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Robert Reich | Billionaires Fear Warren and Sanders - but They Should Fear Us All
 Robert Reich, Guardian UK Reich writes: "There are basically only five ways to accumulate a billion dollars, and none of them has to do with being successful in a genuinely free market." READ MORE  Immigrant children in a detention center. (photo: Ross D. Franklin)
The US Detained a Record 69,550 Migrant Children This Year
Elliot Hannon, Slate Hannon writes: "The nearly 70,000 children who spent time in detention in the U.S. is more than anywhere else in the world, according to the United Nations, and amounts to a 42 percent rise from the previous fiscal year."  ew government data shows the United States detained a staggering 69,550 migrant children in 2019, the Associated Press reports, meaning the U.S., this year, has held an unprecedented number of minors apart from their parents in the name of President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration policy. The nearly 70,000 children who spent time in detention in the U.S. is more than anywhere else in the world, according to the United Nations, and amounts to a 42 percent rise from the previous fiscal year. The detained migrant children were held for longer periods away from their parents than ever before, despite the known trauma caused by the stress of detention and long-term physical and emotional impact it has on children.
Many of the tens of thousands of migrant children have already been deported, leaving some 4,000 still being held in the U.S. “While children have been arriving alone at the U.S. border for more than a decade, the number of children in government custody has grown sharply over the last two years, largely because they have been held for longer time periods,” according to the AP. “A few months after Trump took office, the federal agency was caring for about 2,700 children, reuniting them with awaiting relatives or sponsors in about a month. This June, that topped 13,000, and they stayed in custody for about two months.”
“The U.S. government calls migrant children held without their parents ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ — UAC in bureaucratic jargon,” the AP reports. “Federal law requires the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide them food and shelter, and medical and mental health care. But the HHS Office of Inspector General found there aren’t enough clinicians or specialized care in shelters holding migrant children.”
 Sen. Elizabeth Warren stands on stage during a campaign event at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, Oct. 21, 2019. (photo: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Hedge Fund-Backed GOP Group Is Digging Up Dirt on Elizabeth Warren, Documents Show
Lee Fang, The Intercept Fang writes: "According to the results of an open records request, an opposition research group known as America Rising had requested documents from the Riverdale Board of Education in New Jersey. READ MORE  In the 25 years since Amazon was founded, it has become the second-largest private employer in the United States. (photo: Jenn Ackerman)
Meet the Immigrants Who Took On Amazon
Jessica Bruder, WIRED Bruder writes: "The pace that Amazon demanded was inhumane, Stolz thought. Many of his coworkers endured pain from leg, back, and shoulder injuries as they strained to hit their hourly rate - which was one of the many reasons Stolz had decided to walk off the job that afternoon." READ MORE  The new North Carolina highway historical marker to the 1898 Wilmington Coup is unveiled during a dedication ceremony in Wilmington, N.C., Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. (photo: Matt Born/The Star-News/AP)
North Carolina Formally Recognizes 1898 Racial Massacre as a 'Coup' With New Historic Marker
Anne Branigin, The Root Branigin writes: "The historic port city of Wilmington, N.C., is finally recognizing one of the most consequential moments in its history - a white supremacist-led insurrection - for what it was: a coup." READ MORE  A man holds a poster during a rally in support of Bolivia's president Evo Morales in front of the Bolivian Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, November 11, 2019. (photo: Edgard Garrido/Reuters)
Former Bolivian Leader Evo Morales Granted Asylum by Mexico, Leaves by Plane
Gram Slattery, Monica Machicao and Daniel Ramos, Reuters Excerpt: "Bolivia's ousted president Evo Morales was flying to political asylum in Mexico on Monday night, the latest step in the once-beloved leader's rapid fall, while military and police deployed in the streets of La Paz to quell violence." READ MORE  Each year, a team of five garbage boats removes nearly 92,600 pounds of trash from the city's waterways, but small pieces of trash and plastic at the bottom of the canals simply slip through the nets. (photo: Plastic Whale)
Barrier to Stop Plastic Waste From Reaching the Sea Launches in Amsterdam
Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch Davidson writes: "A Dutch start-up has launched a barrier device to remove plastic from canals and rivers while allowing fish to swim right through." READ MORE Update My Monthly Donation |
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