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☆ Asia heatwave: Record temperatures cancel classes, widening learning gaps across Southeast Asia
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-09 | by ( Heather Chen | Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

His class of 43 students pass around mini hand-held fans during lessons on most days to keep cool. More than 33 million children were impacted as a result of the heatwave, according to groups like Save the Children and UNICEF. The worst hit were poor children in rural areas whose families couldn’t afford devices like laptops and tablets to facilitate remote learning, UNICEF says. “We don’t allow children outside when temperatures get too hot,” said Bong Samreth, who teaches at a public school in Phnom Penh. Loose, lightweight and light colored clothing was also advised for students to protect them from sunburns and heat exposure.

Persons: Seila, ”, “, —, Sheldon Yett, ” Yett, Bong Samreth, Ezra Acayan, Benjo Basas, Basas, Mirasol, Hang Chuon Naron, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Chaideer Mahyuddin, it’s, Joy Reyes Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, CNN, Children, UNICEF, UN, ”, Volunteers, Getty, Governments Locations: Hong Kong, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, South, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Tondo, Manila, Pangasinan, Philippine, Banda Aceh, Indonesia, AFP

☆ Support like child tax credits and basic income reduces child abuse, researchers found
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementCities that offer financial support to low-income families could see a decline in child abuse rates, researchers say. Welfare referrals can stem from suspected physical harm of a child, sexual abuse of a child, or situations where a child isn't given basic necessities. Economic stress creates risk factors for abuseDarwiche is a pediatrician at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and specializes in cases of child abuse. Financial safety nets could reduce child neglectDarwiche called income support a prevention strategy for child abuse. Child tax credits, similarly, allow some families to rise out of poverty by offering ongoing financial relief to adults with dependents.

Persons: —, Dr, Sabrina Darwiche, Darwiche, hospitalizations, Zoe Bouchelle, Bouchelle Organizations: Service, Children's Hospital, Philadelphia's, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Financial, SNAP, Denver, Biden Administration, ARPA, Denver Health, Children's Locations: America, San Antonio, Austin

Both children received help through telehealth therapy, a service that schools around the country are offering in response to soaring mental health struggles among American youth. The growth reflects a booming new business born from America’s youth mental health crisis, which has proven so lucrative that venture capitalists are funding a new crop of school teletherapy companies. For rural schools and lower-income students in particular, it has made therapy easier to access. Schools let students connect with online counselors during the school day or after hours from home. It now employs more than 300 clinicians providing teletherapy in over 150 school districts in 15 states.

Persons: Maria Ishoo’s, Valerie Aguirre’s, ”, Ishoo, “, ” Ishoo, Trish Wilson, that’s, Wilson, Doreen Hogans, Kevin Dahill, Hazel, Josh Golomb, Prince George’s, Golomb, ” Golomb, Ashwin Vasan, ” Vasan, Fern Yoshida, Valerie Aguirre's, Aguirre, teletherapy, ” Aguirre, ’, Sharon Lurye Organizations: Associated Press, Schools, Hazel Health, Hazel, Los, Clark County, Dade, Press, Carnegie Corporation of New, AP Locations: California, Hawaii, Lancaster , California, Lancaster, Prince George’s County , Maryland, San Francisco, Los Angeles County, Clark, Las Vegas, Miami, Houston, New York City, New York, Maui, Carnegie Corporation of New York

☆ How Drug Addiction Tore a Family and Tribe Apart - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Judith Surber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

When I think about my sons, Roger and Cory, I picture them as I do all my children, as precious babies. I don’t see them as the rest of the world does, as two men in their 30s with drug addiction. I remember reading once that if parents had an addiction to alcohol or drugs, their children would have a higher risk for addiction, too. My teenage granddaughter recently left an addiction treatment facility in Utah. My granddaughter, shortly after she returned from an addiction treatment center.

Persons: Roger, Cory, OxyContin, I’ve, Megan, I’m, Kinsinta’s, “ Grandma, “, ” Organizations: Indian, Indian Health Service, Indian Child Welfare Locations: B.D, Northern California, Utah, Hoopa, Eureka , Calif

☆ 6 Podcasts About Mysterious Disappearances
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Emma Dibdin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Cleo was never seen again, and the rest of her family has since come to believe that she was murdered as she tried to hitchhike home. Missing.”The arrival of “Serial” in the fall of 2014 set off an explosion of podcasts based on cold cases, many of them of questionable quality. But in September of 2016, days ahead of the podcast’s premiere, his killer was finally arrested — a twist that didn’t change the content much. Despite an exhaustive search and nationwide media attention, the plane was never found; two months later the men were declared dead. Despite the lack of concrete answers in this decades-old case, the story’s wild twists and its general atmosphere of Watergate-era political unease are compelling.

