Monthly Archive: November 2016
Canadians held vigils in over 45 different locations across the country this week as opposition to an oil pipeline expansion project continues to grow. Activists say the Trans Mountain pipeline poses serious risks to...
This year’s election was the first in which voting age Millennials equaled their Baby Boomer counterparts. But the generational gap among white voters was striking, with most Millennials supporting Clinton and the majority of...
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has given the green light to the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant that was built by the late President Ferdinand Marco in the ‘70s and ‘80s but never used. The 621-megawatt...
Some 6,000 men and women incarcerated in California could be on their way out now thanks to a recently passed state ballot initiative. Proposition 64 was best known for decriminalizing recreational marijuana, but its...
Police in North Dakota used rubber bullets, chemical sprays and water cannons in freezing temperatures Sunday night against opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Robert Packard has more. Download Audio The protesters, who call...
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas) as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency. Pompeo has been a polarizing figure in Congress falsely stating in 2013 that “the silence of...
More senior Trump officials named including Sessions for U.S. Atty. General Immigrants and ‘sanctuary cities’ brace for promised crackdown under Trump administration ProPublica launches post-election initiative to independently track hate crimes in U.S. Students...
After days of what some called chaos in the Trump camp revealing a deep lack of understanding about the steps necessary to move from one presidential administration to the next, the transition team now...
The names, and histories, of people being tapped for senior level positions in the Trump administration are fueling concern that the hardline rhetoric aimed at immigrants, Muslims and refugees during the campaign may soon...
Donald Trump’s electoral college victory of has sent a wave of fear and trepidation through the millions-strong population of undocumented immigrants. During the campaign, Trump indicated he’ll move to reverse the Deferred Action for...