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Attention

US food banks struggle to feed hungry amid surging prices


AP News
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:19 UTC
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© AP Photot/ Terry CheaA volunteer packs onions in the warehouse of the Alameda County Community Food Bank in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 5, 2021. U.S. food banks dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge – surging food prices and supply chain issues. As holidays approach, some food banks worry they won't have enough turkeys, stuffing and cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Residents picking up free groceries in Oakland said they're grateful for the extra help as the price of dairy, meat and fuel has shot up
U.S. food banks already dealing with increased demand from families sidelined by the pandemic now face a new challenge — surging food prices and supply chain issues walloping the nation.

The higher costs and limited availability mean some families may get smaller servings or substitutions for staples such as peanut butter, which some food banks are buying for nearly double what it cost two years ago. As holidays approach, some food banks worry they won't have enough stuffing and cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

"What happens when food prices go up is food insecurity for those who are experiencing it just gets worse," said Katie Fitzgerald, chief operating officer of Feeding America, a nonprofit organization that coordinates the efforts of more than 200 food banks across the country.
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Eye 1

Human trafficker explains migrant smuggling business


RT
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:11 UTC
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Hundreds of thousands of migrants from the Middle East and Africa have arrived in the EU in recent years, with a human trafficker from Bosnia and Herzegovina explaining to RT how exactly they were able to make this journey.

It's a sort of relay as migrants are passed from one group of smugglers to another as they make their way through the Balkans, the smuggler, who called himself Max, told RT's Maria Finoshina.

He said his team picks up people who cross from Serbia, near the Bosnian town of Bijeljina, and helps them cover some 340km to reach the town of Cazin on the border with Croatia, which is an EU member state.

The groups, consisting of between five and 20 asylum seekers, are being transported "at night through some wooded areas," according to the smuggler, who was interviewed for an upcoming film on the migrant issue by RT's documentary channel, RTD.
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Philadelphia BANS low-level traffic stops over concerns they disproportionately target black drivers


RT
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 07:58 UTC
Philadelphia
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Philadelphia has joined a growing number of places to outright prohibit traffic stops for minor violations, such as broken tail lights, with a local lawmaker arguing the stops disproportionately impact the city's black residents.

Mayor Jim Kenney signed the "Driving Equality" measure into law last week, barring police from making traffic stops for a range of low-level offenses to ensure "just, equitable, and fair enforcement of the law for all people," as well as to "prevent racial disparities and to protect public safety in a manner consistent with these values."

Passed in a 14-2 vote by the city council on October 14, the bill divides traffic violations into two groups - "primary" and "secondary" - and prohibits officers from making stops over the latter category unless "there is a simultaneously observed primary violation." Secondary offenses include a single broken head or tail light, the lack of a registration sticker, a loosely fixed license plate, missing bumpers, as well as lesser forms of windshield obstruction (such as an item hanging from a driver's rear-view mirror), among other things.
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Attention

US federal judge overturns Texas ban on school mask mandates


RT
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 08:02 UTC
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© Reuters / Go NakamuraA student kisses their mother while wearing a face mask, before entering Benbrook Elementary School on the first day of the new school year, in Houston, Texas, August 23, 2021.
A US federal judge has tossed Texas Governor Greg Abbott's statewide ban on mask requirements in public schools, ruling that the order put children with disabilities in danger and violated federal law.

In a ruling on Wednesday, US District Court Judge Lee Yeakel said that Abbott's May executive order - which barred government agencies, including public schools, from mandating face masks - was at odds with the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act and put children with health conditions at higher risk.

"The spread of Covid-19 poses an even greater risk for children with special health needs," Yeakel said, adding that the governor's order excluded "disabled children from participating in and denies them the benefits" of public schools and the "programs, services, and activities to which they are entitled."

The ruling could affect as many as 5.3 million students in Texas, according to state records.

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People

Procter & Gamble employees push back on vaccine mandate: 'It's coercion, plain and simple'

Penny Starr
Breitbart
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 07:36 UTC
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A group of unidentified Procter & Gamble employees produced and distributed a video pushing back against the U.S. manufacturer for mandating that workers be vaccinated for coronavirus in order to keep their jobs.

The video, posted on YouTube, shows images of workers with their faces blurred to prevent identification due to fear of retaliation from the company for pushing back against the vaccine mandate.

