Monthly Archive: December 2015
Despite years of policy debate about how to narrow the divide between the digital haves and have nots, the problem persists. The gap is also now apparent in the lack of diversity in workforces...
U.S. lawmakers are hop-scotching their way to avoiding a government shutdown showdown this year. Wednesday, they approved an interim funding bill to keep the lights on through the December 22nd and congressional leaders released...
Today marks 10 years since Operation Streamline took effect. The policy significantly increased the caseloads in criminal courts along the southern U.S. border by criminalizing what used to be a civil offense: illegal re-entry...
Refugees continue to brave rough seas, freezing weather and crooked smugglers to make the trip into Europe. EU leaders in Brussels are now mulling a European-wide border force and coast guard. The proposal raises...
Classes were canceled across the Los Angeles Unified School District today due to a threat that officials now say was likely a hoax. FSRN’s Lena Nozizwe reports. Download Audio “Abundance of caution” was the...
On Saturday, almost 200 world leaders reached a long-awaited agreement on a deal aimed at curtailing climate change. Whether or not the deal goes far enough to avert what many say would be a...
Late last week, Dow and DuPont announced plans for a $130 billion mega merger. The merger is expected to take place in the second half of 2016, after which the parent company will break...
COP21 misses deadline; talks and protests continue into weekend French voters boost anti-immigrant National Front party to a leading position in local elections New Yorkers push back against Islamophobia DIY search caravan scours Mexican...
For the past two weeks, tens of thousands of people have gathered in Paris for the 21st meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change –...
Prisons, red light districts, homeless shelters and train tracks. These are just some of the places that a group of mothers from Central America are visiting in search for their missing loved ones as...