Daily Archives: April 27, 2022

2022-04-27: News Headlines

Conyey Slaughter (2022-04-27). Social Media Usage Negatively Influences the Psychological Well-being of Young Adults. indybay.org I am interested in how the use of social media influences the psychological well-being of adolescent children and young adults to understand how young people utilize social media to evaluate their identity and how social media impacts their relationships…

Amiad Horowitz (2022-04-26). Corporate media steps up false claims about human rights in Vietnam. peoplesworld.org On April 23rd, the European Union passed the Digital Services Act. This new law, designed to protect European Union citizens from illegal content online, requires the giant internet monopolies such as Meta (Facebook), Google, and Twitter to take appropriate actions to tackle illegal online content. Should the tech giants fail to live up to the …

Rick Rozoff (2022-04-26). Georgian president, would-be junta jefe hails Albright as architect of "new geopolitical world" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geApril 26, 2022 Georgian President: Madeleine Albright "a woman who inspired the next generation of leaders" President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili on Tuesday hailed the legacy of the late former United States Secretary of State Madeleine Albright by calling her "a woman who inspired the next generation of leaders". Zourabichvili tweeted her tribute to Albright …

WSWS (2022-04-26). GEO shuts down University of Illinois Chicago grad workers strike, seeking to push through sellout agreement. wsws.org Announcing the deal to end the strike in a tweet shortly after midnight, GEO stated that grad workers had "won," pointing to an abysmal minimum pay of over $24,000 by the end of the contract.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-04-26). Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin Issues Blanket Pardons For Closed Marijuana Convictions. moguldom.com Birmingham, Alabama Mayor Randall Woodfin issued a blanket pardon for people who have closed marijuana convictions on the 420 holiday — again. Woodfin, 40, signed an executive order for the pardons in a video posted to the Birmingham official Twitter accounts on Wednesday, April 20. Four twenty is the day the cannabis community celebrates marijuana …

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