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Six years ago, Illinois farmer John Ackerman didn't hire any contract workers at all. He enjoys mentoring young people, but says it's felt harder lately to justify hiring inexperienced workers when contract workers do the same hard, physical jobs faster and better. Climate change affects all farm workers, but advocates and researchers say this is a reason to focus particularly on these workers. The USDA data showed an uptick in the number of farms using migrant labor, both within farms that already hired contract workers and overall. He’s tried reaching out H-2A workers on nearby farms, but says their supervisors won’t let them talk to him.

Persons: John Ackerman didn't, Ackerman, it's, Alexis Guild, Rebecca Young, ”, Jennifer Vanos, Abigail Kerfoot, Luis Jimenez, farmworkers, Jimenez, He’s, won’t, “, Jed Clark, he's, Stephanie McBath, ” McBath, “ it’s, ” Bruce Cline, Scott Kuegel, ” Jimenez, Dorany Pineda, Joshua A, Bickel, Melina Walling Organizations: U.S . Department of Agriculture, Farmworker, Arizona State University, Centro de, Alianza Agrícola, “, National Association of State, of Agriculture, Associated Press Locations: Illinois, U.S, New York, North Carolina, Kentucky, Crofton , Kentucky, Owensboro, AP.org

☆ How plagiarism by Claudine Gay, Harvard's former president, compares to that of Neri Oxman, an academic and Bill Ackman's wife
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Lloyd Lee | Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

"Part of what makes her human is that she makes mistakes, owns them, and apologizes when appropriate," he wrote in a post on X following Business Insider's report on Oxman's plagiarism. That's a starkly different approach from the one he took toward Gay after she stepped down as president earlier this week. At the time, Ackman said she should be fired from Harvard's faculty entirely because of what he called "serious plagiarism issues." However, the instances of Oxman's and Gay's plagiarism have more similarities than differences, according to experts and an internal analysis. "It indicates a bad process to drafting this stuff, and I would say that's true for both Gay and Oxman," he said.

Persons: Neri Oxman, MIT who's, Bill Ackman, Ackman, Claudine Gay —, —, Gay, Jonathan Bailey, Bailey, Oxman, Steve Weiner, Daniel Wagner, Christopher Rufo, Christopher Brunet, Lawrence Bobo, Franklin D, — Lawrence Bobo, Gilliam, Jr, Bobo, — Claudine Gay, Anne R, Williamson, Peder Anker, Carol Swain, Swain, Claus Mattheck, Mattheck, David Covin, It's, Peder Anker's Organizations: MIT, Harvard, Gay, American Conservative, The New York Times, Miami University, Harvard Crimson, Vanderbilt University, National, of Struggle, O Movimento, Centers of Struggle Locations: Harvard, German, Luta, O, afoxés

☆ Fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetland surge to November record on lack of rain
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] An aerial view shows burnt trees near a river in The Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, in Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, August 28, 2020. The 2,387 fires recorded by Inpe in early November is already more than double October's figure and more than half of the total fires seen this year so far. Fires have more than tripled in the Pantanal compared with 2022, which was mild compared with the two previous years. Weather experts point to the El Nino phenomenon, aggravated by climate change, as being behind the sharp increase in fires. "There was sporadic rainfall at the end of October, but two or three days after it stopped, the fires came back," he added.

Persons: Amanda Perobelli, Inpe, El, Vinicius Silgueiro, Silgueiro, Lisandra Paraguassu, Gerry Doyle Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Centro de Vida Institute, El Nino, Thomson Locations: Pocone, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Rights BRASILIA, Brazil's Pantanal

☆ Milky Way-like galaxy spotted in distant universe by Webb telescope
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Astronomers have spied an intriguing phenomenon in the distant universe — a galaxy that closely resembles the Milky Way — and it’s challenging key theories on how galaxies evolve. Like our home galaxy, the newly discovered ceers-2112 is a barred spiral galaxy, and it’s now the most distant of its kind ever observed. While massive spiral galaxies are common in the Milky Way’s cosmic neighborhood, that hasn’t always been the case. The bars take shape when stars within spiral galaxies rotate in an orderly fashion, as they do in the Milky Way. “The discovery of ceers-2112 paves the way for more bars to be discovered in the young universe,” de la Vega said.

Persons: James Webb, it’s, Webb, “, ”, Luca Costantin, hasn’t, Alexander de la Vega, didn’t, la Vega Organizations: CNN —, James Webb Space, Spanish National Research Council, Centro, Astrobiología, University of California, James Webb Space Telescope Locations: Madrid, Riverside, ceers

☆ NASA's James Webb telescope spotted the most distant galaxy in the universe that looks like ours
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted the most distant example of a galaxy in the universe that looks similar to the Milky Way. The galaxy, named ceers-2112, is more than 11.7 billion years old and is the earliest example of a barred spiral galaxy ever seen. For them, there is little doubt: this picture suggests this is a barred spiral galaxy. Scientists had thought you couldn't find a barred spiral galaxy before the universe was about 6.9 billion years old. The other 95% — about 27% of dark matter and 68% of dark energy — remain huge mysteries in physics.

