacqueline Pantoja and Tania Carrillo were selected for the Council on Social Work Education’s 2020-21 Minority Fellowship Program.

Posted in: News on 02/19/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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More students now eligible for expanded food insecurity program

OU | Wikipedia
OU | Wikipedia

The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has expanded to help support more college students who have been impacted financially by the pandemic. Some students now will be eligible to receive up to $200 monthly to pay for groceries.

Posted in: News on 02/19/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Why Would Iowa Want to Kill Tenure?

CHE | UI/Wikipedia
CHE | UI/Wikipedia

Iowa’s Republican-controlled legislature is considering a bill to eliminate tenure at the state’s three public universities — Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, and the University of Northern Iowa. The bill to kill tenure is necessary, legislators have said, so institutions can fire faculty members who discriminate against students expressing conservative political views.

Posted in: News on 02/19/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Berlin hotels open their doors to homeless during pandemic

DW | T Walther
DW | T Walther

Pension Reiter is one of several hotels helping people experiencing homelessness

Posted in: News on 02/19/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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How to manage fear in social work

Community Care | JBFCS:MC
Community Care | JBFCS:MC

As of today, all social workers have access to Community Care Inform’s guide to managing fear, written by Brian Littlechild, Professor of Social Work at the University of Hertfordshire

Posted in: News on 02/18/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Doctor of Social Work graduate earns $2.3 million grant to help solve youth homelessness

TommieMedia | C Pooler
TommieMedia | C Pooler

A mural at The Cove that was painted by Cove youth. It is a representation of how their lives have changed at The Cove.

Posted in: News on 02/18/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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In their own blood, Mexican women demand help for victims of violence

TRFN | TS Jordan
TRFN | TS Jordan

Mexico has registered nearly 80,000 missing people, most of them victims of gang-related violence since the start of a ‘war on drugs’ in 2006

Posted in: News on 02/18/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Washington lawmakers pass amended drug decriminalization bill out of committee

seattle pi | K Haas/EyeEm/Getty
seattle pi | K Haas/EyeEm/Getty

“This bill is an assertion that substance use disorder is a treatable brain disease from which people recover,” Davis said on Monday. “This bill is about reaching each and every person living with substance use disorder before they ever touch the criminal legal system. It provides genuine pathways to recovery, it provides hope.”

Posted in: News on 02/18/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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The Path to Winning a Floor Vote for Medicare for All in Congress

The Intercept | CNN /Getty
The Intercept | CNN /Getty

The #ForceTheVote debate is about how to hold members of Congress accountable — not whether to do so.

Posted in: News on 02/18/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Advocates call for ‘lifesaving’ mental health clinics in Victoria to be replicated across Australia

ABC | E Kinsella
ABC | E Kinsella

Mental health worker Annie Haider has been seeing a lot of young people and people accessing help for the first time, at Sale’s new dedicated mental health clinic.

Posted in: News on 02/18/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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‘Spy pixels in emails have become endemic’

BBC
BBC

The use of “invisible” tracking tech in emails is now “endemic”, according to a messaging service that analysed its traffic at the BBC’s request.

Posted in: News on 02/18/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Tokyo Olympics chief’s ‘annoying’ women remark and six other sexism rows in Japan

TRFN | Y Tsuno/Pool
TRFN | Y Tsuno/Pool

Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori, who resigned on Friday after making sexist remarks, is the latest Japanese official whose comments about women have sparked outrage.

Posted in: News on 02/17/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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She used to be an agent. Now she is one of Border Patrol’s loudest critics

San Diego Union-Tribune | NE Lewis
San Diego Union-Tribune | NE Lewis

Jenn Budd uses her experience to advocate for migrant rights and call for accountability on border

Posted in: News on 02/17/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Congressional Budget Office Scores Medicare-For-All: Universal Coverage For Less Spending

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HA

The report makes many sound assumptions but also some questionable ones that are overly pessimistic. Yet, overall, its bottom-line estimates should reassure those concerned about the economic feasibility of single payer: The CBO projects that such reform would achieve universal coverage, bolster provider revenues for clinical services, and eliminate almost all copayments and deductibles—even as overall health care spending fell.

Posted in: News on 02/17/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Enact Fundamental Change to Address Poverty

Columbia News
Columbia News

Here are two longer-term solutions the Biden administration should pursue aggressively, in its first 100 days and beyond: 1) establish a floor of income support for children; and 2) confront America’s ongoing housing affordability crisis.

