In today’s edition of Squirrel News, we’re talking about Cyprus’s artificial reef fostering marine life, an eviction enforcer’s tip off reducing eviction rates, and new laws for transgender people in public sector jobs in Argentina.
Eviction alert prevents tenants from becoming homeless
In what started as a one-woman initiative, the practice of informing people about shelter and rental assistance agencies prior to being ousted has reduced eviction rates in Pima County.
Argentina passes law to establish quota in public sector jobs for transgender people
In an effort to provide equal employment opportunities, the new law is designed to help the transgender community find public sector employment without the minimum requirement clause.
MIT students build robot that could help the elderly get dressed
The Interactive Robotics Group at MIT have designed a robotic arm that can slide a vest onto a human arm, an initial effort at building a robot that could completely dress an elderly or disabled person.
Promoting the cause of education as the only way to counter social injustice
The writer revisits conversations with the American novelist, James Baldwin, who reasoned that education was the only way out of social, economic and political setbacks.
