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"Dream" protesters demand Obama bypass Congress, act unilaterally to legalize migrants

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 07/28/2014 - 17:23

On the 28th of July, immigrants, many of them students who received legal status because they were brought into the US as young children, showed up in front of the White House. They demanded that Obama "go big" and act unilaterally to provide legal status for their parents by executive action, thus bypassing GOP obstruction. Also present were many GLBT immigrants demanding similar relief for their partners or themselves.

Video highlights of the rally

Immigration

Bad Ass Teachers Assn rally demands end to corporate school "reform" agenda

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 07/28/2014 - 17:00

On the 28th of July, the Bad Ass Teachers Association staged a rally of hundreds of teachers, students, and supporters in front of the Dept of Education. They demanded nothing less than an end to high stakes standardized testing, an end to charters schools and privatization, and an end to the sale of student data to corporations.
Video featuring Newark Student Union members who occupied and shut down a school board meeting over the so-called school reform agenda

Youth Education

Posters near Union Station threaten strike over low wages

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 07/28/2014 - 16:30

On the 27th of July, I saw these posters while riding past Union Station. They condemn Union Station for paying poverty wages while making $168 million a year, and ask people to sign a petition. The word "strike" is prominantly featured on the posters, which can be construed as a warning to Union Station to pay a living wage or else.

Labor/Economics/Business

UN report of female genital mutilation orders by ISIS in Mosul called false by multiple sources

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 07/28/2014 - 12:48

On the 27th of July, the UN claimed that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known simply as Islamic State, has ordered up to 4 million women in Mosul to undergo horrific "female circumcision" or genital mutilation. Tribal leaders are reporting that these stories are false, and multiple Iraqi sources are calling it false.

Commentary/Op-ed
Media
Right Wing

Panthers in the Hole: French Angola 3 Book Illustrates US Prison Crisis

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 07/27/2014 - 15:23

(You can buy Panthers in the Hole, the new graphic novel about the Angola 3 here.)   Panthers in the Hole: French Angola 3 Book Illustrates US Prison Crisis--An interview with Nicolas Krameyer of Amnesty International France By Angola 3 News Amnesty International France and La Boîte à Bulleshave pub

Police/Legal/Prisons

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