Category Archives: Newsletter and Updates

Before collapsing and US government bailing out billionaire depositors, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank lobbied Congress to cut regulations — Read on geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/04/09/silicon-valley-bank-bailout-billionaires-corruption/

Several migrants interviewed from between the slats in the border wall said they’d been held there by agents for four to seven days without food or blankets — Read on http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/story/2023-04-13/migrants-say-border-patrol-is-keeping-them-between-the-border-walls-for-days-without-food-or-shelter

A rural Texas county that was ordered by a federal judge to return banned books to its public library shelves is now considering shutting down its libraries entirely. — Read on http://www.cnn.com/2023/04/12/us/texas-llano-county-library-banned-books/index.html

New legislation would prohibit faculty from compelling students to adopt certain beliefs and clarify the purpose of public higher education in Texas. — Read on thetexan.news/intellectual-diversity-in-higher-education-bill-approved-by-texas-senate-committee/

If a solution to Chester’s financial woes is not implemented by the end of 2023, Chester’s receiver could look to deem the city nonviable. He’s trying to avoid that scenario. — Read on whyy.org/articles/chester-city-finances-disincorporation/

I spent quite a lot of my childhood getting lost in museums: returning the glassy stares of stuffed animals at the Natural History Museum in London, … Support apprentices rebuilding a historic house in St. Elizabeth, Jamaica

Gothamist is a non-profit local newsroom, powered by WNYC. — Read on gothamist.com/news/rutgers-faculty-strikes-9000-educators-to-walk-off-job-affecting-67000-students