5 h. ago On Falling: Edinburgh director Laura Carreira cast real workers in powerful debut film about Scottish warehouse

Scottish filmmaker Laura Carreira cast real workers in her debut feature film, which explores what life is like for pickers in a huge Edinburgh distribution centre.

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48 h. ago Trump pits immigrants against other working people. But we have a common enemy | Alejandra Gomez and Greisa Martínez Rosas

Billionaires have sown a myth that citizens are losing at the expense of undocumented people. The real solution is to empower all workersOver the last few years, we have witnessed some leaders of the Democratic party retreat from delivering bold policies that would address people’s struggles and aspirations, from a pathway to citizenship for all to a higher federal minimum wage, in favor of Republican-light talking points about the border and those seeking asylum – which only eroded trust with the American people.Right now, 60% of the country is living paycheck to paycheck. Families are drowning in debt, whether it be from trying to pay for unaffordable childcare, exorbitant student loans, costly medical bills, or months of missed rent payments. Homelessness has skyrocketed. Millions are struggling to survive another day and are penny-pinching to be able to afford rent and groceries, while billions of our taxpayer dollars are being spent on turbocharging mass abductions of our neigh...

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3 d. ago Elon Musk reveals the real reason behind bombshell email to federal workers as Pentagon official calls it 'silliest thing in 40 years'

Musk has been granted authority to root out wasteful government spending through his Department of Government Efficiency.

Politics

5 d. ago Why it's important to remember Scotland's police officers, nurses and social workers are real

Emergency service personal and other public sector workers do difficult jobs for relatively low levels of pay and save countless lives

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7 d. ago Trump’s dismantling of USAid raises risk of mpox global emergency, experts warn

As administration cuts off resources from African countries to contain outbreak, workers say ‘everybody’s lost’As the Trump administration dismantles the US Agency for International Development (USAid) and retreats from funding global public health efforts, mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – is at greater risk of becoming a wider global emergency, according to aid workers and global health experts.“It’s a real mistake not to be doing everything we can to control this while we’re still able to,” said Stephen Morse, a professor of epidemiology at Columbia University focusing on risk assessment of infectious diseases. “Taking huge steps backwards is only going to make everything worse.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Glasgow Short Film Festival: 'First' animated opera leads 'unleashed' programme

Scottish Opera has created a 14-minute animated film which will be screened at the Glasgow Short Film Festival

Culture

1 week ago The son of a Scottish film legend who has invested £1m in the Lost Shore Surf Resort

Lost Shore Surf Resort opened in November last year

Economics

1 week ago Scientists want to reintroduce WOLVES to the Scottish Highlands

The idea of unleashing a pack of wolves in the Scottish Highlands might sound like the start of a horror film. But scientists want it to become a reality - to help solve the climate crisis.

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