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Women who desperately wanted to speak with the Department of Homeland Security’s secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, were instead brought outside where they could not attempt to plea for help. According to The Intercept, Nielsen visited several detention centers late last week. During a trip to Port Isabel, in Los Fresnos, Texas,…
A 12-year-old girl delivered a powerful speech at an immigration rally over the weekend. Meanwhile, President Trump on the same day called for undocumented immigrants to be deported “IMMEDIATELY.” “It makes me sad to know that children can’t be with their parents,” said the young girl, identified as Leah. “I…
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.) believes it’s time to get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and start over. “I don’t think ICE today is working as intended,” Gillibrand told Chris Cuomo on CNN. “I believe that it has become a deportation force. And I think you should separate…
In an optimistic ruling, a judge in California has ordered an official halt on families being separated at the border, and demanded that all children separated from their parents be reunited within 30 days. Children five and under must be brought back with their families within two weeks. And all…
According to White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, immigrants can receive justice without a judge present. “Just because you don’t see a judge doesn’t mean you don’t receive due process,” she said Monday. “The president would like to see us stop people from illegally entering the country at all,”…
Originally published on southerncompany.com. Georgia Power has been honored with a 2019 Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Well-Being Gold Award by the National Business Group on Health, a non-profit association of more than 440 large U.S. employers. The company received the award for providing one of the best offerings of…
Originally published on pressroom.toyota.com. Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announces it has developed a stationary fuel cell generator (FC generator) that makes use of the fuel cell system (FC system) equipped in the Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV). The FC generator has been installed within the Honsha Plant grounds in Toyota City,…
Originally published on boeing.mediaroom.com. Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Safran [EPA: SAF] announced today a joint investment in Electric Power Systems (EPS), a company offering a suite of safe, certifiable and lightweight energy storage products that provide high-quality power for aerospace and other markets. The joint investment will help EPS develop a highly…
Originally published on newsroom.wf.com. Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) today announced that Tracy Kerrins has been named chief information officer of Enterprise Functions Technology. Kerrins joins the company Oct. 21 reporting to Saul Van Beurden, head of Technology. She is based in Charlotte, N.C. “Tracy has a tremendous track record of…
Originally published on Sanofi.com. Sanofi and Abbott are partnering to integrate glucose sensing and insulin delivery technologies that would help to further simplify how people with diabetes manage their condition. The two companies will take an innovative approach to connected care by developing tools that combine the revolutionary FreeStyle Libre…
Choptank, a soon-to-open Baltimore restaurant came under fire for discrimination after a photo of their dress code posted outside their building went viral. They have since revised their dress code, which prohibited styles frequently worn by Black people. “Excessively baggy clothing,” pants worn low, shorts that hang below the knees,…
Pennsylvania Senator Michael Folmer was allowed to resign on Wednesday after being accused by police of having child pornography on his phone. Investigators found child pornography on Folmer’s phone while executing a search warrant at his Lebanon, Pennsylvania home, according to CNN. Law enforcement started investigating him after a tip…
A legal battle of epic proportions is brewing in California as it’s come to light that the Trump administration plans to revoke California’s long-standing right to set stricter air pollution standards for cars and light trucks, the Washington Post reported. It’s part of the president’s larger plans to undermine Obama-era…
Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski does not think that being honest is necessary and admitted lying before about his exchanges with President Donald Trump. On Tuesday during a testimony in Congress, Lewandowski acknowledged that “perhaps I was inaccurate” during a February interview on MSNBC. In that interview, Lewandowski said that he…
When it comes to New York City, Blackness and Harlem are synonymous. In 1968, Martin Luther King’s assassination spawned the meeting of 13 Black leaders in Harlem. The meeting discussed how the Black community needed to heal in light of the death of one of our greatest leaders. From that…
Kyle R. Canning, a judge in the rural upstate town of Altona, New York has resigned after posting an image of a noose on his Facebook page with the text, “IF WE WANT TO MAKE AMERICAN GREAT AGAIN WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE EVIL PEOPLE FEAR PUNISHMENT AGAIN.” In January…
Human rights and religious freedom are at odds in another court case. In a narrow Sept. 16 vote, the Arizona Supreme Court allowed for an exemption of Phoenix’s human rights ordinance that will allow wedding businesses to refuse services to same-sex couples. The 4–3 vote in Brush & Nib v….
Contractors with white ancestry earned $311,000 two years ago — as a minority-owned company, the Los Angeles Times reports. When the St. Louis, Missouri mayor announced the contract the town made with a Native American-owned company to demolish an old shoe factory, the community welcomed it. The area was still…
The Women’s March has cut ties with three founding board members — Linda Sarsour, Tamika Mallory and Mari Lynn “Bob” Bland — whose reputations have been tainted with claims of anti-Semitism. A press release announces the departure of the three board members and the appointment of 17 new members. It does…
Two white University of Arizona students were finally arrested after a brutal assault on a black student last week at the school. Student protests ensued after Matthew Frazier and Matthew Rawlings were arrested and charged with a mere misdemeanor assault. The two men are students at the university’s business college….
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