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Democratic members of Congress held a hearing Tuesday on the effects of the shutdown on health, education and employment in Native communities.

Michigan has meanwhile presented itself as the ground zero of water problems, as the people of Detroit worked to make themselves a model for solutions.

Arizona, activists with the humanitarian group No More Deaths go to trial today facing charges for a slew of federal crimes, all due to their efforts to leave water and food in the harsh Sonoran Desert to help refugees and migrants survive the deadly journey across the U.S. border.

The strike follows months of failed negotiations between the Los Angeles Unified School District and the teachers union to reach a deal for smaller class sizes, increased support staff along with pay raises.

"Today is a good day. Because of this injunction, women in 13 states can still access birth control under the ACA."

Facilitating such participation would not only encourage broader social responsibility among young people, it would enrich and strengthen democracy itself.

Newsom and his administration proposed six months paid family leave, the nation's longest if approved.

"We will not be deterred by violence."

Robert W. Patterson also suggested that homosexuality is a mental disorder and sexual orientation can be forcibly changed.

Federal employees have child care fees to add to long lists of expenses for households that live paycheck to paycheck.