by People's Action | Aug 21, 2018 | Breakfast
Prisoners Strike To Protest 'Modern-Day Slavery' Prisoners nationwide go on strike to protest 'modern-day slavery'. USA Today: "Prison inmates nationwide plan to put pressure on the country's penal system by going on a two-week strike beginning Tuesday. The strike is...
by People's Action | Aug 20, 2018 | Breakfast
WH Says We Don't Need To Save Energy Reversing decades of US policy, the Trump administration says conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative. AP: "Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the US, the Trump administration declares in a major new...
by People's Action | Aug 17, 2018 | Breakfast
Sessions Fast-Tracks Deportations U.S. attorney general issues order to speed up immigrant deportations. Reuters: "U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday sought to speed up the deportation of illegal immigrants, telling immigration judges they should only...
by People's Action | Aug 16, 2018 | Breakfast
Coast-To-Coast Editorials Rebuke Trump Hundreds of newspapers denounce Trump's attacks on media in coordinated editorials. NPR: "More than 300 news publications across the country are joining together to defend the role of a free press and denounce President Trump's...
by People's Action | Aug 15, 2018 | Breakfast
Diversity Wins In Tuesday's Primaries Diverse candidates rule the night and other takeaways from Tuesday's primaries. CNN: "The nation's first transgender governor, its first Somali-American woman in Congress and its first black woman in Connecticut's congressional...