by People's Action | Aug 29, 2017 | Breakfast
UN Issues Warning on Rise of US Racism U.N. issues warning on U.S. Racism. UN News Centre: "The United Nations body monitoring implementation of the global convention on prohibiting racial discrimination has called on high-level politicians and public officials of the...
by People's Action | Aug 28, 2017 | Breakfast
Trump Pardons Arpaio Arpaio pardon dangerously accelerates Trump’s assault on the rule of law. New Yorker: "Since Watergate and the release, in 1976, of the Church Committee report, which detailed wider executive-branch abuses, this vast federal bureaucracy has...
by People's Action | Aug 25, 2017 | Breakfast
Arpaio's Shadow Pardon or not, the fight against Joe Arpaio's legacy is far from over. Splinter: "Outside the convention center, immigrant rights activists set up giant, inflated figures of the ousted Maricopa County sheriff, Joe Arpaio, and President Trump. Arpaio in...
by People's Action | Aug 24, 2017 | Breakfast
Federal Judge Throws Out Texas Voter ID Law Federal judge tosses out Texas voter ID law supported by Trump administration. LA Times: "A federal judge struck down Texas’ controversial voter identification law Wednesday, ruling that it illegally discriminated against...
by People's Action | Aug 23, 2017 | Breakfast
Trump Rants, Threatens in Arizona Trump threatens shutdowns of government, NAFTA talks. WaPo: "He didn't attempt to continue the carefully choreographed messaging of the night or to narrow the ever-deepening divide between the thousands of supporters gathered in the...