Persons: Cleo Nicotine, Cleo, Connie Walker, “, Cleo ”, ”, Jacob Wetterling, Madeleine Baran, Marion, Sally’s, John List, suburbanite, Hale Boggs, Nick Begich Organizations: Peabody, Representatives, World Trade Locations: Saskatchewan, United States, Minnesota, London, Australia, Europe, New Jersey, Colorado, Louisiana, Alaska, Manhattan

Such recruitment-based adoptions are the most difficult to carry out, social workers say. Gonzaga, who worked with his wife Heather Setrakian at eharmony and then on the Family-Match algorithm, referred questions to Ramirez. Social workers say Family-Match works like this: Adults seeking to adopt submit survey responses via the algorithm’s online platform, and foster parents or social workers input each child’s information. Adoption-Share is part of a small cadre of organizations that say their algorithms can help social workers place children with foster or adoptive families. “It’s wasted time for social workers and wasted emotional experiences for children.”___Contact AP’s global investigative team at Investigative@ap.org or https://www.ap.org/tips/

Persons: –, Thea Ramirez, Ramirez, ” Ramirez, “ There’s, ”, Bonni Goodwin, “, Gian Gonzaga, Gonzaga, Heather Setrakian, Setrakian, Kristen Berry, ” Berry, Melania Trump, Virginia’s, Terry McAuliffe, Traci Jones, ” Jones, Virginia, Kylie Winton, Scott Stevens, Stevens, ” Jenn Petion, Petion, ” Petion, Fort, Bree Bofill, ” Bofill, Bofill, Ramirez didn’t, Ramirez wouldn’t, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Biden, Connie, didn’t, We’ve, “ It’s Organizations: Associated Press, AP, University of Oklahoma, American Enterprise Institute, Democrat, ”, Virginia Department of Social Services, Georgia Department of Human Services, FamiliesFirst, Family, Family Support, Fort Myers, Children’s Network of Southwest, Miami, Care, Winton, AS GUINEA, Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, Tennessee, Biden White, Science, Technology, Brown University, U.S . Health, Human Services Department, Florida Department of Health, Health Locations: Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Brunswick , Georgia, eharmony, Pensacola, Jacksonville, Children’s Network of Southwest Florida, Virginia , Georgia, New York City , Delaware, Missouri, Investigative@ap.org

☆ From boardrooms to playgrounds, women should be treated as equals, says India's Nita Ambani
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Charmaine Jacob | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Nita Ambani, founder and chairperson of the Reliance Foundation, and her husband Indian billionaire businessman Mukesh Ambani at the opening of the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre in Mumbai, India, 31 March, 2023. A philanthropist, a champion for women's rights, and the founder of one of India's largest foundations. Nita Ambani is a woman who wears many hats – but the accolades don't stop there. Dubbed the "first lady of Indian business," she's also the wife of Mukesh Ambani — Asia's wealthiest man. Ambani is best known for her role as chairperson of Reliance Foundation, a philanthropic organization owned by India's richest company, Reliance Industries.

Persons: Nita Ambani, Mukesh Ambani, Nita Mukesh Ambani, she's, Mukesh Ambani —, Ambani, CNBC's Tanvir Gill Organizations: Reliance Foundation, India's, Reliance Industries, CNBC Locations: Mumbai, India

And yet only one-in-seven local families with substance-exposed newborns accepts referrals to addiction treatment, the study found. Political Cartoons View All 1223 ImagesHome visiting services for infants reaches about 50 families out of about 1,300 each year that receive state-mandated plans of care for substance-exposed newborns. Even when families do accept services, the study cited obstacles to monitoring and tracking long-term participation — which is not required by law. Other states including Arizona require child protective services to monitor progress and participation when referrals are made for substance-exposed infants. The new approach to substance-exposed newborns was enacted by New Mexico lawmakers in 2019 at the outset of Gov.

