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What Is Behind the Criminal Conflict Raging in Chiapas, Mexico?
By Juliana Manjarrés On February 8, 2024 Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas has started 2024 with a surge in violence between the Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco Cartel New Generation, in what is just the latest flare up of a prolonged conflict between factions of the rival groups. On February 5, several families returned to the towns of…
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WA Liquor Board Suspends ‘Lewd Conduct’ Enforcement After LGBTQ+ Bar Inspections
By Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks Feb. 1, 2024 at 7:38 pm The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board will immediately suspend enforcement of its lewd conduct rule after inspections at Seattle LGBTQ+ nightlife venues last weekend drew sharp criticism from community members. During two separate inspection sessions the nights of Jan. 26 and Jan. 27, law enforcement officials told managers at…
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Native American Communities Have the Highest Suicide Rates, Yet Interventions Are Scarce
By Cheryl Platzman WeinstockUPDATED JANUARY 26, 2024ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED JANUARY 25, 2024 If you or someone you know may be experiencing a mental health crisis, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting “988.” To reach the Native and Strong Lifeline, call “988” and press 4. Amanda MorningStar has watched her children struggle with…
Read MoreThe Impact of Limited English Proficiency on Healthcare Access and Outcomes in the U.S.: A Scoping Review
By Sylvia E. Twersky, Rebeca Jefferson, Lisbet Garcia-Ortiz, Erin Williams and Carol Pina Healthcare 2024, 12(3), 364; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12030364 Submission received: 29 December 2023 / Revised: 24 January 2024 / Accepted: 25 January 2024 / Published: 31 January 2024 Abstract A majority of individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) in the U.S. are foreign-born, creating a complex intersection of language, socio-economic, and policy barriers to healthcare access…
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10 Conflicts to Watch in 2024
More leaders are pursuing their ends militarily. More believe they can get away with it. JANUARY 1, 2024, 1:00 AM By Comfort Ero, the president and CEO of the International Crisis Group, and Richard Atwood, executive vice president of the International Crisis Group. Can we stop things falling apart? 2024 begins with wars burning in Gaza, Sudan,…
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‘Collective Rapes’ Surge as Weapon in Haiti’s Gang War
By Widlore Mérancourt and Amanda Coletta January 29, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Mislande’s nightmare began as it does for so many women and girls here, with a trip across a gang-controlled area to buy tomatoes, onions and other vegetables to sell in her neighborhood. The 24-year-old was returning with seven others from a downtown…
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‘Gutter-level’ talk: China-Philippines discord deepens over Taiwan
A. Anantha Lakshmi in Hong Kong and Kathrin Hille in Taipei FEBRUARY 1 2024 Ferdinand Marcos Jr has strengthened resistance to Beijing’s assertive tactics in South China Sea After Taiwan’s presidential election last month, China was quick to rebuke the countries that congratulated the winner, Lai Ching-te, who Beijing has labelled a separatist. But it reserved its strongest condemnation…
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College in Prison? In Florida, Not So Much
Only 326 of Florida’s 80,000 prisoners can go to college. By Ryan Moser January 30, 2024 Marina Bueno lives at a women’s correctional institution only six miles from the campus of Miami Dade College in Homestead, but she may never be able to enroll in its classes. Her facility is one of only two women’s prisons…
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Department of Anti-TRANSportation? Florida Bans Driver’s License Gender Changes
State DMV’s move exposes trans people to criminal liability for listing gender identity on their driver’s license. By Naomi Feinstein January 30, 2024 The State of Florida will no longer allow transgender people to change their listed gender on their driver’s licenses, opening up the possibility of criminal prosecution should they do so, according to a…
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