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Former PLO official says Israel’s election outcome remains uncertain, with polls divided between Netanyahu and Eisenkot.
<p>In New Mexico, where a shortage is acute, Casa de Salud trains college and high-school health apprentices who understand the communities they serve</p><p>“I’ll be getting a little bit closer to you to put the cuff on,” Gisselle Martinez said, demonstrating how to take a manual blood pressure in a trauma-informed manner. “It might be a little tight. Let me know if you feel any discomfort and I can take it off.”</p><p>She’s not a doctor or a nurse – at least, not yet – but a 21-year-old college student. Between classes, Martinez works as a bilingual health apprentice at Casa de Salud, a primary care clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On top of taking vitals, Martinez<strong> </strong>is certified in harm reduction – she can run a needle exchange and give out fentanyl test strips. And she understands how a patient’s trauma and past neglect can show up in an exam room.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/bilingual-healthcare-workers-us-casa-de-salud">Continue reading...</a>
<p>It is essential not just to fund the public goods the nation needs, it is indispensable to restore a sense of fairness</p><p>Money doesn’t buy happiness, we’re told. Even some economists agree. The Nobel Prize-winning economists, Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton, once <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1011492107">proposed that</a> rising income increased people’s emotional wellbeing only up to a ceiling of about $115,000 in today’s money.</p><p>They probably hadn’t met many billionaires. The ultra-rich may not pursue happiness in the joyful sense of the word. But they will try every trick in the book to hang on to their stash and woe befall the tax authority that tries to lay a finger on their treasure.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/democracy-tax-billionaires">Continue reading...</a>
<p>President has taken an axe to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, stalling climate research on and response to extreme weather events</p><p>Sweeping cuts to the premier US climate agency under Donald Trump have severely hampered the country’s capacity to forecast, research and respond to extreme weather events, former government officials and scientists have warned, as the US faces <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/07/california-el-nino-preparedness">a cascade of hazards</a> fueled by a potentially historic El Niño this winter.</p><p>From the start of his second term, the president has taken aim at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), slashing staff levels, canceling <a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/trump-administration-pushes-ahead-noaa-climate-and-weather-cuts?referrer=https%3A%2F%2F">contracts and grants</a><a href="https://blog.ucs.org/science-blogger/the-trump-administration-is-dismantling-one-of-americas-greatest-strategic-assets-its-scientific-workforce/%20https://science.federalharmstracker.org/impact-by-sector/impact-by-sector-results/?sectors=48901%2C48895%2C48897">,</a> and shutting down databases and research laboratories. The agency that has long been considered a global crown jewel in climate science and forecasting, has lost roughly 20% of its staff since January 2025.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/27/trump-cuts-el-nino-noaa">Continue reading...</a>