Monthly Archive: June 2015
Activists in Seattle hit the water today in kayaks to block a Shell-contracted drilling rig from moving into Arctic waters. The rig left the Port of Seattle at around 6 a.m., but the so-called...
President Obama makes rare visit to U.S. Capitol to push trade bills Ezell Ford findings and McKinney pool party video help sustain calls for police reform New York lawmakers to decide on rent stabilization...
President Barack Obama made a rare visit to the US Capitol Friday morning in a last ditch effort to persuade lawmakers to approve his trade agenda. FSRN’s Nell Abram has more. Download Audio The...
Argentina is attracting the attention of energy companies that want to bring fracking to Latin America. But the expansion of this gas extraction technique is meeting resistance in what was once a prime destination...
A new push is underway to militarize the Texas/Mexico border. Shannon Young has the details. Download Audio U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the Laredo sector received two Blackhawk helicopters this week to use...
New York lawmakers must decide by Monday whether or not to change the state’s rent laws. Currently, the laws govern more than one million privately-owned apartments, preventing landlords from dramatically increasing the rent and...
It is up to the Los Angeles District Attorney and the Los Angeles Police chief to decide on criminal charges or disciplinary actions for the two officers who shot and killed Ezell Ford, a...
As tens of thousands of people cross the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa to European shores, similar numbers of ethnic Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar’s Western Arakine state are also making dangerous sea voyages –...
Six days after police dismantled a migrant camp in central Paris with promises of relocation, nearly 200 mostly Eritreans and Sudanese are still homeless and living in the streets. Earlier this week police violently...
A South Carolina public prosecutor announced today a grand jury has decided to indict the North Charleston police officer responsible for the death of Walter Scott. The case grabbed national attention two months ago...