The Push for Puberty Blockers Got Ahead of the Research | The Atlantic
- An insightful look into one of America’s most pressing culture wars, transgenderism within children. Republicans want none of it, loudly announcing how it’s destroying American values and mutilating children. Democrats want all of it, announcing how it’s immoral to put any restrictions on healthcare no matter the age or condition of the child. The truth, more specifically the global data and studies, tells a much more developing story on the most effective and ethical way to treat children facing gender dysmorphia. The key point is that the American Medical Association and its recommendations on transgender care do not line up with new global studies and countries’ practices on when and how to treat children, specifically focusing on puberty blockers.
Myanmar’s War Has Forced Doctors and Nurses Into Prostitution | New York Times
- As both Europe and the Middle East fall into chaos, from war, rebel uprisings, and dictatorship, Myanmar (which recently experienced a military coup) shows a look into the aftermath. After the military overtook the country which was previously under civilian rule prices began to rise sharply, jobs closed, and protests squashed most commonly with bullets. Of those who were affected the most were women who before the coup held steady prestigious roles such as nurses and doctors, now they’re being shoved into prostitution to simply survive. “It’s difficult to accept that, despite all my years of study to become a doctor, I’m now doing this kind of work just to make ends meet”, “People might judge me, but they don’t understand what it’s like to be hungry, to watch your child go hungry, and to have nothing,” she said. “Every day, I pray for a way out.”
- A look into the possible future where Trump’s administration takes an aggressive approach to weed out undocumented immigrants through the experience of a tech company facing labor shortages. When Jabil, a growing tech company, found out a majority of their workers hired through a staffing agency were undocumented they moved to immediately fire them. This action caused Jabil not only to lose upwards of $50 million in possible revenue but also essentially paused their growth and potential clients as they had to restructure their workforce seemingly overnight. It paints a picture of the ever-real world where this isn’t an isolated incident but a plague that all U.S. industries might face is Trump removed undocumented immigrants overnight, as he is signaling he will do.
- Our ever so often reminder that gun violence, specifically in schools, continues to ravage our communities. That violence has been left unchecked for over a decade, with the Sandy Hook shooting just passing its 10-year mark a few days ago. With both political parties in the US having extremely different solutions one thing ties them both together, their inability to implement ANY solution, often at the cost of children’s lives.
UK government approves $4.6-billion takeover of Royal Mail by a Czech billionaire | Associated Press
- Just as Trump and Republicans in the US floated the idea of privatizing the USPS the U.K. approved the sale of its similar service, the Royal Mail. Being privatized since 2013 the Royal Mail has faced its share of challenges adapting to the new digital landscape, but privatization and sale to an international owner in the country’s best interest?