Posted in: News on 02/17/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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BASW England policy statement on the Independent review of children’s social care

BASW
BASW

Such an unrealistic timeframe, coupled with knowledge of the review chair’s previous proposals for aspects of children’s social care, has led many members and others in the sector to believe the shape of reform has already been set. This undermines the argument that the review will be both evidence-based and inclusive.

Posted in: News on 02/17/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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The Education Fix

Dissent | L Thornton/Getty
Dissent | L Thornton/Getty

Our national faith in education can become a trap if it succeeds in distracting us from what matters most in reducing inequality: the collective economic and political power of workers themselves.

Posted in: News on 02/17/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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HIQA report shows lack of foster carers in Cork for emergencies

RTE | HIQA/TheJournal.ie
RTE | HIQA/TheJournal.ie

Inspectors found that the service area’s capacity to match children to foster carers best placed to meet their individual needs was severely compromised

Posted in: News on 02/17/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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More Spanish girls report sexual abuse despite progress on gender

TRFN
TRFN

Though the internet has helped raise awareness of abuse among young women, it has also brought new forms of exploitation and risky behaviour

Posted in: News on 02/17/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Social workers in the North East of England have called on Care Review chair Josh MacAlister to step down from the position amid concerns over his independence.

SocialWhatNow | BASW
SocialWhatNow | BASW

The branch committee is not sufficiently confident in the current chair’s ability to undertake the role with the independence and expertise necessary to ensure maximum benefit for children, young people and families in this ‘once in a generation’ review

Posted in: News on 02/16/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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The Way Out of America’s Zero-Sum Thinking on Race and Wealth

NYT | M Bourke-White/The Life Picture Collection/Getty/Art Resource, NY
NYT | M Bourke-White/The Life Picture Collection/Getty/Art Resource, NY

Both the Tea Party and many in President Barack Obama’s inner circle were calling for a “grand bargain” to shrink the size of government by capping future public outlays and slashing Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare. Despite the still-fragile recovery and evidence that corporations were already paring back retirement benefits and ratcheting down real wages, the idea gained steam.

Posted in: News on 02/16/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Time to End Assumption that Public Health Interventions Encourage Risk

Behavioral Scientist | N Lopes/Unsplash
Behavioral Scientist | N Lopes/Unsplash

With COVID-19, we lost time—and probably lives—because of the assumption that interventions encourage recklessness. It’s time we put this assumption to rest.

Posted in: News on 02/16/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Louisiana Democrats say they have Endorsed Candy Christophe, MSW, for U.S. Congress for Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District

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Posted in: News on 02/16/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Rev. William Barber: The Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage Is a Fight for Racial Justice

In These Times | M Brown/Getty
In These Times | M Brown/Getty

Democrats need to stop playing games and use their majorities to pass a $15 minimum wage right now—we can’t wait any longer.

Posted in: News on 02/16/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Study Identifies Risk Factors for Elevated Anxiety in Young Adults During COVID-19 Pandemic

NIMH
NIMH

The findings from the study could help predict who is at greatest risk of developing anxiety during stressful life events in early adulthood and inform prevention and intervention efforts.

Posted in: News on 02/16/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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‘What’s the Point?’ Young People’s Despair Deepens as Covid-19 Crisis Drags On

NYT | A Testa
NYT | A Testa

Trafalgar Square in London in December. In Britain, some therapists have told clients to cope with isolation by breaking lockdown guidelines.

Posted in: News on 02/16/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Kids in the waiting room

SCOPE NI
SCOPE NI

Koulla Yiasouma, the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People

Posted in: News on 02/15/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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The Tax Trap

Dissent | D Prokop/Getty/takePart.org
Dissent | D Prokop/Getty/takePart.org

A supervisor at Green City Growers Cooperative in Cleveland packages lettuce with employees.

Posted in: News on 02/15/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Crisis policing in Québec is shifting blame to vulnerable people

Canadian Dimension | Montreal Gazette
Canadian Dimension | Montreal Gazette

On January 8, Québec entered a strict second lockdown, becoming the first province in Canada to enact a nighttime curfew to stem community transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Under the curfew, citizens caught outside of their residence for any unauthorized reason between the hours of 8 pm and 5 am (in red zones) face fines ranging from $1,000 to $6,000.

