19 Women at Georgia Immigration Facility Say They Underwent Surgeries Without Consent

At least 19 women have come forward to say that they were forced to undergo surgeries without their consent. Many of the procedures are said to have been unnecessary gynecological surgeries which impacted their ability to have children.

Source: 19 Women at Georgia Immigration Facility Say They Underwent Surgeries Without Consent

‘It’s like they’re waiting for us to die’: why Covid-19 is battering Black Chicagoans | Chicago | The Guardian

Chicago’s leaders, such as the mayor, Lori Lightfoot, have promised to tackle Covid disparities beyond just the short term.

Lightfoot has set up a Racial Equality Rapid Response team (RERRT) that has targeted the most affected neighborhoods, distributing masks and informational material, meals and other aid. The team stepped up Covid testing and focused on partnering with local health and community groups.

“We are all in this crisis together, but we haven’t experienced it in the same way,” Lightfoot said back in April, addressing what she called the “shockingly disproportionate impact” of coronavirus on the hardest-hit, majority Black neighborhoods.

The mayor’s office this week said in a statement that the RERRT has “become a leader in the nation for this type of hyper-local outreach and response to the global pandemic” and that the effort continues.

While some experts have praised efforts, others have argued that suggested policies don’t significantly address decades-long disparities.

“We have to be very clear about getting to the underlying causes. I’m afraid of people putting Band-Aids on things,” said Freeman-Wilson.

Residents who have experienced or witnessed the tragedies in their communities are also skeptical.

“I don’t think Chicago is addressing [the disparities],” said McMiller. “Everybody’s just numb. It’s like they’re sitting and waiting for us to die.”

Source: ‘It’s like they’re waiting for us to die’: why Covid-19 is battering Black Chicagoans | Chicago | The Guardian

Idaho county health board overturns mask mandate despite hospitals hitting capacity | TheHill (politics before health and life)

Health board member Glen Bailey had proposed ending the mandate, arguing that it “restricts people’s right of choice and ability to comply or not comply under penalty of law,” according to the Spokesman-Review.  Source: Idaho county health board overturns mask mandate despite hospitals hitting capacity | TheHill

Judge orders Postal Service to restore high-speed mail sorting machines | TheHill (if he does not – lock him up!)

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered the U.S. Postal Service to restore high-speed mail sorting machines at facilities that cannot process First Class election mail efficiently amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Thursday order was intended to clarify an injunction issued late last month that prevented the Trump administration from enforcing operational changes implemented by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy in June and July that included removing high-speed sorting machines.

Source: Judge orders Postal Service to restore high-speed mail sorting machines | TheHill

Dear Self

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Dear Self,

I am sorry for the times I tried to be somebody else

I’m sorry for the days I didn’t put you first

When I saw your exception as a sickness

And how I doubted your majestic strength

Dear Self,

I’m sorry for shedding those tears

I’m sorry for denying your presence every now and then

Making up unwarranted excuses for your uniqueness

Mainly because you don’t fit in, you are different

Dear Self,

I’m sorry for disregarding your priceless worth

I’m sorry for making you take so much

I shunned you when their attention I’d won

Shushed you until from a whisper, you became voiceless like the ‘k’ in knob

Looking back now, does it even make sense?

Looking back now, everything was pointless

I acknowledge my mistakes from the onset

I beseech you therefore, for your divine forgiveness

Making a solemn promise of a changed mindset

To…

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Covid-19 Patients Push U.S. Hospitals to Brink – The New York Times

A hospital in Idaho is 99 percent full and warning that it may have to transfer coronavirus patients to hospitals in Seattle and Portland, Ore. Medical centers in Kansas City, Mo., turned away ambulances on a recent day because they had no room for more patients. And in West Allis, just outside Milwaukee, an emergency field hospital erected on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair admitted its first virus patient this week.

More than 41,000 people are currently hospitalized with the coronavirus in the United States, a 40 percent rise in the past month, and cooler weather that pushes more people indoors is threatening to expand the outbreak still more. At least 14 states saw more people hospitalized for the virus on a day in the past week than on any other day in the pandemic, according to the Covid Tracking Project. Seven more states are nearing their peaks.

 

An ode to a strong woman — Luna

The most dexterous creation of the almighty , The heart and soul of the home , But the soul aim of her life , Why always , is to keep her husband happy ?? Dressed like a princess on her wedding day , Fancy trousseau , expensive jewellery , Doesn’t it seem like , The […]

An ode to a strong woman — Luna

She is the change ,
That will change the million ,
She is the light ,
Because of which the nation shines ,
She is the laughter ,
The reason behind our smiles …
She is our strength ,
For we today stand with pride …,
She has a heart of gold ,
With love for all ,
Dear society ,
Give her wings ,
And let her fly !
So here is an ode ,
To a strong woman , with a high vision !