Tag: human rights
Nicaragua at the barricades
The only thing I am sure of is that Nicaragua always does better when the United States is looking elsewhere.
‘Take away our poverty, not our children!:’ Poor People’s Campaign caps...
"We are sick, we are homeless, we are separated from our families, and we will keep coming back until everyone has housing, voting rights, clean water, peace, and justice!"
ICE detention is ‘soul-destroying:’ Eritrean immigrant dies by suicide during deportation
Friends and family are demanding to know why he was deported to Eritrea, despite his fears that he would be tortured or even killed there.
What do those people want?
Progress! Meaning a national commitment to advance the economic, political and social circumstances of the American majority of workday families and poor people.
Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, June 20, 2018
U.S. withdraws from Human Rights Council, Canada legalizes recreational marijuana, first ladies unite against family separation at the border, and more.
Trump’s war on children is an act of state terrorism
The time has come for the American public to make clear that resistance to the emerging fascism in the United States is not an option.
Caged children and terrified infants: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee describes ‘acts...
"So what I saw was a crisis continuing. Not in the making – a crisis continuing."
US officially withdraws from UN Human Rights Council
The announcement comes on the heels of the U.N. human rights chief calling the Trump administration's policy of separating migrant families "unconscionable."
Missing in action
The poor remain missing in action in our American world, but not in my mind. Not in me.
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Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices
The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
Trump blames Minneapolis woman for her death as ICE shooting prompts federal intervention
As video analyses dispute official claims in the killing of Renee Nicole Good, the Trump administration assigns sole control of the investigation to federal authorities and blocks state involvement.
Why the Trade War with Canada Amounts to Self-Sabotage
The economies of both countries are so intertwined that everyone will suffer.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants lose Medicaid starting October 1
The federal reconciliation law also narrows Medicare and marketplace coverage, and a separate immigration rule is pushing US citizen children off Medicaid alongside their noncitizen family members.
Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals
About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.