A rare NY Times story about the evolution of a care house and eventual mobile clinic for rough sleepers in Boston founded in the 1980s by feminist nurses in response to the way street people were treated by a paternalistic medical system. Told through the eyes of the clinic’s first doctor, he learned to listen, first to the nurses who saw street people as fellow humans, … [Read more...] about ‘You Have to Learn to Listen’: How a Doctor Cares for Boston’s Homeless
Social Justice/社会正義
'We Did It!': Eruption of Joy as Argentine Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Abortion
From CommonDreams Published on Wednesday, December 30, 2020byCommon Dreams'We Did It!': Eruption of Joy as Argentine Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Abortion "This is a victory for the women's movement in Argentina, which has been fighting for its rights for decades."byJake Johnson, staff writer 0 CommentsPro-choice activists celebrate in Buenos … [Read more...] about 'We Did It!': Eruption of Joy as Argentine Senate Passes Bill to Legalize Abortion
Ending Poverty in the United States Would Actually Be Pretty Easy
From Jacobin FQ Almost immediately in this book, you confront the maxim, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime”: “Antipoverty efforts should stop making … [Read more...] about Ending Poverty in the United States Would Actually Be Pretty Easy
The Demand for Student Debt Cancellation Should Be Paired With Tuition-Free Public College
From Jacobin Just earlier this year the nation was compelled to weigh the merits of a full student debt jubilee, as proposed by presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Crucially, he proposed this reform alongside others to higher education, including tuition-free public … [Read more...] about The Demand for Student Debt Cancellation Should Be Paired With Tuition-Free Public College
Georgians Are Starving — And Their Millionaire Senators Refuse to Force a Vote on Aid
From Jacobin Loeffler and Perdue Could End This, but They Refuse Loeffler and Perdue are in a position to immediately end this battle right now, if they chose to actually use their power. Senator Mitch McConnell may want to own the libs and economically punish his own destitute state by blocking … [Read more...] about Georgians Are Starving — And Their Millionaire Senators Refuse to Force a Vote on Aid