The video does show the face of Procter & Gamble CEO David S. Taylor. The company's headquarters are in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Narrators say the company plays lip service to respecting every individual who works for the company but is breaking that vow by forcing people to get vaccinated.


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Nurses warn they will QUIT as Sajid Javid confirms frontline NHS workers will need two vaccines

Luke Andrews, Mark Duell, Eleanor Hayward
Daily Mail
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:09 UTC
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A trainee nurse has said he would rather become a dog trainer than get the Covid vaccine. Ryan Balment, 38, (left) told MailOnline he was currently training to be a nurse but would not get the vaccine. He is on wards at a hospital in the South West. A trainee GP (right) also said she did not want to get the jab for 'various reasons'
Unvaccinated NHS staff today threatened to revolt over No10's 'ethically wrong' vaccine mandate which will force all frontline workers to get two Covid jabs by April or face the sack.

One trainee nurse blasted the 'no jab, no job' policy as a 'kick in the teeth' today after working tirelessly on wards through a year and a half of the pandemic.

Ryan Balment, 38, was set to graduate as a nurse in two years, but says he will now become a dog trainer. The Devon-based hospital worker told MailOnline: 'I would rather leave the health service than be told to have something that I don't know is 100 per cent effective.'

A trainee GP has also said they would rather lose their job than get the Covid vaccine. Dr Reamika West told the BBC the Government should not be able to force people to get the jab by threatening their job.

Health Secretary Sajid Javid revealed today that all frontline NHS staff — including doctors, nurses, receptionists and cleaners — will need to get two doses of the Covid vaccine by April or lose their jobs.

But unions slammed the policy as 'heavy-handed' and said it will only worsen the 'crushing' staffing crisis, while experts said it could 'backfire' and lead many to be less likely to get the vaccine.
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Rainbow

Poll: 39 percent of 18-24 year olds now identify as LGBTQ

Paul Joseph Watson
Summit News
Tue, 09 Nov 2021 00:00 UTC
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Born that way or social engineering?

A new poll by Arizona Christian University has found that 39 per cent of 18-24 year olds now identify as LGBTQ.

Yes, really.

The survey, carried out in partnership with Foundations of Freedom, asked young Americans to choose a self-description, with over two-thirds of those aged 18-24 saying they were lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or queer.

In addition, 25 per cent of Americans aged 25 to 37 also identified as LGBTQ.

LGBTQ identification

Comment: While some of what we're seeing may be attributed to some form of social contagion, it seems clear that the media is also doing quite a bit to shape the thinking of young people:



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Dollars

78% of US markets hit with double-digit home price increases

Anna Bahney
CNN
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:03 UTC
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The median price of single-family existing homes rose in nearly all -- 99% -- of the 183 markets tracked by the National Association of Realtors in the third quarter, with double-digit price increases seen in 78% of the markets.

But the stratospheric surges in prices have slowed a bit from earlier this year, according to NAR's quarterly home price report, released Wednesday. The median home price was up 16% to $363,700 in the third quarter from a year ago, a slower clip than the 22.9% jump in the second quarter.

"Home prices are continuing to move upward, but the rate at which they ascended slowed in the third quarter," said Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist.
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Eye 1

18 Russian prison officers fired over chilling clips of torture behind bars


RT
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 23:58 UTC
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A still taken from one of a series of videos purporting to show torture at the Saratov prison hospital.
Eighteen Russian correctional officers have been dismissed after a series of leaked videos purporting to reveal sexual and physical abuse at a prison hospital in the region of Saratov sparked outrage. Some are being prosecuted.

Speaking to local media on Wednesday, Anton Efarkin, the acting head of the prison service for the area around the southwestern Russian city, said that officials were taking action against those responsible for mistreating inmates.

"To date, five criminal cases have already been initiated, 18 employees have been dismissed from their roles for breaches, and 11 people have faced the strictest possible disciplinary proceedings," the prison chief explained. "We're doing we can to understand what went on and to come to the appropriate conclusions. I'm certain this won't happen again in the future."
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NPC

DOJ launches probe into 'racist' sewage


RT
Wed, 10 Nov 2021 23:53 UTC
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The US Department of Justice has launched its first-ever "environmental justice" investigation, looking into complaints on behalf of black residents in rural Lowndes County, Alabama about the disparate impact of waste disposal.

"Sanitation is a basic human need, and no one in the United States should be exposed to risk of illness and other serious harm because of inadequate access to safe and effective sewage management," Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said on Tuesday, announcing the investigation.

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