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Brazil supreme court rules in favor of Indigenous land rights in historic win | Brazil | The Guardian

Indigenous people celebrate after a majority of supreme court justices ruled to enshrine their land rights in a landmark case in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday. Photograph: Gustavo Moreno/AP
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UAW Files Labor Complaint Against Sen. Tim Scott for Saying “You Strike, You’re Fired.”
“Telling workers they’ll be fired for striking is violating federal labor law, and that’s not something becoming of a senator.”
— Read on theintercept.com/2023/09/21/uaw-strike-tim-scott/
Both Paxlovid, molnupiravir lower COVID Omicron deaths, hospitalizations, studies conclude | CIDRAP
Katy schools pull ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ – Texas
The 40,000-some young girls enrolled in Katy Independent School District’s schools are, in fact, way more likely than their moms were to start hitting these milestones before they transition from elementary school to middle school. So why did the district ban Judy Blume’s book, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” from elementary schools?
Earlier onset
Judy Blume first released her coming-of-age novel about almost-12-year-old Margaret Simon impatiently awaiting the arrival of her period and a fuller training bra, in 1970. At that time, the general consensus among scientists and health professionals was that young girls would experience their first period — on average — shortly before their 13th birthday.
Source: Katy schools pull ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’
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