The UK parliament's Committee on Women and Equality has released the first report from its parliamentary inquiry into discrimination against transgender people in education, health and criminal justice.
The inquiry was tasked with assessing levels of transphobia, access to NHS services and issues faced by transgender youth.
The NHS was found to be particularly lacking.
This evening's music features New Orleans tuba player Tuba Fats. Enjoy!
Tuba Fats - Milenberg Joys
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Friday January 14, 1916
East Youngstown, Ohio - Steel Strike Settled with 10 Percent Wage Increase
From the January 12th edition of the Decatur Herald of Illinois:
EAST YOUNGSTOWN STRIKE IS SETTLED
-----Men Vote to Accept Company's Offer
of 10 Per Cent Increase in Wages
and to Return.
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FLYNN'S CHARGES DENIED
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Grand Jury Investigates Trouble and Calls
Employers and Union Leaders.
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Militia patrolling burned district.
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I don't like that -ista ending...Clintonista for example. It's [expletive deleted]. First of all it's meant to be derogatory. Secondly, it's from Sandinista, as if Sandino was bad, as if Ortega was bad, as if any form of Communism is terribly awful...obviously! Thirdly, it implies blind followers, that anyone who would like any form of Communism must be an idiot.
by a bunch of superdelegates -- vote Green.
This evening's music features jazz and blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon. Enjoy!
Jimmy Witherspoon - Going'to Kansas City
“In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell
Remember when VP Biden made the "gaffe" of telling the truth about Turkey and Saudi Arabia aiding terrorists?
It's the unwritten rule of diplomacy to never speak the truth.
The Department of Health and Human Services has added a new page to HealthCare.gov directly addressing issues facing transgender people accessing health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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Thursday January 13, 1916
From the International Socialist Review: The Life of the Tenant Farmer
In this month's edition of the Review, W. W. Pannell describes the life of the tenant farmer, how tenant farmers are manufactured, and the deep pit of debt in which they and their families struggle to survive:
Tenant Farming in the United States
By W. W. PANNELL
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Tenant Farmers Levi and Beulah Stewart with children,
CIR Hearings at Dallas, March 1915
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Really, it's time. Even Bernie Sanders is talkin' 'bout a revolution. It's legal and not at all scary, though the government's though control police have been splitting skulls and worse for longer than anybody can remember in an attempt to keep the lid on. But, hell, they shoot and kill people just for being uppity, or insufficiently subservient, so there is no extra penalty involved in being out there.
