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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Germany looks to Mexico to help tackle nursing-care crisis | News | DW | 21.09.2019 Irony of ironies – Right wing spreads fear of immigrants but Germany has to look to immigrants to take low paying jobs…

A shortage of qualified staff to work in German care homes has prompted a visit to Mexico by Health Minister Jens Spahn. A speedy visa process is one of the perks being offered to lure skilled workers.

Source: Germany looks to Mexico to help tackle nursing-care crisis | News | DW | 21.09.2019

Brazil’s fight against dengue: A race against time | Americas| North and South American news impacting on Europe | DW | 21.09.2019

The number of dengue virus infections in Brazil has gone up 600% in 2019. Our report from the state of Sergipe looks at why the fight against the illness and its carrier, the tiger mosquito, is so difficult.

Source: Brazil’s fight against dengue: A race against time | Americas| North and South American news impacting on Europe | DW | 21.09.2019

Ben Carson Called Trans Women ‘Big Hairy Men,’ And Other Transphobic Slurs

It can often seem like high-level officials in the Trump administration are competing over who can be be the biggest transphobic asshole. While Betsy DeVos appeared to be carrying the title for a time, noted bigot and Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is right up there with her. Lest we need a reminder, during a recent internal HUD meeting in San Francisco, Carson described trans women as “big, hairy men” and voiced concerns that they are trying to “infiltrate” women’s homeless shelters.

Source: Ben Carson Called Trans Women ‘Big Hairy Men,’ And Other Transphobic Slurs