Patrik Jonsson

Atlanta

Reporter at The Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor reporter by day, commercial fisherman by night.

Articles

US economy faces reckoning as some immigrants avoid workplaces

1 week ago | csmonitor.com | Patrik Jonsson |Sarah Matusek |Ali Martin

Ten days after raids by federal immigration officials in Los Angeles set off a national protest movement, a Hispanic woman walks through the city’s Canoga Park neighborhood. She says she won’t give her name for concern that she might risk trouble for herself or others. In fact, she won’t say much. But the quiet streets evoke a broader phenomenon sweeping the United States.
Outside ‘agitators’ in protests have a long history – in myth and fact

2 weeks ago | csmonitor.com | Patrik Jonsson

As the Los Angeles Police Department moved to box in a group of protesters outside the city’s downtown federal building last weekend, several people suddenly rushed the line. Chunks of concrete flew through the air, recalls Martín Hoecker-Martinez. He says a woman then ran up and down the group of bystanders, exhorting others to join the attack.
Does Boulder attack on Jews mark new front in ‘war on free speech’?

3 weeks ago | csmonitor.com | Patrik Jonsson |Sophie Hills

It was getting so hard to talk in Boulder that Hilary Kalisman, a university professor, worried that vitriol over Gaza would end in violence. City Council meetings had become heated, and chants, to some, felt threatening. Professor Kalisman, who teaches Jewish history at the University of Colorado Boulder, had felt the blowback herself. A practicing Jew, she has been called an antisemite for allowing words like “genocide” and “apartheid” in discussions.
Trump promised to bring jobs to the Rust Belt. The Sun Belt may get them instead.

3 weeks ago | csmonitor.com | Simon Montlake |Patrik Jonsson

Mark Glyptis voted last year for Donald Trump and his vow to use tariffs as a tool to revive U.S. manufacturing. It’s a tool that’s not panned out yet for steelworkers in Weirton, a West Virginia city of 18,000 people built on steel. The mill’s last working section that made tinplate was idled in May, affecting 600 union jobs.
Beat cops to game wardens, Florida expands ‘army’ of immigration enforcers

1 month ago | csmonitor.com | Patrik Jonsson

Eager to join the Trump administration’s push to deport unauthorized migrants, Florida is now raising what some call an army of immigration enforcers by enlisting beat cops and even game wardens to arrest the unauthorized residents.
Delaktighet i vårdbesluten : delat beslutsfattande inom socialpsykiatrisk vård

2 months ago | avhandlingar.se | Mikael Sandlund |Patrik Jonsson |Kristian Wahlbeck |Karl-anton Forsberg

Nyckelord: MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Mental health; Shared decision-making; Social psychiatry; Person-centered care; Sammanfattning: Background: There is a need to increase user influence in psychiatric care. This involves for example user participation in decisions about treatment interventions in the field of social psychiatric care.
From cellphones to cars, some shoppers stock up before tariffs inflate prices

2 months ago | csmonitor.com | Laurent Belsie |Patrik Jonsson

While the world struggles to recalibrate a path in the wake of President Donald Trump’s trade announcements, the tariffs’ impact is becoming clear: Investors are scared, some of his billionaire backers are balking, and consumers are feeling pressure. The first two groups are generating headlines. The third is more important to the economy. If consumers slow their spending, a recession looks increasingly likely.
What do tariffs mean for carmaking and US communities? Clues from one Georgia town.

2 months ago | lucianne.com | Patrik Jonsson

Original ArticlePosted By: snakeoil, 4/9/2025 12:36:46 AMPresident Donald Trump's tariff plan appears focused around a simple tenet for any manufacturer: Produce in the United States if you want unfettered access to U.S. markets. If that's the demand of this moment, Hyundai Motor Group of South Korea looks in some ways like a brilliant strategist.
What do tariffs mean for carmaking and US communities? Clues from one Georgia town.

2 months ago | csmonitor.com | Patrik Jonsson

President Donald Trump’s tariff plan appears focused around a simple tenet for any manufacturer: Produce in the United States if you want unfettered access to U.S. markets. If that’s the demand of this moment, Hyundai Motor Group of South Korea looks in some ways like a brilliant strategist.
Florida’s two US House races offer early verdict on Trump agenda

2 months ago | csmonitor.com | Patrik Jonsson

Dressed in jeans, a suit jacket, and spit-polished black shoes, Josh Weil has the cool and familiar air required of his job as a public school math teacher. Mr. Weil, who prides himself on breaking down complex concepts so 12-year-olds can understand them, is in an unexpected spot as he attempts to win one of two special congressional elections in Florida on Tuesday. While most Florida Democrats run as centrists, Mr. Weil – a transplanted New Yorker – has embraced a progressive label.