Monthly Archive: June 2016
Emboldened by the razor-thin majority in Britain who voted to pull the United Kingdom out of the European Union, far-right anti-immigrant parties across Europe, including France and Holland are clamoring for a vote of...
In Africa, wildlife groups say rising ivory prices are accelerating the poaching of endangered elephants. The Kenya-based group Save the Elephants reports prices have nearly tripled in recent years driving a wave of poaching...
Making good on promises to take their demand for a vote on gun control back to their districts, House Democrats convened public events across the country today in what they call a National Day...
Editors Note: a shortened, updated version of this interview appeared in the July 1, 2016 FSRN Weekly Edition. President Obama offered condolences to Turkey following Tuesday’s suicide attacks against the country’s busiest airport...
The Oakland City Council voted unanimously on Monday to ban the transport and storage of coal shipments. Phil Tagami, developer of the old Oakland Army base, had proposed what would have been the largest...
The U.S. Supreme Court today struck down a Texas law that shut down more than half of the state’s abortion clinics over the span of three years. It was the court’s first major ruling...
UK votes to leave EU; PM David Cameron announces resignation Capitol Hill Democrats sit-in on U.S. House floor demanding action on guns U.S. Supreme Court tie upholds lower court ruling on executive actions on...
All photos by Andalusia Knoll. Hear/read the accompanying radio report by Shannon Young here. Click on any thumbnail to launch slideshow.
A teachers’ union protest in southern Mexico has grown and intensified after federal police used deadly force to clear highway blockades in the state of Oaxaca last Sunday. At least nine people were killed...
Decades after joining the European Union, more than 17 million voters in the United Kingdom have opted to leave. FSRN’s Andrew Connelly reports from London. Download Audio The vote was tight – Leave won with...