Monthly Archive: May 2016
The first decision in cases against the Baltimore police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray was returned Monday. The verdict? Not guilty. FSRN’s Nell Abram has more. Download Audio Edward Nero is one of...
For the past three years, Latin America’s oldest guerrilla army, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and the Colombian government have been engaged in a peace negotiations to end the hemisphere’s longest-running armed conflict. Key...
All photos by Andalusia Knoll. Hear/read her accompanying radio report here. Click on any thumbnail image to launch slideshow.
New rule means millions more U.S. workers can qualify for overtime pay Protesters take to French streets after government pushes controversial labor law through parliament U.S. immigration authorities begin a new round of deportation...
Sales of prescription opioids in the U.S. have nearly quadrupled since are 90s, and overdose deaths have increased at a similar pace, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson begins a two-day visit to El Salvador and Honduras Thursday. His trip comes as U.S. immigration authorities under his mandate have started another round of deportation raids. Among...
Millions of workers in the U.S. who currently don’t qualify for overtime pay despite putting in more than 40 hours a week will soon see a spike in their paycheck. After years of resistance...
Researchers say suicide rates in Gaza are soaring to unprecedented highs as the humanitarian situation on the ground in the impoverished and blockaded coastal territory deteriorates over time. Abeer Ayyoub reports from Gaza City....
Tens of thousands people demonstrated today in France, after the government used a rarely invoked article in the French constitution to push a controversial labor law through the parliament last week, bypassing lawmakers who...
Since the closure of the Balkan borders, there has been a notable decline in the number of refugees arriving in Greece from Turkey, but what about the 54,000 that are left stranded all across the country?...