Persons: James Webb, —, JWST, Guo, Alexander de la Vega, Yetli Rosas Guevara, El País, la Vega, Luca Costantin, Space.com, Costantin, Jairo Abreu, Abreu Organizations: Service, James Webb Space, University of California, Spanish Donostia, Physics Center, Centro, Astrobiología, University of La Locations: Riverside, Madrid, University of La Laguna

☆ Colombia strike gold on Pan Am Games diamond
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

But in the end it was two teams that had never before even reached the final playing for gold, while Mexico beat Panama 10-2 for the bronze. Brazil also bagged two of three gold on the tennis court. Laura Pigossi and Luisa Stefani beat Colombia's Fernanda Herazo and Paulina Perez 7-5 6-3 to win the women's doubles, while Gustavo Heide and Marcelo Demoliner defeated Chile's Tomas Parrios and Alejandor Tabilo 6-1 2-6 10-7 in the men's doubles final. Once again the mighty United States was shut out of the gold medals but continue to hold strong at the top of the table on 61 gold and 154 total medals. Mexico sit second on 35 gold and 84 total medals followed by Canada (32/88) and Brazil (26/87).

Persons: Colombia's Yuliana Lizarazo, Nicolas Barrientos, Pilar Olivares, Dilson Jose Herrera, righthander Victor Vargas, Alexia Vilhalba Souza Nascimento, Larissa Cincinato, Rafaela Lopes Silva, Michel Natan Felix Augusto, Laura Pigossi, Luisa Stefani, Colombia's Fernanda Herazo, Paulina Perez, Gustavo Heide, Marcelo Demoliner, Chile's Tomas Parrios, Yuliana Lizarazo, Brazil's Stefani, Steve Keating, William Mallard Organizations: Centro deportivo de Tenis, Rights, Pan American Games, Colombia thumped, United, Panama, New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Thomson Locations: Santiago, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Colombia thumped Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, United States, Canada

☆ Brazil finds Pan Am gold at the beach and in the ring
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The silver was Canada's first medal in women's beach volleyball at a Pan Am Games. A silver medal came with a bonus prize with every fighter in the finals having secured a quota spot for the Paris Olympics. In the women's 75-kilogram Canada's Tammara Thibeault added Pan Am gold to her world and Commonwealth Games titles with a unanimous 5-0 decision over Panama's Atheyna Bylon. "Out of all the tournaments I've been to, I've been able to capture gold and I was missing Pan Ams," said Thibeault. That contribution helped power Mexico into second place on the medal table with 35 gold and 80 total medals.

Persons: Brazil's Ana Patricia Ramos, Eduarda, Silver, Canada's Melissa Humana, Patricia Ramos, Duda Lisboa, Andre Stein, George Souto, Beatriz Ferreira, Ramos, Melissa Humana, Brandie Wilkerson, Canada's, Andre Loyola, Cuba's Jorge Alayo, Noslen Diaz, Marco, Esteban Grimalt, Logan Webber, Hagen Smith, Ferreira, Angie Paola Valdes Pana, Caroline Barbosa, Jucielen, Barbara Maria Dos Santos, Julio Cesar La Cruz, Arlen Lopez Cardona, Joshua Edwards, Jahmal Harvey, Thibeault, Bylon, Wyatt Sanford, I've, Emiliano Hernandez, Duilio Carrillo, Steve Keating, Shri Navaratnam Organizations: Eduarda Santos Lisboa, Pan American, United, Lisboa, Pan Am, Paris, Boxing, Cuba, Olympic, Commonwealth Games, Canada, Pan Ams, Thomson Locations: playa, Santiago, Chile, Brandie, SANTIAGO, United States, Brazil, Chilean, Canadian, Lima, Canada, Mexico

☆ Andrade and MacNeil take Pan Am Games spotlight
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

With marquee names in short supply, Olympic champions MacNeil and Andrade commanded the Pan Am stage, the Canadian tying American Gabi Albiero for first in women's 50 metre freestyle while Andrade soared to the top of the podium in the vault. Simone Biles aside, Andrade might just be the most intriguing athlete competing in her sport in Santiago. Biles may be recognised as the greatest gymnast of all-time but Andrade is the queen of the vault, holding the Olympic, world championship and now Pan Am Games crowns on the apparatus. MacNeil's fourth win in Santiago tied the record for most gold by a Canadian swimmer at a Pan Am Games while her six total medals (four gold, a silver and bronze) also equalled a single Games national mark. Chile enjoyed their best day of the Panamerican Games scooping up three gold to push their total to five while Argentina's struggles continued.

