Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Arrested For Wearing a Skirt
From the Washington Post -
Saudi woman who wore skirt in viral video has been arrested, state television reports
By Adam Taylor
A young woman is at the center of a controversy about clothing in Saudi Arabia, after she posted videos of herself in one of the nation's most conservative provinces wearing a short skirt and a cropped top.
The woman has been arrested by Riyadh police for wearing “suggestive clothing,” Saudi state television station Al Ekhbariya reported Tuesday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/07/18/a-video-of-a-woman-in-a-skirt-sparks-outrage-in-saudi-arabia/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories-2_wv-saudi-skirt110am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.dd76c6395f80
Saudi woman who wore skirt in viral video has been arrested, state television reports
By Adam Taylor
A young woman is at the center of a controversy about clothing in Saudi Arabia, after she posted videos of herself in one of the nation's most conservative provinces wearing a short skirt and a cropped top.
The woman has been arrested by Riyadh police for wearing “suggestive clothing,” Saudi state television station Al Ekhbariya reported Tuesday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/07/18/a-video-of-a-woman-in-a-skirt-sparks-outrage-in-saudi-arabia/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories-2_wv-saudi-skirt110am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.dd76c6395f80
Mothers Who Have Died in Childbirth in the US
From ProPublica and NPR -
The Last Person You’d Expect to Die in Childbirth
The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world, and 60 percent are preventable. The death of Lauren Bloomstein, a neonatal nurse, in the hospital where she worked illustrates a profound disparity: The health care system focuses on babies but often ignores their mothers.
by Nina Martin, ProPublica, and Renee Montagne, NPR
https://www.propublica.org/article/die-in-childbirth-maternal-death-rate-health-care-system
https://www.propublica.org/article/lost-mothers-maternal-health-died-childbirth-pregnancy#nws=mcnewsletter
The Last Person You’d Expect to Die in Childbirth
The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world, and 60 percent are preventable. The death of Lauren Bloomstein, a neonatal nurse, in the hospital where she worked illustrates a profound disparity: The health care system focuses on babies but often ignores their mothers.
by Nina Martin, ProPublica, and Renee Montagne, NPR
https://www.propublica.org/article/die-in-childbirth-maternal-death-rate-health-care-system
https://www.propublica.org/article/lost-mothers-maternal-health-died-childbirth-pregnancy#nws=mcnewsletter
A Guide on What to Say & When to Say It
From the Washington Post -
But the latest sports apparel brand to step into the minefield of politics and consumer purchases did so by choice. On Friday afternoon, Reebok tweeted a flow chart trolling Trump's now famous comment to French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron's wife last week that quickly went viral online. During his visit to Paris, Trump was caught on camera telling Brigitte Macron, who is 25 years older than her husband, that she was "in such good shape — beautiful," a comment some viewed as an example of sexism and ageism toward Ms. Macron, who is 64.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/07/17/reeboks-trolling-tweet-is-the-most-prominent-example-of-a-trump-news-jacking-yet/?utm_term=.486087f2d26a
But the latest sports apparel brand to step into the minefield of politics and consumer purchases did so by choice. On Friday afternoon, Reebok tweeted a flow chart trolling Trump's now famous comment to French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron's wife last week that quickly went viral online. During his visit to Paris, Trump was caught on camera telling Brigitte Macron, who is 25 years older than her husband, that she was "in such good shape — beautiful," a comment some viewed as an example of sexism and ageism toward Ms. Macron, who is 64.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-leadership/wp/2017/07/17/reeboks-trolling-tweet-is-the-most-prominent-example-of-a-trump-news-jacking-yet/?utm_term=.486087f2d26a
In case you were wondering when it IS appropriate to say, "You're in such good shape...beautiful,"... THIS: pic.twitter.com/Z1cnnRD8Ut— Reebok (@Reebok) July 14, 2017
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Saturday, July 15, 2017
An Exhibit of Farmworkers
From the Fresno Bee -
A first at the California State Fair, an exhibit on farmworkers
BY ROBERT RODRIGUEZ
The California State Fair has long recognized the state as an agricultural powerhouse. Now, for the first time in its 164-year history, it is devoting an exhibit to the people who keep it running: farmworkers.
The state fair, which started Friday and runs through July 30, is hosting a special exhibition in the California Building focusing on the groups and people who “helped cultivate the food that feeds our state, country and world, sustaining what is today a $47 billion agriculture industry,” according to the state fair’s website.
Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article161429803.html#nws=mcnewsletter#storylink=cpy
A first at the California State Fair, an exhibit on farmworkers
BY ROBERT RODRIGUEZ
The California State Fair has long recognized the state as an agricultural powerhouse. Now, for the first time in its 164-year history, it is devoting an exhibit to the people who keep it running: farmworkers.
The state fair, which started Friday and runs through July 30, is hosting a special exhibition in the California Building focusing on the groups and people who “helped cultivate the food that feeds our state, country and world, sustaining what is today a $47 billion agriculture industry,” according to the state fair’s website.
Read more here: http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article161429803.html#nws=mcnewsletter#storylink=cpy
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