(2022-06-02). New website celebrates the legacy of Marxist economist and activist Art Perlo. peoplesworld.org 
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—An exciting website was launched this week carrying forward the legacy of lifelong activist and Marxist economist Art Perlo, making available his decades of contributions to the struggle for "People, Peace, and Planet before Profits." The project is designed to guide, inform, and inspire grassroots organizers for social change. Titled "Art Perlo Presente," …
(2022-06-02). Starbucks workers win in S.C. as drive widens nationwide. peoplesworld.org 
GREENVILLE, S.C. and CARBONDALE, Ill.—A Starbucks Workers United unionizing win, 8-1, in the most anti-union state in the U.S., South Carolina, "will give a lot of hope" to other organizing drives there, a top Carolinian labor historian, Kerry Taylor, says. And it's also an indication of the widening ground-up reach of the nationwide organizing campaign, …
(2022-06-02). New York redistricting results: Gerrymandering, confusion, lower primary turnout. peoplesworld.org 
Albert Einstein once said, "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." He was one of the world's greatest physicists (and a socialist). But he was not a fortune-teller looking at this year's elections in New York State. No one has yet voted. Yet already we have changed the rules to …
(2022-06-02). Rechazan en Costa Rica extensión de jornada laboral. telesurtv.net El Frente Amplio solicitó que se discuta la propuesta en base a estudios que prueban los diferentes daños de la jornada extendida.
(2022-06-02). Cancer and mental health: Mayo Clinic expert dispels myths. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minnesota — Everyone with cancer experiences it differently and all emotions are valid and important, regardless of the mix or intensity. Shawna Ehlers, Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic psychologist and psycho-oncology expert, helps patients cope with the burden of their cancer diagnosis. That includes dispelling myths that stress in their lives caused their cancer or that depression must be suffered through during cancer treatment. "If I had one thing that I could tell all cancer…
(2022-06-02). Science Saturday: In neurodegenerative diseases, Mayo Clinic research finds shared gene patterns, widespread damage. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Damage to brain cells in two separate neurodegenerative diseases — Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy — is not limited to specific parts of the brain and these diseases share a pattern of gene alterations within the brain, according to researchers at Mayo Clinic, the University of Florida and other collaborating organizations. The researchers say this finding suggests the neurodegenerative diseases may have the same underlying disease links. The finding, which is published in The Journal…