Persons: Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, Agustin Marcarian, Rebeca Andrade, Maggie MacNeil, MacNeil, Andrade, Gabi Albiero, Simone Biles, Biles, Jordan Chiles, Zoe Miller, ”, I’m, Argentina's, Steve Keating, Lincoln Organizations: Centro, deportes colectivos, Rights, Pan American Games, Olympic, Tokyo, Pan Am, Pan, Santiago, Pan Am Games, Canadian, Aquatic, Thomson Locations: Santiago, Chile, United States, Santiago ., Antwerp, Biles, Canadian, Argentina, Grande, U.S, Mexico, Canada

☆ DiCello takes Pan Am all-around gold and sets sights on Paris
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Steve Keating | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Brazil's Flavia Saraiva took silver on 54.565, with Jordan Chiles making it two Americans on the podium taking bronze. "Honestly any event whether it is international or our own home meets it prepares us for bigger events, especially knowing 2024 is coming up. "The biggest one we are all going for is Paris, so we'll see what happens." While all-time great Biles sat out the Pan Ams, Andrade the all-round silver medallists at the Tokyo Olympics, was expected to lead the Brazilian fight against the Americans for the all-around title. Reporting by Steve Keating in Santiago; Editing by Sonali PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Kayla DiCello, Agustin Marcarian, Simone Biles, Rebeca Andrade, Flavia Saraiva, Jordan Chiles, DiCello's, Canada's Ellie Black, Biles, Andrade, Steve Keating, Sonali Paul Organizations: Centro, deportes colectivos, Rights, Pan Am, U.S, Paris Olympic, Ams, U.S ., U.S . Olympic, Pan Ams, Tokyo, Thomson Locations: Santiago, Chile, United States, Brazil, Antwerp, Toronto, Lima, Indianapolis, Paris

☆ America’s Increasing Child Poverty Is a Policy Choice - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Nikhil Goyal | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The bathtub was at risk of falling through the cracked ceiling into the kitchen. Tasting something metallic, he touched his lip, and in the glow of his phone screen he could see that his finger was stained with blood. Tens of millions of Americans were kept out of poverty and economic insecurity as a result; in another world, a younger Emmanuel could have been one of them. The stark relief that pandemic programs brought to families is proof that poverty is not an intractable problem when there is sufficient political will. We should recommit to finishing the job and passing an agenda that will reduce child poverty and make life more affordable.

Persons: Emmanuel Coreano, Emmanuel, “, ” Emmanuel, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Amartya Sen, Bernie Sanders, Organizations: El Centro de Estudiantes, New, Senate Locations: Puerto Rican, Kensington

☆ Can You Get Out of Poverty Without Having to Beg?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Nikita Stewart | More About Nikita Stewart | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

There were no metal detectors, Ryan noted, and nobody patted you down when you walked in the door. The City Council would later remove El Centro from the chopping block, and credited student testimony in particular. But in “Live to See the Day,” the sociologist Nikhil Goyal writes that Ryan questioned why El Centro had been threatened with closure in the first place. “Why did they have to beg the people in power for public schools that respected and helped their students?” Goyal asks. The safety net is in tatters, Goyal shows, and poverty is a tightrope walk with no room for error.

Persons: Nikhil Goyal, Ryan Rivera, Ryan, “ Don’t, ”, ” Goyal Organizations: Philadelphia City Council, El Centro de Estudiantes, The, Council, El Centro Locations: Puerto Rican, Kensington, America, Philadelphia, El, tatters

☆ Venezuela presidential opposition hopefuls call for unity, private investment
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The debate, the first between opposition hopefuls since 2011, was held as they await a ruling by the country's top court which could suspend the Oct. 22 nominating contest. Venezuela's often divided opposition is seeking to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro, who has ruled the country since 2013. Three of the most high-profile of the 14 opposition hopefuls, Maria Corina Machado, Henrique Capriles and Freddy Superlano, have already been barred from holding public office. "We need leadership who will take the fight to the end." The hopefuls said private investors must feel confident returning to Venezuela, whose economy contracted for eight consecutive years until 2022, when it showed incipient growth which is already waning.

