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Oskar Schindler’s Secretary Dies at 107
Mimi Reinhardt, who drew up lists for German Righteous Gentile Oskar Schindler who helped save hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust, died last week at the age of 107.
As Schindler’s secretary, Reinhardt was in charge of drawing up the lists of Jewish workers from the ghetto of the Polish city of Krakow to work at his fac-
After World War II, she moved to New York before deciding to move to Israel in 2007 to join her only son, Sacha Weitman, who was then a professor of sociology at Tel Aviv University.
“I feel at home,” she told reporters when she landed in Israel.
Schindler, who died in 1974, was named by Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum as a member of the “Righteous Among the Nations” — an honor for non-Jews who tried to save Jews from Nazi extermination.
The lists which Reinhardt compiled for him helped save the lives of more than 1,300 Jews at considerable risk to his own life.
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Get Moving, America
Where a person lives in the U.S. can affect that person’s health and access to healthcare.
According to a new report, some cities in the southern USA rank as the unhealthiest, while others, in Oregon, Utah, Washington, and California, are home to the healthiest people in the nation.
The WalletHub personal finance site report evaluated the 180 most populous cities in the United States, analyzing 43 indicators of good health and dividing them into healthcare, food, green space, and fitness. The data was collected over the course of one month and included the cost of a medical visit, the number of COVID-19 cases, and fruit and vegetable consumption.
WalletHub analyst Jill Gonzalez said, “The data comes from reputable, mostly government sources, such as the Census Bureau, the Council for Community and Economic Research, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the CDC.”
She noted, “People should consider the healthiest places to live because living in a city that promotes wellness and enables access to healthy food and recreational facilities can significantly improve their quality of life,” Gonzalez added.
Topping the list of the U.S. healthiest city is San Francisco, California, due to its residents’ mental and physical health, 83% vaccination rate, and health insurance coverage.
Brownsville, Texas, came in “dead last because of the low share of adults who engage in any physical activity, about 61%, and the low well-being physical score,” Gonzalez explained. The city has the highest share of obese residents and suffers from a lack of healthcare providers and healthy food restaurants.
The country’s healthiest cities, in order, are: San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; San Diego, California; Portland, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah; Honolulu, Hawaii; Austin, Texas; Denver, Colorado; South Burlington, Vermont; and Washington, D.C.
On the other side of the scale, the country’s unhealthiest cities, from leastworst to absolute worst, are: Montgomery, Alabama; Columbus, Georgia; Augusta, Georgia; Shreveport, Louisiana; Charleston, West Virginia; Jackson, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; Laredo, Texas; Gulfport, Mississippi; and Brownsville, Texas.
Iran Sanctions 24 Americans
Twenty-four Americans were sanctioned by Iran on Saturday. On the list are former U.S. generals and former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani.
Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a release that the 24 individuals were involved with “terrorist acts” and human rights violations and accused them of depriving Iran of medical supplies and supporting economic punishments against the Iranian people.
The ministry also said the individuals were “financing and supporting terrorist groups and terrorist acts” against the Palestinian people in Israel.
Iran’s sanctions list comes just days after President Biden’s administration announced sanctions targeting Iran’s ballistic missile program.
According to the Tehran Times, the individuals named by Tehran on Saturday include former Army Chief of Staff George Casey, former Gen. Austin Scott Miller of the Joint Special Operations Command, former Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, former Central Command Cmdr. Joseph Votel, and several other former military and government officials.
Giuliani’s inclusion on the list means he joins former President Trump and a slew of other officials under the former president’s administration sanctioned by the country including former CIA Director Mike Pompeo, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and former U.S. Ambas-
sador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.
Saturday’s sanctions came as the U.S. and Iran have been holding indirect talks in Vienna in efforts to hammer out a new Iran nuclear deal, which had been cancelled by President Trump in 2018.
On Thursday, Iran’s foreign ministry tweeted that the department’s minister and other Iranian officials were committed to agreeing on a new deal but said the “U.S. side must act realistically instead of making excessive demands and hampering the negotiations.”
Chinese Spy Committed “Economic Espionage”
A Chinese scientist has been convicted and sentenced for attempting to steal trade secrets from an agribusiness giant.
Xiang Haitao, 44, will pay a fine of $150,000 and sit over two years in prison for attempting to steal trade secrets from Monsanto.
Xiang, a Chinese national formerly residing in Missouri, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit economic espionage for his role in a plot to deliver nutrient-application software to China’s government.
Between 2008-2017, Xiang worked as an imaging scientist for Monsanto and subsidiary The Climate Corporation, the U.S. Department of Justice said. One day after he left his employment, in June 2017, he attempted to travel to China on a one-way ticket, DOJ said.
Federal officials searched Xiang and his bag and determined that he had an electronic copy of Nutrient Optimizer. Xiang then returned to China and found employment working for the Chinese Academy of Science’s Institute of Soil Science. Upon his return to the U.S. in November 2019, he was arrested.
The case, first of its kind in Missouri’s Eastern District, is part of an ongoing effort by U.S. officials to eliminate economic espionage from China.
In a statement, Alan E. Kohler Jr., assistant director of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division, said, “The government of China does not hesitate to go after the ingenuity that drives our economy. Stealing our highly prized technology can lead to the loss of good-paying jobs here in the United States, affecting families, and sometimes entire communities. Our economic security is essential to our national security.”
Healthcare Workers on the Mend
The U.S. healthcare workforce is on track to return to its pre-pandemic levels but has yet to reach that stage, a new study shows.
