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Trump Can’t Make America White Again
Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post
Robinson writes: “Racism is a feature of the Trump administration, not a bug. Like demagogues before him, President Trump and his aides consistently single out one group for scapegoating and persecution: nonwhite Hispanic immigrants.”
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Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post
Robinson writes: “Racism is a feature of the Trump administration, not a bug. Like demagogues before him, President Trump and his aides consistently single out one group for scapegoating and persecution: nonwhite Hispanic immigrants.”
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Between 400 and 500 protesters in Washington, DC, marched from Logan Circle toward Donald Trump's victory parade on the morning of January 20, 2017. The action was dispersed when police used pepper-spray on the protesters. Over 100 people were arrested. (photo: Andrew Stefan/RSN)
Trump Inauguration Protests: Charges Dropped Against Last 39 Activists
AP, Guardian UK
Excerpt: “The US government is dropping charges against the last 39 people accused of participating in a violent protest on the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration.”
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AP, Guardian UK
Excerpt: “The US government is dropping charges against the last 39 people accused of participating in a violent protest on the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration.”
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A boy and father from Honduras are taken into custody by US Border Patrol agents near Mission, Texas. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
Trump Admin Admits It Can’t Reunite Migrant Families by Court Deadline, Hours After It Said It Can
Amanda Michelle Gomez, Think Progress
Gomez writes: “A confident Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Alex Azar told reporters Thursday afternoon that the federal government will reunite migrant families it had separated by court-mandated deadlines.”
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Amanda Michelle Gomez, Think Progress
Gomez writes: “A confident Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Alex Azar told reporters Thursday afternoon that the federal government will reunite migrant families it had separated by court-mandated deadlines.”
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With hands taped like a boxer, Michael Miselis pushes an unidentified African-American man to the ground in Charlottesville last August. (photo: Edu Bayer/ProPublica)
He Is a Member of a Violent White Supremacist Group. So Why Is He Working for a Defense Contractor With a Security Clearance?
A.C. Thompson and Ali Winston, ProPublica
A.C. Thompson and Ali Winston, ProPublica
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In addition to his scholarly pursuits, Miselis works as a systems engineer for Northrop Grumman, the giant defense contractor with a plant in Redondo Beach, California.
Excerpt: “There likely isn’t such a thing as a “typical” violent white extremist in America in 2018. Still, Michael Miselis — a University of California, Los Angeles doctoral student with a U.S. government security clearance to work on sensitive research for a prominent defense contractor — makes for a pretty unusual case.”
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Anti-immigrant threats and actions have many Hispanic Americans living on edge. (photo: Jay Lazarin/iStock)
Anxiety Grows Over Anti-Immigrant Actions: 'We Feel They Are After Us'
David Schaper, NPR
Schaper writes: “The Trump administration's practice of separating children from their parents at the border is not just heartbreaking to other immigrants but also terrifying. Even immigrants who are in the country legally are beginning to worry that their families could be broken apart, too.”
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David Schaper, NPR
Schaper writes: “The Trump administration's practice of separating children from their parents at the border is not just heartbreaking to other immigrants but also terrifying. Even immigrants who are in the country legally are beginning to worry that their families could be broken apart, too.”
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Barricades placed by demonstrators are seen on the streets of Petion Ville, in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, July 6, 2018, to protest against the increase in fuel prices. The Haitian government announced a significant increase in fuel prices Friday. (photo: AFP)
Protests Turn Violent in Haiti Over Gas Price Hike
AP, Voice of America
Excerpt: “Major protests erupted Friday in Haiti as the government announced a sharp increase in gasoline prices, with demonstrators using burning tires and barricades to block major streets across the capital and in the northern city of Cap-Haitien.”
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AP, Voice of America
Excerpt: “Major protests erupted Friday in Haiti as the government announced a sharp increase in gasoline prices, with demonstrators using burning tires and barricades to block major streets across the capital and in the northern city of Cap-Haitien.”
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Top advisers to departing Administrator Scott Pruitt are part of a campaign to undermine the agency’s independent research into the health risks of toxic chemicals. (photo: Visomes)
Trump's EPA Blocking Warnings on Cancer-Causing Chemical
Annie Snider, Politico
Snider writes: “The Trump administration is suppressing an Environmental Protection Agency report that warns that most Americans inhale enough formaldehyde vapor in the course of daily life to put them at risk of developing leukemia and other ailments, a current and a former agency official told POLITICO.”
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Annie Snider, Politico
Snider writes: “The Trump administration is suppressing an Environmental Protection Agency report that warns that most Americans inhale enough formaldehyde vapor in the course of daily life to put them at risk of developing leukemia and other ailments, a current and a former agency official told POLITICO.”
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