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Colorado will now make Catholic hospitals say what services they won’t provide A new law, in effect as of today, requires all health care facilities to publicly say what procedures they won’t offer for non-medical reasons OCT 01, 2024 (friendlyatheist.com) This newsletter is free, but it’s only able to sustain… Continue reading →

By Laura Doan, Emma Li, Jui Sarwate, Alexander Tin, James LaPorta, Camilo Montoya-Galvez Updated on: October 2, 2024 / 9:53 AM EDT / CBSNews.com The CBS News Confirmed team fact checked the biggest claims made by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance in tonight’s 2024 vice presidential debate in New York City.  CBS News hosted the only planned vice presidential debate… Continue reading →

By Nanette Asimov,Higher Education ReporterUpdated Sep 30, 2024 (SFChronicle.com) Stanford University, like other private colleges in California, would be barred from favoring relatives of donors under a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday.Jessica Christian/The Chronicle California has become the second state to prohibit private colleges and universities from giving extra… Continue reading →

by Randy Shaw on September 30, 2024 (BeyondChron.org) Daniel Lurie Can Lurie Maintain Momentum? One year ago, Daniel Lurie announced his candidacy for San Francisco mayor. Few gave him much of a chance. Critics said San Francisco would never elect an outsider. That few voters had even heard of Daniel Lurie. San Francisco… Continue reading →

by Martin Bennett on September 30, 2024 (BeyondChron.org) App-based gig work companies like Uber, Lyft, DoorDash and Instacart employ 1.4 million California workers. The companies portray these jobs glowingly: a “side hustle” to supplement 9-to-5 jobs, offering living wages, autonomy and flexible hours. The reality is quite different. App-based transportation and food delivery… Continue reading →

A man surveys a heavily damaged school building in Israel’s southern city of Gedera on October 1, 2024, after an Iranian missile attack.  (Photo: Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images) “Remember that members of Congress are permitted to own stock in war manufacturing, so when they vote to send more bombs… Continue reading →

A strike sign is pictured outside a Boeing factory on September 13, 2024 in Renton, Washington.  (Photo: Stephen Brashear/Getty Images) “Like other wealthy countries we must guarantee healthcare to every man, woman, and child as a human right, not a job benefit. Whether you’re on strike or not, everyone is… Continue reading →

PRESS RELEASE Tuesday, October 1, 2024 (Justice.gov) For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs The Justice Department announced today its findings that conditions of confinement in Georgia’s prisons violate the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution. “Our findings report lays bare the horrific and inhumane conditions that people are confined to inside Georgia’s… Continue reading →

by XUEER LUOCTOBER 1, 2024 (MissionLocal.org) Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere.Sign up Mission Local is publishing campaign dispatches for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: Daniel Lurie. Read… Continue reading →

1 OCTOBER 2024/SF POLITICS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) The rich kids are fighting in the SF mayoral race, as the Republican-leaning money man behind the political group Neighbors for a Better San Francisco is not pleased with Daniel Lurie’s mailer attacks on Mark Farrell’s dubious campaign finances. It’s no secret in the… Continue reading →