Tag: Social Issues

Doctors in China Face Wave of COVID-19 Infections With Scarce Medical Resources

January 1, 2023
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China’s COVID-19 infections have rapidly spread to the countryside and small towns and concerns are mounting about the Chinese lunar new year that will fall on Jan. 22, 2023, when a large number of holiday travelers are expected as people return to their hometowns for the celebration. As hospitals in big cities are overwhelmed by…

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Doctors in China’s Countryside Face Wave of COVID-19 Infections With Scarce Medical Resources

January 1, 2023
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China’s COVID-19 infections have rapidly spread to the countryside and small towns and concerns are mounting about the Chinese lunar new year that will fall on Jan. 22, 2023, when a large number of holiday travelers are expected as people return to their hometowns for the celebration. As hospitals in big cities are overwhelmed by…

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Maine School Secretly Gender-Transitioned 13-Year-Old Girl

January 1, 2023
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When a 13-year-old girl said she actually was a boy, teachers at her Maine school started using male pronouns for her and a counselor gave her a breast binder to wear to create the appearance of a flatter chest. No one told her mother. Amber Lavigne said she discovered the device in her daughter’s bedroom….

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Florida Appeals Court Upholds Local School Board’s Transgender Bathroom Policy

January 1, 2023
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A federal appeals court in Florida has ruled in favor of a local school district, upholding its policy of preventing transgender students from using bathrooms of their choice. The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced its 7–4 decision (pdf) on Dec. 30, saying that the St. Johns County School Board did not violate…

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2022 A Year of Toil, Trouble, and Yet Hope for Many Americans

December 31, 2022
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The following article represents five days on the road driving through Arizona, California, and Nevada, listening to everyday people sharing their personal experiences of 2022 and their hopes for the year ahead. For some, the year was one of challenges and tragedy, and for others, it was a time for understanding and healing. Michael Sponsel’s…

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‘Mind Dominance’: The CCP’s Disinformation War on US Social Media

December 31, 2022
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News Analysis Clusters of new social media profiles emerge and interact with long-dormant accounts, seemingly exchanging viewpoints from across the American political spectrum. Some sport American flags for profile pictures; others have images of beautiful women. Almost all are anonymous, though some impersonate real people. In tweets and posts and messages they spread their views….

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Tennessee Lawmakers on Both Sides Support Adding Exemptions to Current Abortion Laws

December 30, 2022
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Just after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, a federal court allowed Tennessee’s “Heartbeat Bill” to become law, making the state’s abortion law one of the strictest in the nation. Some of the legislators who supported and voted for the bill and other abortion legislation have made statements indicating they will…

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Womens Only Social Media Site Giggle and Founder Accused of Trans Discrimination In Federal Court Lawsuit

December 30, 2022
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An Australian-run female-only social media platform Giggle has been accused by a transwoman of discrimination following the company allegedly identifying them as male. In a Federal Court lawsuit filed on December 22, Australian transgender woman Roxanne Tickle alleged she was unlawfully barred from using Giggle in September 2021 after the firm and its CEO Sally…

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15 Million Americans Set to Lose Medical Coverage as Public Health Emergency Ends

December 30, 2022
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America is facing a health crisis and it isn’t made up of bacteria or viruses—instead, it’s an impending medical insurance meltdown. There is an expectation that as of Jan. 11, 2023, an estimated 15 million Americans will begin to lose health coverage. The reason is that after three years of a COVID-19 public health emergency,…

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Google Must Face Privacy Lawsuit for Tracking Children Without Parental Consent: Appeals Court

December 29, 2022
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Google is set to face a class action lawsuit that accuses the tech behemoth of collecting information and tracking children’s behavior online without consent, according to the decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The lawsuit was filed in 2019 by children, through their parents, against Google, YouTube as well as other firms with…

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