.@FIJ #SchusterFellow @DanielleMackey sheds light on the world of gang desistance in El Salvador, including limits of widely-accepted paths out, e.g. evangelical Christianity. She examines how US foreign policy & past, present injustices play a role. bit.ly/2ARRWtH
#SchusterFellow @ChandraWrites tells the story of an Alabama police officer trying to get community leaders to act on the #domesticviolence causing deaths of black women in Mobile. In US, black women are 35% more likely to be victimized by #DV than whites nbcnews.to/2JikRuH
#SchusterFellow @jaeahjlee pulls back the curtain on #Disneyemployment practices. Are workers receiving fair wages at the "happiest place on earth"? bit.ly/2P1JhxT
#SchusterFellow Linda Matchan's investigative series on #homehealthaides features photos by @BostonGlobe photogs Michele McDonald & @keithbedford taken in Boston & Ghana to help tell the story. See this blog post for more ~ a moving photo essay bit.ly/2OwDugj
In Part 2 of her series on #homehealthaides in MA, #SchusterFellow Linda Matchan reports that many are originally from Ghana. They work long hours and do backbreaking work to make enough money to send to family back home, who honor their work. @BostonGlobe bit.ly/2xihQFO
#SchusterFellow Linda Matchan's 18-mo. investigation on freelance #homehealth care workers in MA exposes an unregulated system & little or no training for workers. Helpless clients have experienced theft, abusive treatment. Pt 1 in @BostonGlobe bit.ly/2xeXJZc
When the official electricity supply is unreliable, people find workarounds. #SchusterFellow @kenneth_rosen reports on Beirut's glitchy power and Lebanon's "gray-market generators" – via @WIRED bit.ly/2MXKvcq
Tune in tonight at 7 to @WJFFRadio #RadioCatskill for the "The Talk Shop" with #SchusterFellow Jan Goodwin. Tonight's show is about the #shortage of #organtransplants – why and what can be done about it. Listen in at bit.ly/2MYAaNr
In her latest column for @WIRED #SchusterFellow @marynmck explains new high-tech efforts by @WHO & the Saudi health ministry to detect disease & prevent outbreaks at the #hajj – an annual pilgrimage by several million Muslims to Mecca & nearby holy sites. bit.ly/2NuxeFv
Think the bombs dropped on Laos during the #VietnamWar no longer pose a threat? Think again. Flooding shifted #unexploded ordnance #UXO in areas already cleared, #SchusterFellow @RamblingSpoon reports via @undispatch –fotos by #SchusterFellow @jerryredfern
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#SchusterFellow @MarynMcK pinpoints a source of the antibiotic over-prescription problem: patients' "customer service" expectations at urgent care & walk-in centers, where health care personnel lack ongoing relationships w/patients & aim to please. @Wired
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#SchusterFellow @kenneth_rosen delves into the colorful story of #MartinKok – a Dutch convicted murderer who became a fearless crime blogger and later, again, the subject of a crime story himself. Via @WIRED bit.ly/2vANUnD
New bk on #restorativejustice by #SchusterFellow @larabazelon avail. for pre-order "The isolation, economic instability & struggles that come with re-entry to a radically different world after #wrongfulconviction make for a hard road back" @BeaconPressBks amzn.to/2OXptsr
Male trial lawyers sometimes file “no-crying motions" in cases where the opposing counsel is female. Why? @SchusterInst Senior Justice Fellow @larabazelon explores persistent #culturalbiases against female trial lawyers in the courtroom. Via @TheAtlantic
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Today is @UNODC’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. 1/3 of trafficking victims globally are children & young people. How does it happen? Revisit #SchusterFellow @phillipWGBH @SchusterInst series "From Boston to Bangkok" bit.ly/2mR12Am
A woman born in the Dominican Republic was denied citizenship in her native country. Without a gov't ID, her job options are limited. Her Haitian descent, skin color & French surname were likely factors. Via #SchusterFellow @cu_bata @radioambulante bit.ly/2Omscvu
An infectious drug-resistant yeast called Candida auris is spreading globally. "It's like a superbug on steroids," says #SchusterFellow @marynmck on @scifri ~ McKenna discusses the risks of this new #superbug and what health systems can do to combat it.
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#SchusterFellow @michelechabin reported on the recent American Jewish Committee survey showing the ‘sharp differences’ between U.S and Israeli Jewish communities on issues regarding religious pluralism and U.S-Israel relations. Via @RNS
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#SchusterFellow @ejgraff joined @WGBH in an #LGBTQ Roundtable to discuss LGBTQ elders, transgender rights at stake on the MA November ballot and the future of LGBTQ curriculum in schools. bit.ly/2uDth93
#SchusterFellow @stacy_thacker interviewed members of the LGBT community as they celebrated the first #pride festival in #navajonation history, in Window Rock, Arizona. Via @navajotimes
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