Monthly Archive: February 2017
The U.S. Department of Justice has reversed position on another major civil rights issue. The DOJ backed away from its years-long claim that the GOP-led Texas legislature intended to disenfranchise poor and minority voters...
The month of February brought record levels of ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine, with the city of the city of Avdiivka one of the most affected front line hot spots. For the roughly 16,000 people living...
DHS memos prompt uncertainty about enforcement in schools, churches and hospitals Black immigrants in U.S. fear profiling may drive up deportation rates Tillerson and Kelly head to Mexico as Trump policies strain bilateral relations...
Transgender youth are left in the lurch after the Trump administration rolled back guidance to public schools this week regarding Title IX protections from discrimination. FSRN’s Nell Abram has more. Download Audio In another...
The Trump administration maintained its rapid fire pace of rolling back Obama era policies this week. Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions revoked a Justice Department directive to reduce and eventually end the government’s use...
The Department of Homeland Security issued a pair of memos this week that spell out how the agency intends to carry out the executive orders on immigration that President Trump signed in this first...
As protests and public dissent in the U.S. swell to levels not seen since the Vietnam war, some state legislatures are considering draconian anti-protest laws. This week, lawmakers in Arizona and Minnesota advanced measures...
In North Dakota, a militarized police force moved into the main Dakota Access pipeline protest camp near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation Thursday. FSRN’s Reaux Packard has more. Download Audio Heavily armed police in...
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Chief John Kelly arrive in Mexico City this afternoon for two days of meetings with high-level counterparts. The visit comes on the heels of two...
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a pair of memos regarding the implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration and border enforcement. Shannon Young reports. Download Audio The implementation memos signed...