Persons: New Mexico's, —, evaluators, ”, Ryan Tolman, Michelle Lujan Grisham’s, Michelle Lujan, Teresa Casados, “ That’s, ” Casados, Leslie Hayes, Española, “, Hayes Organizations: SANTA FE, New, Gov, Families Department, El Centro Family Health, Rio Arriba Health Locations: SANTA, New Mexico, Arizona, Illinois, Rio Arriba

Seoul, South Korea CNN —When fighting broke out in Kang Hyeon-joo’s elementary school classroom, her heart would beat so fast she could not breathe and her vision would blur. Tens of thousands of teachers have been protesting in recent months, calling for more protection from students and parents. But we couldn’t do anything, if we teach them, we could be accused,” said Ahn Ji-hye, an elementary school teacher who helped organize previous protests. Mourners lay flowers in front of a memorial altar for an elementary school teacher who died in an apparent suicide in July at an elementary school in Seoul on September 4, 2023. South Korea’s education minister Lee Ju-ho initially warned teachers that a mass strike would be an illegal act.

Persons: Kang Hyeon, ”, Kang, ” Kang, Charles Miller, Sung Youl, kwan, “, Ahn Ji, Ahn, Jung Yeon, Lee Ju, Sung, Chung Sung, –, ” Sung Organizations: Lifeline, South Korea CNN, CNN, Police, Kyung Hee University, “, Getty, National Assembly, Child Welfare, ”, Federation of Teachers ’ Labor Union Locations: Seoul, South Korea, Korean

Several reported calling child welfare to express concerns. The agency also said in its summary that Zoey's mother was working with court services. Just six days earlier, Zoey's mother had called to report that the then 4-year-old was missing, a police incident report shows. Zoey's mother was jailed until March, when she pleaded guilty to felony aggravated battery and driving under the influence and was sentenced to probation. But officers were told by Zoey’s father that she wasn’t living there, city spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker said.

Persons: Zoey Felix, ”, Zoey, Mickel Cherry, haven't, “ Zoey Felix’s, Laura Kelly, Kelly, aren’t, Cherry, Judge Christopher Turner, Mark Manna, Neighbors, Zoey's, Zoey’s, Gretchen Spiker, Laura Howard, “, DCF Organizations: —, Department of Children, Families, of Children, Defense, Police, Department for Children Locations: TOPEKA, Kan, Kansas, Topeka

Zoey’s father worked at the gas station where rescuers tried to save her life, but its manager and corporate owner also declined comment. It doesn’t make any sense,” said Mike Fonkert, deputy director of Kansas Appleseed, whose group also sued the state over its child welfare system. Bradley, who has four kids of her own, said she asked Zoey's mother if she could help in her care. In August 2022, Zoey’s mother was arrested for domestic battery, with her teenage daughter listed as the victim. That same month, Zoey's mom pleaded guilty to felony aggravated battery and driving under the influence, and was sentenced to probation.

Persons: — Zoey Felix's, Zoey, Weeks, Mickel Cherry, ”, Shakti Belway, Cherry, Mark Manna, Zoey’s, “, “ I’m, Laura Howard, Mike Fonkert, Kansas, Shaniqua Bradley, Bradley, Zoey's, ” Bradley, Sasha Camacho, Zoey —, Camacho, Dad, Zoey didn’t, Desiree Myles, Zoey couldn't, Gretchen Spiker, Spiker, Fonkert, —, Sharon Williams, ‘, ” ___ Hollingsworth, Jennifer Farrar, Rhonda Shafner, Randy Herschaft Organizations: Police, for Children, Families, National Center for Youth Law, Defense, Authorities, Associated Press, AP, Department for Children, Topeka, Prosecutors Locations: TOPEKA, Kan, Topeka, Kansas, Zoey’s, Nevada, Mission , Kansas, New York

☆ Martin Sheen and Melissa Fitzgerald: ‘We are all dancing on the edge of the abyss’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Opinion Martin Sheen | Melissa Fitzgerald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Melissa Fitzgerald is an actress and director of strategic engagement for All Rise, founded as the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, a training, membership, and advocacy organization for justice system innovation and reform. These public health and public safety crises are among the paramount social challenges of our time. And of course, we need to develop an ever-growing workforce of licensed addiction treatment providers to deliver services. Treatment courts are a shining example of how the justice system can, and should, provide a public health-oriented response to addiction. This year alone, 4,000 treatment courts will refer 150,000 people to treatment and recovery support.