The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota and published on Friday in the JAMA Health Forum, showed that recovery from the pandemic has been uneven.
The study compared turnover rates between April-December 2020 to those between January-October 2021, using records from the U.S. Current Population Survey, the U.S. Census, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and examined records on 125,717 healthcare workers.
A total 1.5 million healthcare workers lost their jobs when hospitals postponed elective surgeries and clinics shuttered during the pandemic’s first peak. Though most jobs returned by autumn 2020, by 2021 healthcare employment was still 2.7% below pre-pandemic levels.
At the same time, the researchers noted that the study could not prove that the lower numbers were actually caused by the pandemic itself.
Meanwhile, doctors and those employed in long-term care facilities have not yet fully recovered from the pandemic.
Demographics also played a role, with healthcare workers with young children at home more likely to leave the workforce, and women more likely to do so than men. Turnover rates were also higher among Alaskan Natives, Pacific Islanders, and American Indians than among other races; Black and Latino employees experienced the slowest rates of job re-
covery.
Aides and assistants were most likely to leave their jobs.
Although the researchers were unable to pinpoint exactly why people were quitting, study coauthor Janette Dill, an associate professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management in the School of Public Health at the University of Minnesota, said, “Long-term care is a sector that is largely paid for by Medicaid, and Medicaid has pretty low reimbursement rates, and so consequently, the wages in long-term care are pretty low. So there are lots of reasons people would want to leave long-term care.”
Dill noted, “I interviewed a worker recently who told me that she could get a job at Target that paid $2 more an hour than her health care job. Who could blame her for leaving?” She added, “Long-term care has a lot of pressure from retail right now that just pays better.”
Unemployment payments were also raised, making it more worthwhile to leave low-paying jobs. Burnout and a lack of childcare may also be factors.
The study warned, “Waiting too long to understand these issues may further elongate the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
TX to Bus Immigrants to DC
Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s office on Wednesday announced that the state will send any willing undocumented immigrants to Washington, D.C., by bus and plane.
According to Abbott’s office, local leaders are “fed up” with the federal government releasing migrants into their communities.
Speaking to reporters, the governor said the plan is a response to the Biden administration’s announcement that a pandemic public health order will be lifted next month, potentially significantly increasing the number of migrants crossing the border.
Meanwhile, according to his office, Abbott has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to charter both buses and flights to send willing migrants who have been processed and released from federal custody to Washington, D.C.
During a news conference, Abbott explained, “To help local officials whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants who have been dropped off by the Biden Administration to Washington, D.C.”
These migrants would “volunteer to be transported and show documentation from DHS,” in order to board a bus or flight, Abbott’s office added.
In an interview with Fox News, Abbott noted that the immigrants would have to consent or the transfer “would be kidnapping, even though it would be by a law enforcement agency.”
He added, “What better place for them to go to than the steps of the United States Capitol? They get to see the wonderful Capitol but also get closer to the people who are making these policies that are allowing people to come to the border illegally.”
The trips, if they take place, will be paid for by Texas taxpayers via funds appropriated by the Texas Legislature for Border Security.
Cuban Migrants Thronging to U.S.
Cuban migrants are arriving in the United States at the highest numbers since 1980, The Washington Post reported.
In March, over 32,000 Cubans were taken into U.S. custody along the Mexico-U.S. border, representing twice the number arriving in February, unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) figures obtained by The Washington Post show.
Cuban migration has been largely overlooked under President Joe Biden, with CBP arrests along the U.S.’s southern border reaching a record 1.73 million during the 2021 fiscal year. The numbers are expected to top that this year.
Preliminary data obtained by the Post shows that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported just 95 Cubans during the 2021 fiscal year, and just 20 Cubans in the past five months. In 2020, ICE data shows, authorities deported 1,583 Cubans.
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It also “continues to engage with foreign governments to improve cooperation with countries that systematically refuse or delay the repatriation of their nationals,” the statement said.
KBJ Joins SCOTUS
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed in a 53-47 vote for U.S. President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Republican senators Mitt Romney of Utah, Susan Collins of Maine, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska joined the Democrats and voted in favor of Jackson joining the highest court in the land.
Jackson will be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. She will be sworn in after Justice Stephen Breyer retires this summer.
Until then, Jackson will remain in her seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, “In the 233-year history of the Supreme Court, never, never has a Black woman held the title of Justice. Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the first and I believe the first of more to come.”
Jackson has been praised by Senate Democrats as highly qualified, with a depth and breadth of experience which will prove valuable to the Supreme Court. Her resume includes experience as a federal public defender, as well as a commissioner on the U.S. Sentencing Commission. She also served on the federal district court in Washington, D.C.
Georgia Airport is No. 1
Georgia’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is once again the busiest airport in the world.
Although Atlanta’s airport had been crowned the top spot for 22 years in a row, it was knocked off its perch in 2020 by Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China. 2021 saw it scramble back to the top.
In 2021, the Atlanta airport saw 75.7 million passengers. That figure is up a whopping 76% from 2020 but still nearly 32% below pre-pandemic 2019 figures.
Guangzhou’s airport dropped to No. 8 in 2021, with 40.3 million passengers. Another airport in China, Chengdu’s Shuangliu International Airport, is ninth on the 2021 list, down from No. 3 in 2020.
U.S. airports dominated the passenger traffic rankings in 2021, with eight of the top 10 in the United States.