Persons: Maria Corina Machado, Tamara Adrian, Andres Caleca, Cesar Perez Vivas, Carlos Prosperi, Read, Luis Ratti, Nicolas Maduro, Maduro, Henrique Capriles, Freddy Superlano, Universidad Catolica Andres Bello, Machado, Superlano, Capriles, Delsa Solorzano, Vivian Sequera, Mayela Armas, Deisy, Julia Symmes Cobb, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: la, Movimiento por Venezuela, Centro Democratico, Accion Democratica, Universidad Catolica, Thomson Locations: CARACAS, United States, Venezuela

☆ Lin-Manuel Miranda’s San Juan, Puerto Rico
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Danielle Pergament | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

“When I was a kid, my bond was really with my grandparents,” said Lin-Manuel Miranda, the songwriter, actor, director and producer. “I would go to Puerto Rico with my family for a month every year. “I didn’t stay in a hotel, I stayed in town, I ate Puerto Rican food. That’s different than being a tourist.”Over the years, Mr. Miranda has become one of the most prominent advocates for Puerto Rico. Next month, he will bring his musical “Hamilton” back to San Juan’s Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré for two weeks, hosting a fund-raiser to support the Hispanic Federation and the Flamboyan Foundation, a charity devoted to educational equity in Puerto Rico.

☆ Around the world, charges are no barrier to high office
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Caolán Magee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But charges have often not been a barrier to holding political office. Israel’s Benjamin NetanyahuIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Berlin, March 16, 2023. The prime minister is also currently facing a corruption trial, on charges of fraud, bribery and breach of trust. Lula has called the charges a “farce,” claiming the charges were politically motivated. Angelo Carconi/Associated PressThe flamboyant Italian tycoon was a serial prime minister until standing down in 2011.

Persons: Donald Trump, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu, Sean Gallup, Netanyahu, Israel’s, Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Ulysses Guimarães, Andressa Anholete, Lula, Jair Bolsonaro, Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Luis Robayo, Fernández de Kirchner, ”, Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim Malaysia's, Anwar Ibrahim, Arif Kartono, Anwar, –, Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi Silvio Berlusconi, Angelo Carconi, Berlusconi Organizations: CNN, Trump, Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Brazilian, Centro de, Petrobras, Getty, Alliance of Hope, Associated, Italy’s Senate Locations: Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli, Berlin, Brasilia, Brazil, America, La Plata, Argentina, AFP, Permatang, Malaysia's Penang, Malaysian, Malaysia, Rome, Italy, Italy’s

☆ (фото) В центре Мадрида прогремел взрыв. Есть пострадавшие
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( ) ru.diez.md time to read: 1 min

Сильный взрыв произошел в районе Пуэрта-де-Толедо в Мадриде рядом с церковью Вирхен-де-ла-Палома. Основной версией произошедшего называют взрыв бытового газа. В настоящее время территория, на которой находятся дом престарелых и школа, оцеплена. pic.twitter.com/5sU9cxE2t9 — R҉i҉S҉e҉ A҉n҉D҉ s҉H҉i҉N҉e҉ (@Eneko_SNKV) January 20, 2021Взрыв произошел в здании, которое принадлежит Мадридской архиепископии. В результате произошедшего есть пострадавшие, однако их число не называется.

Organizations: РБК, Мадридская архиепископия Locations: ПуэртадеТоледо, Мадрид, ВирхенделаПалома

☆ Полный список адресов избирательных участков за границей для президентских выборов
▼ + stars: | 2019-01-28 | by ( ) newsmd.md time to read: +14 min

Из этого числа 556 тысяч отправят на зарубежные избирательные участки.Республика Австрия, 1/306, Вена (штаб миссии) Löwengasse 47, 1030Республика Азербайджан 1/307, Баку (штаб миссии) бул. 33, Cinema Studio Art, 11252Швейцария 1/320, Женева (штаб миссии) Авеню де Франс 23, 1202.ОАЭ 1/321, Абу-Даби (штаб миссии) Vila Nr. Таллинн (штаб миссии) ул. No 18, D.1, Gümüşsuyu Palas, 34437, Ömer Avni Mahallesi, IstanbulУкраина 1/440, Киев (штаб-квартира миссии) ул. Посмітного 2/2 “Б”Республика Венгрия 1/442, Будапешт (штаб-квартира миссии) 1024 Budapest, Ady Endre utca 16Королевство Дания 1/443 , Копенгаген Tordenskjoldsgade 25, 25 st.th.

☆ Guatemala: Gender-based violence at epidemic levels
▼ + stars: | 2015-04-02 | by ( Julie Guinan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CARE/Josh EsteyA 2012 Small Arms Survey says gender-based violence is at epidemic levels in Guatemala and the country ranks third in the killings of women worldwide. The taboo topic of gender-based violence is also being acknowledged and recognized in a popular program targeting one of Guatemala’s most vulnerable groups, indigenous Mayan girls. If approved, it would make reducing levels of gender-based violence a U.S. foreign policy priority. Adelma Cifuentes shares her story to empower women and bring about awareness of Guatemala's history of gender-based violence. While there is tempered optimism and hope for change, the problem of gender-based violence in Guatemala is one that needs international attention and immediate action.

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