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Happening Now – May 2018

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Nevada County Grand Jury: Detention Facility Inspection Report

Nevada County Civil Grand Jury - May 21, 2018, 09:07:13 AM

Caltrans Sierra Roadwork Schedule through Saturday, May 26, 2018

Caltrans - May 21, 2018, 07:57:52 AM

Op-Ed | Jo Ann Fites-Kaufman and Pat Leach: A way forward for the Fire Safe Council of Nevada County

Dr. Jo Ann Fites-Kaufman and Pat Leach - May 18, 2018, 10:38:02 PM

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California

SEIU Calif. Joins State of Calif. to Stop Trump Administration from Overturning Immigrant Worker Protection Act

SEIU California - May 18, 2018, 01:05:06 PM

US Suit Risks Cloaking Immigrant Detention Abuse

Human Rights Watch - May 18, 2018, 10:36:10 AM

California Association of Food Banks Statement on House Consideration of 2018 Farm Bill

California Association of Food Banks - May 17, 2018, 10:37:38 AM

Op-Ed | Maria Romani: California Values Protect Everyone

ACLU - May 16, 2018, 05:20:56 PM

Weeding through the unique insurance needs of the cannabis industry

California Department of Insurance - May 16, 2018, 05:16:18 PM

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USA

Trump-Pence Administration Expected to Introduce Rule that Gags Medical Providers

Planned Parenthood - May 18, 2018, 12:43:39 PM

Scientists Tell Congress: Don’t Strip Science Out of the Endangered Species Act

Union of Concerned Scientists - May 18, 2018, 10:37:57 AM

AG Session’s Latest Move Further Erodes the Independence of Immigration Judges

American Immigration Lawyers Association - May 18, 2018, 10:24:03 AM

House Appropriations Committee Votes to Continue Blocking DOJ From Interfering in State Medical Marijuana Laws

Marijuana Policy Project - May 17, 2018, 12:00:33 PM

Doctors in US and Canada launch sweeping pharmaceutical reform proposal

Physicians for a National Health Program - May 17, 2018, 09:20:49 AM

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Op-Ed

Megan Birzell: Attacks on National Forests Fail in Republican Controlled House

The Wilderness Society - May 18, 2018, 10:39:08 AM

Georgeanne Usova: Trump Administration Plans to Dismantle Federal Family Planning Program

ACLU - May 18, 2018, 10:33:49 AM

Tarah Demant: Domestic Gag Rule around Title X is Deadly

Amnesty International - May 18, 2018, 10:32:21 AM

Josh Sugarmann: Once again the nation mourns innocent children shot dead at school

Violence Policy Center - May 18, 2018, 10:31:03 AM

Ana Unruh Cohen: House Science Committee Majority Membership Flunks Science

NRDC - May 18, 2018, 10:29:52 AM

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World

Teenage girl’s death sentence spotlights Sudan’s failure to tackle forced marriage, gender-based violence – UN rights office

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - May 18, 2018, 01:08:06 PM

US Embassy Move to Jerusalem Rewards Israel’s Illegal annexation and Settlement Policy says Amnesty Intl.

Amnesty International - May 14, 2018, 04:53:44 PM

Reporters Without Borders: Use the Universal Periodic Review to end Russia’s downward spiral

Reporters Without Borders - May 14, 2018, 04:43:44 PM

US Holocaust Museum Expresses Deep Concern About Anti-Romani Violence and Antisemitism in Ukraine

U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum - May 14, 2018, 02:07:35 PM

Guatemala must break cycle of discrimination against indigenous peoples, says UN expert

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights - May 11, 2018, 12:29:51 PM

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Enviro

Alaskans Challenge Old Growth Timber Sale in Tongass National Forest

Earthjustice - May 17, 2018, 10:15:21 AM

Climate-threatened animals unable to relocate

University of Exeter - May 17, 2018, 09:18:51 AM

In Memoriam: Virunga National Park Ranger, Rachel Masika Baraka, killed in action

Van Gosse, History News Network - May 14, 2018, 02:11:21 PM

Hilcorp Alaska Seeks Authorization to Harm Marine Mammals With Arctic Drilling

Center for Biological Diversity - May 9, 2018, 05:25:21 PM

Advocates sue FDA to force decision on cancer-causing chemicals in popular foods

Earthjustice - May 2, 2018, 11:47:31 AM

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Sci-Tech

NASA satellites reveal major shifts in global freshwater

NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center - May 17, 2018, 09:17:55 AM

NOAA finds rising emissions of ozone-destroying chemical banned by Montreal Protocol

University of Colorado at Boulder - May 17, 2018, 09:15:03 AM

Gun safety programs do not prevent children from handling firearms, Rutgers study finds

Rutgers University - May 15, 2018, 09:49:49 AM

Record-breaking ocean heat fueled Hurricane Harvey

National Center for Atmospheric Research - May 11, 2018, 10:13:28 AM

US boycott of Chinese researchers could ‘stifle’ global progress

University of Bristol - May 11, 2018, 10:11:45 AM

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Life

Should I kill spiders in my home? An entomologist explains why not to

Matt Bertone, THE CONVERSATION - May 17, 2018, 01:52:01 PM

How Milk Becomes Cheese (VIDEO)

American Chemical Society - May 17, 2018, 07:59:26 AM

Human Rights Campaign Releases Powerful Video Featuring Survivor of “Conversion Therapy”

Human Rights Campaign - May 16, 2018, 05:22:38 PM

May, July peak months for grilling fires (video)

National Fire Protection Association - May 16, 2018, 05:12:37 PM

iCivics and Annenberg Public Policy Center Partner to Create Game That Will Teach Media Literacy

Annenberg Public Policy Center - May 16, 2018, 04:11:49 PM

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Cartoons

Comey and Syria

Nate Beeler - April 19, 2018, 08:04:25 PM

Senator McConnell Sees No Need To Protect Mueller

R.J. Matson - April 19, 2018, 08:01:27 PM

Cat and Dog Food

Pat Bagley - April 19, 2018, 08:00:06 PM

Little Marco NRA Pocket Pol

R.J. Matson - March 6, 2018, 12:35:28 PM

Congress Has Not Passed DACA Legislation

R.J. Matson - March 6, 2018, 12:32:38 PM

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