Voices, The Peoples News
March 17, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration
Biden will allow Afghan immigrants in the US to obtain temporary protected status. More than 74,000 Afghans in the US are expected to be eligible, and the protections will last for 18 months.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/afghan-immigrants-tps-biden__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz1BDsNJQ$
# Covid / Pandemics
Scientists continue to explore clues that COVID-19 can leave behind damage not immediately understood after the virus appears to clear. One new question: Is COVID-19 infection linked to cases of diabetes?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-health-indiana-diabetes-e1193bc9891e45d589337f7a092f6c4d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz3Fd6sxT$
U.S., EU Back Pharma in Denying Access to Lifesaving COVID Products: A compromise effort to waive intellectual-property rights for vaccines, treatments, and tests will do little to expand supply, experts believe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/coronavirus/us-eu-back-pharma-denying-access-lifesaving-covid-products/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIzy31QEsa$
# Economy / Finance / Trade
The Fed warned that rising inflation means “hardship” for Americans for possibly the next few years and requires a series of seven interest rate hikes in 2022 aimed at lowering demand and prices while slowing the economy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20220316b.htm?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=48073__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIzxO7H05y$
# Education / Schools
The Texas Twins Behind Transphobic Campus Hate Campaigns. College students Kelly and Jake Neidert have pushed transphobic campaigns on Texas campuses, and are drawing support from a lawyer for notorious hate groups.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/conservative-twins-kelly-neidert-and-jake-neidert-are-behind-transphobic-campus-campaigns-in-texas__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz71lK0oo$
A federal jury found the University of Texas at Austin illegally discriminated against an engineering professor being considered for tenure on the basis of her sex and the fact that she was pregnant. She was awarded $3 million for past pain and suffering as well as future damages.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/16/ut-austin-professor-discrimination/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz41wz-Uv$
# Employment / Labor
Sanders Vows ‘Strong Solidarity’ for Multi-State Amazon Worker Walkout.
“If Jeff Bezos can afford a $500 million yacht, a $23 million mansion with 25 bathrooms, and a rocket ship to blast a comedian to outer space, you know what?” said the U.S. senator. “Amazon can afford to give its employees a $3 raise.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/16/sanders-vows-strong-solidarity-multi-state-amazon-worker-walkout__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIzyQ8Zelt$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Texas Comptroller alerted nearly 20 financial firms, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo & Company, they could possibly lose state contracts if they broke a new state law that prohibits them from divesting from oil, natural gas and coal companies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thefacts.com/free_share/article_6ef55a44-9555-574a-bcfe-f4d446c45fb2.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz0sjq6OY$
“I think we can move to a much greener future without having to believe anything unrealistic about the future.” U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on the importance of finding smart mobility alternatives without forgoing modern conveniences.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/17/texas-highways-transportation-projects-pete-buttigieg/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz_NyzQF8$
Reliance on Natural Gas Explains Why Electricity Bills Are So High: If you are staring at your energy bill this winter and wondering why it is so high, you’re not alone.
The cost of natural gas went up 24 percent in February compared to the year before and electricity went up by nine percent. This means that customers are seeing some of their highest electricity bills in years https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/electricity-bills-increase-natural-gas-cost.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz60ViCeX$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global The global oil market is based on a fiction: What we call petroleum is more like a category of chemicals than a single thing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/03/russian-oil-sanctions-gas-prices/627074/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz7gFonZr$
# Environment / Climate / Global
Indigenous people are the world’s biggest conservationists, but they rarely get credit for it. More than 30 percent of the Earth is already conserved. Thank Indigenous people and local communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/22518592/indigenous-people-conserve-nature-icca__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIzzBDL6BB$
Companies have failed to stop deforestation. Can that change in time to save the Amazon rainforest? The situation is dire now, but there are also signs that businesses are beginning to find better solutions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90731685/corporations-have-failed-to-stop-deforestation-can-that-change-in-time-to-save-the-amazon-rainforest__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz4_84v2l$
The Arctic seafloor is collapsing into sinkholes; While the main cause is believed to be natural processes that are related to the last Ice Age, it remains unclear whether man-made climate change is contributing to the formation of these sinkholes or not.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/arctic-seafloor-permafrost-sinkholes-63745/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIzzWYXHXl$
# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other Debt, racism, and fear of displacement are driving an overlooked public health crisis among Black farmers. New research suggests racism should be treated as a matter of public health. But the unique stressors faced by Black farmers remain poorly understood.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecounter.org/black-farmers-racism-public-health-research/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIzzfgQDBr$
# General Information / Other News
NATO is Not a Defensive Alliance: The real purpose of NATO and why Russia isn’t a fan. NATO is a defensive alliance, whose purpose is to protect our members. NATO’s official policy is that “the Alliance does not seek confrontation and poses no threat to Russia.” NATO didn’t invade Georgia; NATO didn’t invade Ukraine. Russia did.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_111767.htm*:*:text=Fact*3A*20NATO*20is*20a*20defensive,Russia*20did__;I34lJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIzyaguJKY$