Posted in: News on 02/15/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Responding To COVID-19: Supporting People in Recovery From Opioid Use Disorder

HA | FORE
HA | FORE

As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) began tracking disruptions in care for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and identifying steps that federal and state policy makers, insurers, and health system leaders could take to maintain access to OUD treatment.

Posted in: News on 02/15/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Government of Canada supports Muskeg Lake Cree Nation jurisdiction over child and family services

Government of Canada | Muskeg Lake Cree Nation
Government of Canada | Muskeg Lake Cree Nation
Posted in: News on 02/15/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Hospitals’ Covid-19 heroics have them poised for power in the new Washington

STAT | M Reddy
STAT | M Reddy

Biden left hospitals completely out of his proposal for Covid-19 relief, even as he lavished some $1.9 trillion on other priorities. Some of his campaign advisers were rankled by the health care industry’s seven-figure ad blitz against the public option, which ran during the Democratic primary season.

Posted in: News on 02/15/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Lawyers seek justice for women jailed for killing abusive partners

The Guardian | Justice For Women
The Guardian | Justice For Women

New data shows that between April 2008 and March 2018, 108 men were killed by women they had been in a relationship with – either at the time of the killing or some time previously. In comparison, nearly eight times as many women (840) were killed by partners or ex-partners during the same period.

Posted in: News on 02/15/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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The Case for Blue-State Secession

The Nation | A Fruitós.
The Nation | A Fruitós.

We face a mounting constitutional crisis—one that, in turn, amplifies the crises of voter suppression, racial and economic inequality, and climate change—with a majority will that is repeatedly thwarted by minority rule in every aspect of policy. Ultimately, building a serious blue-state threat to secede is the only way to end this crisis and create a nation based on equal representation for all.

Posted in: News on 02/14/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Poisoning Tallevast

Boston Review | RS Manigault-Bryant
Boston Review | RS Manigault-Bryant

First, segregation blocked this Florida community from equal education and other public goods. Then the military–industrial complex sickened residents and destroyed their property.

Posted in: News on 02/14/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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U.S. Marshals act like local police with more violence and less accountability

The Marshall Project | J Whitlock
The Marshall Project | J Whitlock

The federal agency’s teams have killed an average of 22 suspects and bystanders a year.

Posted in: News on 02/14/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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How accurate are first impressions on a first date?

SD | MU/intelligenthealth.ai
SD | MU/intelligenthealth.ai

The high stakes of first dates require would-be partners to make and interpret first impressions. But, can we rely on these first impressions to accurately assess someone’s personality?

Posted in: News on 02/14/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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How the pandemic may damage children’s social intelligence

The Conversation | sutadimages/Shutterstock
The Conversation | sutadimages/Shutterstock

During the COVID-19 lockdowns, many opportunities for social learning have been lost. How will this affect children’s development – and what can we do about it?

Posted in: News on 02/14/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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UNFPA Indonesia: We must protect girls from the overwhemingly harmful impacts of child marriage

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UNFPA
Posted in: News on 02/13/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Training to wisely navigate social conflicts

SD | APS
SD | APS

People are able to approach social conflicts more wisely if they have trained themselves in advance by practicing a distanced self-talk technique, referring to themselves with third-person pronouns such as ‘she’ or ‘they’ rather than the first-person pronouns of ‘me’ or ‘I.’

Posted in: News on 02/13/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Poorer mental health smolders after deadly, devastating wildfire

SD | UCSD
SD | UCSD

In 2018, a faulty electric transmission line ignited the Camp Fire in Northern California, ultimately consuming 239 square miles and several communities, including the town of Paradise, which was 95 percent destroyed. At least 85 people died.

Posted in: News on 02/13/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Legal loopholes allow abuse to go undetected at religious boarding schools, advocates say

NBC News
NBC News

Colton outside the Agapé Boarding School in Missouri.

Posted in: News on 02/13/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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Medicare for All the ‘Only Way Forward,’ Concludes Lancet Panel in Study Detailing Death and Misery Inflicted by Trump

Common Dreams | medicae4all
Common Dreams | medicae4all

Among the panel’s list of policy recommendations is Medicare for All, a system that would “cover all residents under a single, federally financed plan providing comprehensive coverage” at a lower cost than the current fragmented, for-profit system. President Joe Biden opposes Medicare for All and has instead proposed more incremental reforms like a public option, an approach the commission warns would leave many with “onerous co-pays… and deductibles, and millions of people would remain uninsured.”

Posted in: News on 02/13/2021 | Link to this post on IFP |
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