Organizing Rural Manufacturing Workers Matters By Cindy Estrada and Chris Schwartz, The Forge. November 10, 2020 Organizing Rural Manufacturing Workers Matters2020-11-102020-11-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/worker.png200px200px Above photo: Spencer Davis. It’s no secret that the number of manufacturing jobs in the United States has steadily declined over the past few decades, replaced largely by low-wage work in the service sector. But in many rural communities, manufacturing is still the most important […]
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Each week, police in Lexington, Neb., cordon off several blocks near the edge of town, where roughly 700 cars will line up for USDA Farmers to Families food boxes. Above, volunteers organize boxes on Aug. 27, 2020. Christina Stella/Harvest Public Media hide caption toggle caption Christina Stella/Harvest Public Media Each week, police in Lexington, Neb., cordon off several blocks near the edge of town, where roughly […]
More than 65% of the nation’s small, rural hospitals took out loans from Medicare when the pandemic hit. Many now face repayment at a time when they are under great financial strain. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 65% of the nation’s small, rural hospitals took out loans from Medicare when the pandemic hit. Many now […]
India launched a rural-employment guarantee scheme in 2005, to safeguard the livelihood of people living in rural areas by promising at least 100 days’ paid work a year to every adult member of each family. Aside from economic security, the scheme also created rural assets. India’s Rural Development Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar, revealed on Friday that “there has been an increase of 52.11 percent in total […]
Fort Street Elementary School in Aroostook County, Maine, welcomed students back to school for in-person classes in mid-August. Robbie Feinberg/Maine Public hide caption toggle caption Robbie Feinberg/Maine Public Fort Street Elementary School in Aroostook County, Maine, welcomed students back to school for in-person classes in mid-August. Robbie Feinberg/Maine Public Updated at 4:06 p.m. ET Sixth-grader Charlie Pierce says the hardest part of going back to school […]
When the pandemic hit this spring, U.S. rural hospitals lost an estimated 70% of their income as patients avoided the emergency room, doctor’s appointments and elective surgeries. “It was devastating,” says Maggie Elehwany of the National Rural Health Association. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images When the pandemic hit this spring, U.S. rural hospitals lost an estimated 70% […]
The United States Postal Service warned states in late July 2020 that it might not be able to deliver mail-in ballots in time to be counted. Amid a growing outcry from rural leaders, the agency’s director recently backed down from planned broad cuts and changes. Pacific Press/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Ge hide caption toggle caption Pacific Press/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Ge The United States Postal Service warned states […]
New high-rise apartments are under construction in villages around Heze, in eastern China’s Shandong province. Rural residents say these complexes are too expensive, too far away from their fields and ill-suited for farmers. Amy Cheng/NPR hide caption toggle caption Amy Cheng/NPR New high-rise apartments are under construction in villages around Heze, in eastern China’s Shandong province. Rural residents say these complexes are too expensive, too far […]
Scott Hobgood and Jason Niupulusū grew up in Webster County, Ky., and joined NPR’s David Greene for a roundtable discussion about race and social justice. Scott Hobgood, Jason Niupulusū hide caption toggle caption Scott Hobgood, Jason Niupulusū Scott Hobgood and Jason Niupulusū grew up in Webster County, Ky., and joined NPR’s David Greene for a roundtable discussion about race and social justice. Scott Hobgood, Jason Niupulusū […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): With rapid urbanisation in India, animals have lost their natural habitat, pushing them towards conflict with humans. Reptiles are among the creatures affected, and are now seen living close to human settlements, where they feed on rodents and insects, especially around farms. India loses an average of 58,000 people to snakebites every year, and over the last two decades, about 1.2 million people […]
A hallway leads to a makeshift isolation ward for COVID-19 patients. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption toggle caption Kirk Siegler/NPR A hallway leads to a makeshift isolation ward for COVID-19 patients. Kirk Siegler/NPR In the Idaho mountain town of Grangeville, population 3,200, signs in windows on Main Street advertise that Border Days “is on.” The annual Fourth of July celebration boasts street dances, Idaho’s longest-running rodeo and […]
An inexpensive drug called misoprostol can prevent fatal hemorrhage. But experts say fears of its use for abortion have kept it out of the hands of the women who need it. (Image credit: Lynsey Addario/ Getty Images) Source link
Opinion 00:54 GMT 21.05.2020(updated 00:55 GMT 21.05.2020) Get short URL Although the US COVID-19 pandemic has mostly ravaged urban areas to date, it will soon bear down on rural areas home to more vulnerable populations, Dr. Tara Smith, an epidemiologist and professor at the Kent State University College of Public Health, told Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear Wednesday. “What we’re concerned about is as this moves […]
The Intercept: FOR THE PAST several decades, rural America’s economic lifeline has been the construction and operation of prisons and immigrant detention centers, both public and for-profit. The 1980s saw the collapse of American manufacturing and a farm crisis that ripped through the countryside. Mass incarceration was well-timed to fill the gap, producing jobs where they were needed. But those lifelines have transformed into vectors for coronavirus, […]
The Census Bureau says it will continue its relaunch of limited field operations for the 2020 census next week in some rural communities in nine states. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Rourke/AP The Census Bureau says it will continue its relaunch of limited field operations for the 2020 census next week in some rural communities in nine states. Matt Rourke/AP The Census Bureau says […]