# Global Politics
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already changed the world as we know
it: Journalist Anne Applebaum has been covering the war in Ukraine for The Atlantic. “I don’t think that we will ever again smugly assume that borders in Europe can’t be changed by force,” she says.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1083686062/russias-invasion-of-ukrainian-has-already-changed-the-world-as-we-know-it__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIzwLaCGGy$
Why is there conflict in Ukraine and what is Putin’s endgame? Here’s what you need to know: The invasion of Ukraine is an event that many close followers of the president have feared for months, and indeed, years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/23/russia-why-is-there-conflict-in-east-ukraine-and-what-is-putin-endgame.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz2NUDP4-$
‘Scum and traitors’: Under pressure over Ukraine, Putin turns his ire on Russians ‘A necessary self-purification of society will only strengthen our country,’ Russian leader says.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/17/scum-and-traitors-vladimir-putin-threatens-anti-war-russians__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIzzeyhu-3$
And Now Russia Is Threatening Bosnia Over NATO, Too: “Ukraine’s example shows what we expect. Should there be any threat, we will respond,” said the Russian Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-is-now-threatening-bosnia-and-herzegovina-over-nato-too?ref=home__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz2MdIx5a$
# Gov / Politics
Forgotten History Damns World to More Tyranny: Today, Europe is practicing as if it has no power and fear and terror from the Russian bear. It is similar to the case of Hitler’s days before World War II, and we are witnessing it throwing forcefully into the American incubator.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/03/16/dr-nabil-toumeh-forgotten-history-damns-the-world-to-more-nazi-tyranny-this-time-from-washington-vital/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIzz49VyYJ$
Biden-approved TikTok videos won’t help working Americans: Joe Biden was supposed to revive normalcy, empathy, and truth, his administration pushes smugness, deception, and deflection.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-approved-tiktok-videos-wont-help-working-americans__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz7jCbOMp$
President Zelensky’s appeal has Congress looking for new ways to help Ukraine without sparking nuclear war https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/congress-zelensky-speech-no-fly-zone__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz-4KKrOu$
Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a direct appeal to Russians being lied to about Ukraine: “Ukraine did not start this war. Neither did nationalists or Nazis,” Schwarzenegger said in a pre-recorded video message. “Those in power in the Kremlin started this war. This is not the Russian people’s war. No.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/arnold-schwarzenegger-appeals-to-russians-ukraine-did-not-start-this-war/2538603__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz07r8n54$
# Media
How Russian Disinfo Goes From Kremlin to QAnon to Fox News:
Conservatives and U.S. media are regurgitating a fake conspiracy theory that’s being used to justify Putin’s assault on Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-russian-disinformation-goes-from-the-kremlin-to-qanon-to-fox-news__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz5qheMUP$
Michoacán Reporter Armando Linares Becomes Eighth Mexican Journalist Murdered This Year https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/16/another-journalist-shot-dead-in-mexico-eighth-so-far-this-year__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz8KBNj3q$
# Medical / Health Care
Colorado House Passes Bill to Protect Abortion and Contraceptive Access https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/colorado-house-passes-abortion-rights-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz9mzcuS3$
More than 20 states back South Carolina in fetal heartbeat bill appeal.
Twenty-one states filed a brief in support of South Carolina’s call for a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals review of the state’s Fetal Heartbeat Act https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/south_carolina/more-than-20-states-back-south-carolina-in-fetal-heartbeat-bill-appeal/article_27f3d866-a558-11ec-94e1-373a3086add4.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz2ZFS5aY$
# Military / Global
Russian war in Ukraine ‘largely stalled on all fronts’ with ‘minimal progress on land, sea or air’ UK claims. ‘Ukrainian resistance remains staunch and well-coordinated,’ British intelligence update says https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-progress-uk-b2037822.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz8yhL2Ge$
# Science
Another remarkable example of tool use in ants: fire ants “paving”
sticky surfaces. Time-lapse video of fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) paving over sticky tape with coloured glass gravel to make it easier to walk on.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/horacezhl/status/1503436584212828164?utm_source=Nature*Briefing&utm_campaign=bd4e52b6e3-briefing-dy-20220317&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-bd4e52b6e3-43812897__;Kw!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz8tl1i2K$
# Security
FBI Documents Reveal Saudi Spy Linked to Prince Bandar Assisted 9/11 Hijackers https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/17/headlines/fbi_documents_reveal_saudi_spy_linked_to_prince_bandar_assisted_9_11_hijackers__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz1rZPcES$
Ex-Spies No Longer Legally Allowed to Become ‘Mercenaries’: A new law signed by Biden looks to keep more secrets from trickling to other governments through former spies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-spies-no-longer-legally-allowed-to-become-mercenaries__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIz7WtCG8Q$
# Veterans / VA
Veterans for Peace Warns Biden That ‘A No-Fly Zone Is an Act of War’:
Rep. Ilhan Omar similarly said on the House floor that “it would mean the beginning of World War III.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/17/veterans-peace-warns-biden-no-fly-zone-act-war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kiFcaVZH-rQbVhDlm8kmH4UMVESBL4WjOEgmDFNC7zZ_NYGa2Gyi_EPT95GIzwk0z_M9$
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