(2022-10-01). [Correspondence] A healthy future for children and adolescents — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We are greatly heartened by the positive response to our Series on optimising child and adolescent health and development.1—4 We are also cognisant of the suggestions that the Series could have highlighted some areas more emphatically. As in any synthesis covering the entire period of pre-conception, pregnancy, early infancy, middle childhood, and adolescence, we aimed for a high-level discourse and a parsimonious set of messages supporting integrated services across the life course. We encourage everyone to consider the Series and the linked Comment5 in their entirety because most of the areas highlighted…
(2022-10-01). [Correspondence] A healthy future for children and adolescents. thelancet.com We welcome the Lancet Series on child and adolescent health and development and, specifically, the overview of evidence-based interventions.1 In addition to the benefits noted from school-based and community-based interventions to reduce smoking uptake, substantial child health benefits are possible through the implementation of the comprehensive tobacco control measures recommended by WHO.
(2022-09-30). More Evidence Points to US-NATO Sabotage of Nord Stream. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-30). "No Evidence" US Involved in Nord Stream Pipeline Attack Because Pentagon Says So. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-30). Neo-Colonial Apologia, Imperialist Hypocrisy, & the Chauvinism Driving Pro-NATO Liberals. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea Sep 26, 2022 | None are more hypocritical than the Americans who say that Russia is waging an imperialist war. The same goes for when they say China is carrying out a colonial genocide, or when they say the DPRK violates its people's human rights, or when they say Cuba is anti-democratic. The biggest of these projections is the one in which Americans say the PRC is carrying out neo-colonialism. Because not only are the U.S. and its wealthiest allies themselves guilty of neo-colonialism, but the central motive behind their cold war escalations is to maintain this neo-colonial extraction. | The…
(2022-09-30). Movements in NATO countries mobilize against war. workers.org 
With an avalanche of anti-Russian propaganda in NATO-member and other European Union countries — and in the U.S. — the corporate media has created an obstacle to mobilizing antiwar actions. Nevertheless, the high economic cost of the war, including much higher prices for basic goods and shortages of energy sources, . . . |
(2022-09-30). Only Adult Children Still Believe U.S. Propaganda. "Believing in the Unbelievable" globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-30). Lies and Dishonor Plague America's War Machine. commondreams.org Despite the lies, the U.S. war machine has suffered no consequences for their mendacity and malfeasance.
(2022-09-30). The Fake News Machine: How Meta Endangers Brazilian Democracy. cepr.net With just days left before Brazilians head to the polls to decide the political future of their country, the use of social media by political elites to manipulate elections is again in full swing.
(2022-09-30). For Haitian Asylum Seekers, Biden Is The More Effective Evil. popularresistance.org For many 2020 voters of Presidential candidate Joe Biden and Vice-Presidential candidate Kamala Harris, their historic electoral win would symbolize a drastic change from the vituperative language and callous policies that came to define the chaotic and destructive Trump years. Whether it was the Trump administration's criminalization of asylum seekers, separation of mother and child at the border through their cruel "zero tolerance" strategy, reduction in refugee resettlement, or use of xenophobic rhetoric before racializing a viral disease like COVID-19 that would stoke rampant Sinophobia, a more "compassionate…
(2022-09-30). The Greatest Disinformation Threat Is No Information. globalresearch.ca
(2022-09-30). Political Scientist Dr. Jason Johnson: What Has The Democratic Party Done For Black Men But Blame Us? moguldom.com MSNBC political contributor Dr. Jason Johnson is tired of the Democratic party blaming Black men for losses. And he claimed he can see a "blame game" being set up against Black voters, especially Black men, ahead of possible Democratic Party losses in the midterms. Johnson is a professor, political analyst, and public speaker. The author of …
(2022-09-29). The Market Did Not Cause Inequality, No Matter How Much the New York Times Insists. cepr.net It is a complete article of faith in intellectual circles that the market is responsible for the rise in inequality that we have seen in the United States and elsewhere over the last half-century. Intellectual types literally cannot even consider the alternative that inequality was the result of government policies, not the natural workings of …