Persons: Martin Sheen, Melissa Fitzgerald, Melissa —, —, Andy, “, ” Melissa Fitzgerald Leah Puttkammer, Martin Sheen Michael Kovac, we’ll Organizations: Golden Globe, National Association of Drug Court, Public, CNN, AFI, US Centers for Disease Control, National Center, Substance, Welfare, Mental Health Administration, Research, Kennedy Center Locations: telehealth, Chicago, Washington , DC

☆ California legislature passes law aiming to protect children from abusers during custody disputes
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Olivia Gentile | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

California's legislature unanimously passed Piqui's Law, named after a 5-year-old murdered by his father following a custody dispute. This week, the California legislature passed that bill, known as "Piqui's Law." In cases where fathers countered by claiming alienation, judges were even less likely to credit mothers, she found. At the July 11 hearing, Estevez, too, criticized a California family court's response to her reports of abuse. Jill Montes stands by as her daughter testifies before the California State Senate on April 25.

Persons: Ana Estevez, Aramazd Andressian, Piqui, Andressian, Estevez, Susan Rubio, it's, hasn't, Danielle Pollack, Pollack, Joan Meier, Meier, Rubio, Rebecca Connolly, Connolly, Maya, Sebastian, Lynn Steinberg, she'd, Jill Montes, she's, Thomas Winenger, Winenger, Montes, Steinberg, who've, Linda Gottlieb, Kayden's Law Organizations: Service, Investigations, Senate, Violence Law, George Washington University, Kayden's, Piqui's, Center for, California State Senate, Child Welfare Services, Family, American Psychiatric Association, World Health Organization, The, Department Locations: California's, Wall, Silicon, Los Angeles County, California, Pennsylvania, Washington, Santa Cruz, Florida, Sacramento, Carlsbad, Family Bridges, Maryland , Tennessee, Colorado

A new accounting shows that at least 523 institutions were part of the sprawling network of boarding schools for Native American children. ‘War Against the Children’ The Native American boarding school system — a decades-long effort to assimilate Indigenous people before they ever reached adulthood — robbed children of their culture, family bonds and sometimes their lives. “The government was not done with war, so the next phase involved war against the children,” said Mr. Sherman, 83, a former aerospace engineer. Now 76, his voice grows shaky when he recounts the punishments children received — and how children were turned into punishers. Library of Congress, Chronicling AmericaA precise accounting of how many children died at Native American boarding schools remains elusive.

☆ The Biden administration just announced plans to crack down on more than 4,400 new cases of child labor in the US since October
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Department of Labor is heightening enforcement of child labor laws through new partnerships and tactics. On Thursday, the Department of Labor announced it would take more measures to crack down on illegal child labor nationally, including heightening enforcement of child labor laws through new tactics and partnering with other agencies and foreign governments. "Like the President, we believe that any child working in a dangerous or hazardous environment is one child too many." This comes after the department's February 2023 announcement of the Interagency Task Force to Combat Child Labor Exploitation, created in response to a 69% increase in illegal child labor findings from 2018 to 2022. Sixteen more McDonald's franchise locations in Louisiana and Texas were found in violation of child labor laws last week, impacting 83 minors.

Persons: Biden, Labor Julie Su Organizations: of Labor, Service, Department of Labor, Labor, Department of Health, Human Services, Refugee Resettlement, The Department of Labor, Housing, Urban Development, Transportation, US Small Business Administration, Commission, The Labor, State, Department of Education, Interagency, Force, Combat, The Locations: Wall, Silicon, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Minnesota, Kentucky , Indiana , Maryland, Ohio, Louisiana, Texas, Missouri , Ohio, South Dakota

☆ Why Legalizing Pimping Would Be a Mistake - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Nicholas Kristof | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The girls did so, the boys provided alcohol, Melanie blacked out — and she says she woke up to being raped. When we spoke two years later, she was in a residential program for formerly trafficked girls. Melanie spent years in foster care after I met her. There’s no doubt that some foster care parents are outstanding, but overall, America’s foster care system is a disgrace. By several estimates, a majority of trafficked girls have been in foster care or some other part of the child welfare system.

Persons: Melanie Thompson, Melanie Locations: New York City

☆ UK Labour leader defends plan to stick with two-child welfare cap
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Andrew Macaskill | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer on Tuesday defended his pledge to keep a controversial limit on welfare support payments for children if his party wins a general election expected next year. Starmer, whose party enjoys a double-digit lead over the Conservatives in opinion polls, is trying to convince voters that Labour would not be reckless with government money. The Conservatives have accused Labour of being reckless with public money and Starmer's comments are seen as an attempt to avoid that criticism. Starmer, at the event in London organised by former prime minister Tony Blair, said the economic turmoil during last year's brief premiership of Liz Truss underlined the need for careful spending. Truss was forced to resigned after six weeks as prime minister after announcing a series of unfunded tax cuts that shattered Britain's reputation for financial stability.

