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As immigration bill advances in Senate, unions and civil rights groups call for measures to ensure equality among immigrants May 22, 2013
After weeks of debate and hundreds of proposed amendments, the Senate Judiciary Committee overwhelmingly approved the comprehensive immigration reform bill, which will now be sent to the full Senate for consideration. Some immigrants rights groups are applauding the step, but many civil rights organizations, unions and LGBT rights groups are criticizing law […]
Undercover police in Chicago infiltrated and tracked activist groups, report finds May 22, 2013
Over the course of 2011 and 2012, local, county and federal law enforcement agents monitored and infiltrated the Occupy Wall Street movement through a vast nationwide network that often benefited corporations through information-sharing, funding contracts and hiring private security. That’s according to a year-long investigation by DBA Press and the Center f […]
In Latvia, former dissidents continue decades-long fight to clear false medical diagnoses May 22, 2013
In Latvia, people forced into psychiatric hospitals between the 1960s and 80s because of their religious and political views continue to fight for justice. Soviet leaders and the Committee for State Security or the KGB targeted dozens of dissidents who ended up diagnosed as mentally ill, locked up at institutions and forced to take debilitating drugs. Althou […]
Search and rescue continues in Oklahoma after massive tornado marks wide path May 21, 2013
Residents in Oklahoma are beginning the long process of recovery following yesterday afternoon’s massive tornado that created an extensive path of destruction, leveling entire neighborhoods. Today Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin described the damage after a tour of the region. read more
Lawmakers question Apple executives over billions in unpaid taxes May 21, 2013
In Washington DC today, lawmakers questioned Apple executives on how and why they used shell companies in Ireland, offshore accounts in several countries, and legal loopholes in the US to avoid paying billions in taxes. Several Senate Democrats said the report shows the need for Congress to close tax loopholes and collect more corporate tax revenue, especi […]
Families of undocumented immigrants protest in New York to halt separations May 21, 2013
In New York, families of detained undocumented immigrants protested last weekend against the detention and possible deportation of their family members. Many of these protestors were children whose fathers are in detention for deportation. FSRN's Salim Rizvi reports.