Tag: health
Attacks on Health Care Workers Taking Place
Soldiers posted outside a hospital in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo Credit: Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters. A few people people are seeing health care workers as spreading the coronavirus. A nurse went on television in Mexico. … Read More
The Workers Who Face the Greatest Coronavirus Risk
Coronavirus 1 People with jobs that put them in physical contact with many others are at the greatest risk of becoming sick. Each bubble on the charts represents an occupation. … Read More
The Corona Virus: What You Can Do
The spread of coronavirus. New York Times. — Keep your hands clean and keep your distance from sick people. — Stay home if you are sick. — Unless you are … Read More
Trump’s America Puts Up New ‘Keep Out’ Sign
Statue of Liberty, New York City. This is the famous poem welcoming immigrants to America. It is on the Statue of Liberty in New York City. “Give me your tired, your … Read More
Cuba Without Castro? Well, Almost
You have to be about sixty-five years old to remember a time when a Castro was not the head of Cuba. Fidel Castro came to power in 1959. Dwight D. … Read More
Is Every Racial Incident, Racial?
Women look at clothing. Photo Credit: ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images The strength of America is that there are so many “others.” The people of the U.S. are of more different backgrounds … Read More
Saudi Arabia-Not a Home For the Rights of Women or Men
The tweet from Canada that offended Saudi Arabia. What is it all about? Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says he is a reformer. He wants to make his … Read More
” You Campaign in Poetry and You Govern in Prose”
Mr. López Obrador, center, with relatives of the 43 students who went missing after being arrested in 2014. Photo Credit: Alfredo Estrella/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Guatemalan refugees are flooding … Read More
U.S. Voters Build a Roadblock for Trump
The new Red (Republican) Blue (Democratic) map. The House of Representatives in now in the hands of the Democratic Party. This is bad news for President Donald Trump. It means … Read More
America is Addicted to Low-Wage Migrant Workers
Unauthorized workers are about 15 percent of those employed in construction. Photo Credit: Jason Henry for The New York Times It is the demand for a commodity that creates a … Read More
To Be Rich and Kill and Be Killed in Sri Lanka
Investigators at the Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Easter Sunday. Photo Credit: Chamila Karunarathne/Associated Press It was Easter Sunday in Columbo, Sri Lanka. The paths of the children of two … Read More
To Control the Uighurs, China Uses Terror
Uighur women in a settlement called Harmony New Village. Photo Credit: Gilles Sabrié for The New York Times. It was May 2014. Men using explosives and knives killed three people … Read More
The Sweatshop in America is Alive
A Los Angeles factory where workers make clothing for Fashion Nova. Photo Credit: Jessica Pons for The New York Times. A sweatshop is a factory. It is a place where … Read More
Tips for Teachers January 14, 2020
What is ‘Free Speech?’ The right to free speech, written in the U.S. Constitution, means the government cannot pass laws that limit free speech. True or false? (True.) Have any … Read More