Persons: Keir Starmer, Starmer, Tony Blair, Liz Truss, Truss, Andrew MacAskill, William James Our Organizations: Labour Party, Labour, Conservative Party, Poverty, Thomson Locations: London

As depressing as the outcomes often were, these tortuous paths of jurisprudence were often absurd. A closer look at the opinions helps illustrate how legal decision-making is often deeply entwined with the justices’ deeply held passions and religious beliefs, their occasionally tense relationships with their colleagues and their personality quirks. Here are a few mostly tin medals for the outstanding lowlights (and a few highlights) of the year. ImageMost compassionate opinion correcting a historical American injustice:Justice Neil Gorsuch’s concurring opinion in Haaland v. Brackeen upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act, a federal law intended to prevent the forcible adoption of Native American children by nonnative families. Only the assertion of federal power through the child welfare act ended most of these abuses.

Persons: ’, Neil Gorsuch’s, Justice Gorsuch Organizations: Indian Child Welfare Locations: Haaland

☆ Colombian children who survived five weeks in jungle released from hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BOGOTA, July 14 (Reuters) - Four Colombian Indigenous children who survived a plane crash in the country's Amazon region and lived for more than five weeks in the jungle have been released from hospital after a 34-day stay, the government said on Friday. The children, aged 1 through 13, survived the May 1 crash that killed their mother and two other adults and were found last month. The Indigenous children's knowledge of the jungle, as well as the eldest sister's courage, have been credited by officials with saving their lives. "They have recovered size and weight, really they are very well," Astrid Caceres, the director of the country's child welfare institute, told journalists. Both the father of the two youngest children and their mother's family have told media they want custody.

Persons: Astrid Caceres, Caceres, Carlos Vargas, Julia Symmes Cobb, Deepa Babington Organizations: Thomson Locations: BOGOTA, Colombian

☆ These are America’s 10 worst states to live and work in for 2023, and there's a big surprise at the very bottom
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Scott Cohn | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

By the numbers, these are America's worst states to live and work in for 2023. 2023 Life, Health & Inclusion Score: 129 out of 350 points (Top States Grade: D) Strengths: Air Quality, Childcare, Worker Protections Weaknesses: Inclusiveness, Reproductive Rights9. 2023 Life, Health & Inclusion Score: 113 out of 350 points (Top States Grade: D-) Strength: Crime Rate Weaknesses: Childcare, Inclusiveness6. 2023 Life, Health & Inclusion Score: 98 out of 350 points (Top States Grade: F) Strength: Air Quality Weaknesses: Voting Rights, Reproductive Rights, Crime4. 2023 Life, Health & Inclusion Score: 75 out of 350 points (Top States Grade: F) Strength: Air Quality Weaknesses: Reproductive Rights, Health, Voting Rights1.

Persons: Roe, Wade, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, Ron DeSantis, Daniel A, Varela, DeSantis, Benjamin Krain, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Douglas Mason, Indiana Matt Carr, Cangelosi, Nichole, Emily Curiel, Jim Watson, Willie B, Thomas, Digitalvision, Scott Zdon, John Bel Edwards, Oklahoma Dr, Franz Theard, Paul Ratje, Brandon Bell Organizations: Business, North Carolina Governor, CNBC, Florida, Florida Florida Gov, HB, Mater Academy Charter, School, Miami Herald, Getty, White, Northern Illinois University, Sunshine, Arkansas Little Rock Police Department, FBI, United Health Foundation, Health, Tennessee, Bonnaroo Music, Arts Festival, Getty Images Tennessee, Indiana, Stone, Hoosier, Missouri, Country Club, Kansas City Star, Tribune, Service, Emily Curiel | Kansas, Star, Reproductive, Alabama Voters, Beulah Baptist, AFP, Alabama, Center, Election Innovation, Research, South Carolina Senior, Gov, Reproductive Clinic, Washington, Washington Post, Texas, Texas State Capitol Locations: States, Florida, Texas, Florida Florida, Hialeah Gardens , Florida, Little Rock , Arkansas, Arkansas, Manchester , Tennessee, Louisiana, Mill Creek, Emily Curiel |, Montgomery , Alabama, Carolina, Oklahoma, Santa Teresa , New Mexico, Austin , Texas

