March 2021

By Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News, March 25, 2021 Vast forests across Latin America and the Caribbean that are critical for storing carbon and conserving biodiversity are under increasing assault from logging, mining and ranching. But the best defense to this deforestation lies with the people who have lived in the forests for hundreds or even thousands of years, a newly-released report from the United Nations says. The report, published Thursday, reviewed roughly 300 studies that have...

By Tiffany Rivera, Al Dia, March 19, 2021 Hopeworks, the local nonprofit organization in Camden, is teaching youth technology skills and communication expertise to send them off into the real world. The organization was founded by a priest and a local teacher in 1999 who wanted to work towards ending the violence and poverty that plagued the Camden area by providing frustrated youth with guidance. Their goal was to offer important training to local high school dropouts to gear them up for...

By Walter Bragman, Andrew Perez, and David Sirota, The Daily Poster, March 26, 2021 The parent company of some of America’s largest fast food chains is claiming credit for convincing Congress to exclude a $15 minimum wage from the recent COVID relief bill, according to internal company documents reviewed by The Daily Poster . The company, which is owned by a private equity firm named after an Ayn Rand character, also says it is now working to thwart new union rights legislation. The...

By Clarence C. Gravlee, Somatosphere, March 27, 2021 In late February, the Journal of the American Medical Association published an episode of its JAMA Clinical Reviews podcast titled, “Structural Racism for Doctors—What Is It?” In an accompanying tweet, the journal offered this eye-popping teaser: “No physician is racist, so how can there be structural racism in health care?” The answer, they promised, was in JAMA’s “user-friendly podcast,” a 15-minute conversation between two (white)...

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William T. Kenny was formally trained in medicine and is a practicing radiologist. He has a strong interest in physics and wrote The Conscious Whole to reflect how theories and laws of physics may interact with the present medical paradigm, which does not account for the peculiar laws of the subatomic world.

Two observations... 1. The brief posits that most unsupportive and harmful parenting occurs because parents are stressed out, low income, and disenfranchised. 2. Nothing is said about parenting education. The critique... When and if policy changes improve parents' lives are they expected to automatically begin engaging in parenting behaviors and practices generally recognized as supporting the healthy development of children?

The urban richness of Camden, New Jersey Whenever I am asked where I work, I describe my community as urban. Starting today, I will use the term urban rich, thanks to a conversation I had with Dwana Young, a new colleague from the New Jersey Office of Resilience . We were engaged in a lively conversation about the exciting work happening in New Jersey and envisioning possibilities for innovative collaborations. Once again, I described my Camden, New Jersey school community as an urban...

The Northern ACEs Collaborative (NAC), a project of the Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL), which is a program under the Public Health Institute are pleased to be planning our 2nd Annual Rural Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Virtual Summit. The Summit will be held over two days, September 29 -30, 2021 from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm PST each day. It is expected that that this year’s Summit will have 500+ participants from throughout the United States and abroad. Our focus on rural issues,...

Calling all DV Advocates! Now is a great time to support survivors in getting enrolled in health insurance. A special open enrollment period for health coverage through Healthcare.gov is now happening until August 15th, 2021 to mitigate the loss of coverage many experienced due to job loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic. This presents an important opportunity for people who have not had coverage or have lost coverage to get access to affordable health care. Find out the Top 5 Ways That DV/SA...

A podcast conversation with youth who are leading the way to a more fair and just future The latest episode of our Moving Upstream podcast features a conversation with young people committed to taking on social, economic, and racial injustices through a New Deal for Youth. A New Deal for Youth , which was developed by a group of young changemakers who partnered with CLASP, the Center for Law and Social Policy, calls on leaders in the public and private sectors to support youth-led policy...

By Ian Manuel, The New York Times, March 25, 2021 Imagine living alone in a room the size of a freight elevator for almost two decades. As a 15-year-old, I was condemned to long-term solitary confinement in the Florida prison system, which ultimately lasted for 18 consecutive years. From 1992 to 2010. From age 15 to 33. From the end of the George H.W. Bush administration to the beginnings of the Obama era. For 18 years I didn’t have a window in my room to distract myself from the intensity...