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CANNON BALL, N.D. Sept. 8, 2016 – A ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is anticipated tomorrow, September 9, on whether construction can continue on the Dakota Access Pipeline. The statement below from David Archambault II, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe: Thousands of people, from members of the […]

WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 8, 2016 – The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) welcomes the introduction of a new federal bill—spearheaded by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)—that would restrict the use of body-gripping traps on public lands administered by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Interior (DOI), as well as prohibit personnel in both departments from setting […]

September 8, 2016 – It’s long-accepted common knowledge that high-speed internet access is a key to education, economic growth and even maintaining interpersonal connections. While the internet began as a public venture, in the last 20 years the private sector has provided the public with broadband connectivity. Internet service providers like Comcast and Charter have […]

On Wednesday night during NBC’s Commander-in-Chief Forum for the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, Republican nominee Donald Trump attempted to make political hay from his Aug. 17 briefing with intelligence officials. The former reality TV star said that the unspoken message that he got from his briefers was that they didn’t like or agree with […]

Sept. 7, 2016 – Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has called for an investigation of Donald Trump’s modeling agency following allegations that several models — all non-US citizens — worked in the United States without proper documentation. From Mother Jones: Three former Trump models, all non-US citizens, told Mother Jones they worked for the GOP nominee’s […]

NEW YORK, NY, Sept. 7, 2016 – After recent claims the November election will be “rigged,” some politicians, including Republican nominee Donald Trump, have called on law enforcement and citizen volunteers to monitor polling places, serving as “election observers” to root out fraud. What’s the truth behind these claims? As part of a new “Election […]

September 7, 2016 – Fossil fuel giants Murray Energy and Southern Company paid for meetings with Republican attorneys general to discuss their opposition to the Clean Power Plan less than two weeks before the same GOP officials petitioned federal courts to block the Obama administration’s signature climate proposal, according to private emails from state attorneys […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. September 7, 2016 – The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that will shield offshore oil and gas lease sales from public scrutiny. House Resolution 5577: Innovation in Offshore Leasing Act, sponsored by Representatives Garret Graves (R-La.) and Alan Lowenthal (D-Ca.) would require the Bureau of Ocean Management to conduct an Internet-based […]

August 25, 2016 President Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Subject: Halt Construction and Repeal the Army Corps of Engineers Permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline Project Dear President Obama: We write to you because we are deeply concerned by the Army Corps of Engineers’ approval of Dakota Access LLC’s […]

THE HAGUE/GENEVA, Sept. 5, 2016 –  In a hard-hitting speech in the Hague on Monday, UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein called for action to confront European and U.S. demagogues who blend a fictional halcyon past  with a classic propagandist mix of half truths and oversimplification, resulting in “the banalization of bigotry” and […]

CORAL GABLES, FL, Sept. 5, 2016 – The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has substantially decreased the number of uninsured Americans and improved access to health care, though insurance affordability and disparities by geography, race/ethnicity, and income persist. In addition, changes brought on by the ACA will no doubt impact state and federal budgets. These are […]

September 2, 2016 – Many people assume that their family immigrated to the United States legally, or did it “the right way.”  In most cases, this statement does not reflect the fact that the U.S. immigration system was very different in the past and that their families might not have been allowed to enter had […]

September 1, 2016 – This morning, water protectors halted construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline by locking their bodies to trenching equipment on a worksite south of Mandan, North Dakota. An estimated ninety people gathered to drum, sing, pray, and call for an immediate stop to construction. A total of eight people were arrested. The […]

NEW YORK, NY, Aug. 31, 2016 – The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) today issued a detailed analysis of immigration to the United States in 2014 and 2015. CMS’s analysis, authored by Robert Warren, CMS’s Senior Visiting Fellow and former director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service’s Statistics Division, is available at […]

PITTSBURGH, PA, Aug. 30, 2016 – Public Citizen, MoveOn.org Civic Action and a host of public interest organizations representing consumers, allergy sufferers, doctors and concerned citizens today delivered the signatures of more than 700,000 people around the country calling for Mylan to reverse its EpiPen price hikes. After relentless public outcry over exorbitant price increases, […]

Aug. 29, 2016 – AILA  has issued an immigration policy update to serve as a backgrounder on current immigration law and policy as they relate to creating a legalization program. The political debate on immigration this week was dominated by questions of whether Donald Trump is changing his position on immigration or simply softening his […]

Aug. 29, 2016 – As the National Park Service celebrates 100 years of protecting and preserving some of America’s most spectacular landscapes and natural treasures, a disturbing trend has emerged as oil and gas development creeps ever closer to National Park Boundaries. According to a new report by Western Values Project, many of America’s most […]

Aug. 26, 2016 – The Alternative Right, commonly known as the Alt-Right, is a set of far-right ideologies, groups and individuals whose core belief is that “white identity” is under attack by multicultural forces using “political correctness” and “social justice” to undermine white people and “their” civilization. Characterized by heavy use of social media and […]

Aug. 26, 2016 – Over the last few months, the so-called “alt-right” has become one of the most prominent factions of the conservative media. The movement’s leading outlet is Breitbart News, whose chairman, Stephen Bannon, has just become the CEO of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. In many ways the “alt-right” is a rebranding of classic […]

Aug. 26, 2016 – Earlier this week, Frank Sharry argued that Donald Trump was attempting to “cynically repackage a truly radical policy to make it more palatable to suburban white voters rightfully turned off by Trump’s explicit racism and nativism. But the underlying deportation-focused policy doesn’t seem to be evolving alongside the rhetorical tweaks.” Others have argued […]