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“An Attack on Labor”: Washington Farmworker Organizer “Lelo” Detained in Trump Immigration Crackdown
Longtime immigrant farmworker and organizer Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino was pulled over last week by a plainclothes agent with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in an unmarked car who broke his car window and forcibly detained him. “Within not even a minute of interaction, of getting pulled over, he was already in handcuffs,” says Edgar Franks, the political director of independent farmworkers union, Familias Unidas por la Justicia, which he co-founded with Lelo. “The reason of his detainment was because of how politically active he was.” Lelo is currently jailed at the privately run Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington, where hundreds have rallied in support of his release.
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Being alone has its benefits − a psychologist flips the script on the ‘loneliness epidemic’
Americans are spending more of their time alone. Contrary to national fears of a loneliness crisis, many of them find solitude essential for their well-being.
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“Can’t Look Away”: Documentary Examines the Dark Side of Social Media
Can’t Look Away is a new documentary that examines the tragic consequences that the algorithms of Big Tech companies can have on children and teens.
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“Can’t Look Away”: Film Examines How Social Media Addiction Harms Kids
Can’t Look Away: The Case Against Social Media is a new documentary that exposes the real-life consequences of the algorithms of Big Tech companies and their impact on children and teens. In 2022, social media companies made an estimated $11 billion advertising to minors in the U.S., where 95% of teenagers use social media. One in three teens uses social media almost constantly. “These products, they’re not designed to hook us, adults,” says Laura Marquez-Garrett, an attorney at the Social Media Victims Law Center in Seattle who is featured in Can’t Look Away. “They are designed to hook children.”
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Heroin found in cocaine and ‘ice’, and snorting a line can be lethal
Accidentally taking heroin when you thought it was cocaine or methamphetamine can be deadly, new research confirms. Here’s what to watch out for.
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The never-ending sentence: How parole and probation fuel mass incarceration
For the more than 3 million Americans on probation or parole, rules and regulations often serve as hidden traps to reincarceration.
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The Arson Evidence Doesn’t Hold Up. Florida Is About to Convict Her for Murder Anyway.
Florida prosecutors say Michelle Taylor used gasoline to set a fire that killed her son. Top forensic chemists say they’re wrong.
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Menthol cigarettes will be banned from April 1. Here’s why – and what else is changing
Retailers have a three-month grace period to sell any old stock already in their stores. Here’s what’s behind these changes – and what needs to happen next.
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White snus: why ‘tobacco free’ doesn’t mean risk free
White snus is gaining popularity fast, but its long-term health effects are still unknown
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The Coalition has promised $400m for youth mental health. Young people told us what they need
Young people are waiting more than three months for mental health care, and are struggling to cope while they wait.
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