Thursday, October 8, 2026

Tag: children

An ‘unethical experimentation on children’: Digital rights groups oppose facial recognition...

"The research shows that prematurely deploying the technology without understanding its implications would be unethical and dangerous."

The health and future of the world’s children are at risk...

“This must be a wake up call for countries to invest in child health and development, ensure their voices are heard, protect their rights, and build a future that is fit for children.”

How to raise climate-resilient kids

In the face of climate change, children need positive stress as well as compassion to maintain mental health and inform their responses.

Finland to significantly increase parental leave

“The model guarantees the child a place at the center of family benefits and promotes well-being and gender equality.”

Dangerous levels of plastic found in children’s bodies finds new study

"It can't be that every fourth child between three and five years old is so heavily burdened with chemicals that long-term damage cannot safely be ruled out."

The NRA versus American children

Children and teens in the United States experience much higher rates of gun deaths and injuries than in any other industrialized country.

When will we start applying the precautionary principle to the chemicals...

Agencies consistently place a far higher value on corporate profits than they do on the children of the world.

Parenting the climate-change generation

I’m going to heed their leadership. I plan to join them, to learn and listen, to do my best to share my still unarticulatable fears and, with my children, to face this future together.

‘Shocking’ report reveals thousands of migrant children have been sexually abused...

"This is not normal! Why would any member of Congress or person of conscience support increasing funds and enabling this agency?"

The soaring cost of US child care, in 5 charts

This spike in costs has broad implications, including leading fewer families to have children.

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Early voters wait inside a polling place in Florida. Photo: Alex Johnson / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Lawsuits ask courts to bar armed federal agents from polling places before the midterms

New Mexico has already barred them by state law, and the Department of Homeland Security says it has no plans for operations at polls.
A solar farm near Golmud, China, seen from orbit. Photo: Planet Labs, Inc. / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

China? A Rising Imperial Power?

Well, Yes... and Strangely, No
Nursing home workers on strike against HealthBridge in Connecticut, in an earlier dispute. Photo: Dannel Malloy / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Workers at six Chicago-area nursing homes set an October 16 strike date

The union says Landmark pays below the industry standard, and the parent company had not responded when the notice was reported.
A view of Old Sana'a, Yemen. Photo: Ferdinand Reus / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Corporate Media don’t understand the Houthis, and Don’t Want to, Either

A media critique of how Western outlets cover Yemen's Houthi movement, which has governed the capital Sanaa since 2014.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. Photo: Kjetil Ree / CC BY-SA 3.0

Supreme Court justices send mixed signals as Boulder climate case reaches argument

A ruling for the oil companies could reach more than two dozen similar climate suits, none of which has gone to trial.