☆ Opinion: The Supreme Court justices picked by Trump were bad. DeSantis would be much worse.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Opinion Duncan Hosie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

DeSantis has appointed far more extreme justices to the Florida Supreme Court than Trump did to the US Supreme Court. But DeSantis’ appointees to the Florida Supreme Court embrace the Thomas-Alito wing of the organization. DeSantis’ appointees, in contrast, have jumped at entrenching conservative electoral domination and curtailing Black political power. Imitating Thomas and Alito, DeSantis’ appointees have rushed into gratuitous political controversies, writing opinions heavy on theory and light on practicality. Thomas and Alito are in this vanguard, as are DeSantis’ appointees and some of Trump’s lower court appointees, with which DeSantis is aligned.

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☆ The fate of millions of student-loan borrowers is set to be decided this week
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Supreme Court is set to decide on Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan this week. Recent rulings from the court could shed light on how it might handle the debt relief cases. The Supreme Court is now entering the last week of its term, and it's set to hand down all remaining decisions on pending cases. And recent rulings from the Supreme Court shed light on how justices are taking a stricter look at standing issues . Of course, it's unclear if the Supreme Court will handle the student-debt cancellation cases in the same manner.

Persons: —, Joe Biden's, Biden's, Brown, Biden, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Barrett, Kavanaugh, they're, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez Organizations: Service, US Department of Education, GOP, Liberal, Indian Child Welfare, . Texas, Texas, Department of Homeland Security, Education Department, Democratic, New York Rep Locations: . Nebraska, Brackeen , Texas, States, ., Texas, Alexandria, United States

☆ Why Biden's student-loan forgiveness plan might not be doomed after 2 new rulings from conservative Supreme Court justices
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Two recent Supreme Court rulings have struck down cases due to a lack of states' standing to sue. In February, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the two lawsuits that paused the implementation of Biden's plan to cancel up to $20,000 in student debt for federal borrowers. And that's what the Supreme Court has done with two recent rulings. "In Justice Barrett's own words, the ruling for student debt relief should be 'open and shut' in favor of mostly low-income families burdened with the crushing weight of student debt." Student loan borrowers and advocates gather for the People's Rally To Cancel Student Debt During The Supreme Court Hearings On Student Debt Relief on February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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☆ Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh rules states can't sue the government just over 'indirect' harm from a federal policy. One of the lawsuits blocking Biden's student-debt relief involves 6 states d
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Justice Brett Kavanaugh authored a new opinion that ruled two states didn't have standing to sue the government. It's the second case led by a conservative justice that scrutinizes a state's standing to sue. The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that the states lack standing to bring the suit, with Justice Sam Alito as the lone dissent. "But in our system of dual federal and state sovereignty, federal policies frequently generate indirect effects on state revenues or state spending. Kavanaugh's opinion was, of course, only responding to the Texas case and there was no reference to the pending student-debt relief cases.

Persons: Brett Kavanaugh, didn't, —, Joe Biden's, Kavanaugh, Sam Alito, they'd, Brown, Biden, MOHELA, weren't, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amy Coney Barrett, Barrett Organizations: GOP, Service, Conservative, . Texas, Department of Homeland Security, US Department of Education, . Nebraska, Republican, Indian Child Welfare Locations: States, ., Texas, Louisiana, United States

☆ Gay male couples face more challenges, higher costs to start a family
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Courtney Reagan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

watch nowWhy gay male couples face higher costsAlon Rivel, left, with his family. Gay male couples typically face a more expensive journey, as surrogacy or adoption are their primary choices. Employer fertility benefits offer limited helpMore employers are starting to offer fertility benefits, often through a specialized fertility benefits manager like Kindbody, Carrot, Progyny or Maven. But while more companies are offering fertility benefits, many of these packages are limited when it comes to covering what's needed to build families with non-traditional methods. At Rivel's insistence, he asked his human resources department to look into including surrogacy benefits.

Persons: Alon Rivel, Alon Rivel Alon Rivel, Rivel, Betsy Campbell, Maven, Will Porteous, Doug, Walter ., Porteous, Progyny's, Pete Anevski, Tammy Sun, Taryn Branca, they'll, Anevski, it's, Resolve's Campbell, Hanna, Stephen Hanna, Bret Shuford, Maverick Organizations: International Foundation of Employee, Equality, Mercer, Maven, Beam Therapeutics, Child Welfare Locations: Arlington , Massachusetts, U.S, Wynnewood , Pennsylvania, West, Massachusetts

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