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  • How Apps, Quizzes and Data Was Used to Influence Voters

    Arturo Hilario El Observador With a few hidden camera videos British data firm Cambridge Analytica and social media website Facebook took a beating, in both their reputations and in Facebook’s case, a dip in their stock value. On March 20th British Channel 4 News ran a report in which...
  • Immigrant-Rights Groups Speak Out as Trump Visits CA

    Suzanne Potter California News Service California News Service LOS ANGELES – Even as President Donald Trump wraps up his first visit to the Golden State since the election, immigrant-rights groups are embracing California’s new nickname as the “State of Resistance.” Last September, the president ended the Deferred Action for...
  • From Marjory Stoneman Douglas Survivors and #NeverAgain Movement Founders

    March For Our Lives First of all, thank you. My friends and I are humbled, awed and deeply grateful for the support the business community has put into ensuring that tragedies like the one that happened at our school never happen again. Despite the grief and trauma and confusion...
  • School Shooting Survivors Demand Stricter Gun Control at FL Capitol

    Trimmel Gomes Public News Service TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With heavy hearts, students, who have become citizen lobbyists, met with lawmakers on Tuesday February 20th with one goal – to urge the passage of gun control measures. Hoping their tragic stories will spur lawmakers to act, a small group of...
  • Programas Después de Clases y de Verano, fuera del presupuesto de Trump

    Eric Tegethoff/Alfonso López-Collada Public News Service WHITE SALMON, Wash. – La Administración Trump propuso cortar por completo los fondos a los programas para después de clases y de verano. El dinero para los Centros Comunitarios de Aprendizaje Siglo 21 se reduce a cero en el presupuesto del presidente para 2019. Trump...
  • Florida School Shooting: Lawmaker Urges Action Beyond Thoughts and Prayers

    TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A South Florida lawmaker is calling on his colleagues in the state Legislature to do more than just extend thoughts and prayers in the wake of the latest mass shooting. Democratic Rep. Shevrin Jones of West Park took to Twitter to extend his thoughts and prayers...
  • Nassar Scandal Prompts Focus on Prevention, Protection, Accountability

    Mona Shand Public News Service LANSING, Mich. – The case of disgraced former Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar has prompted state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to look at funding, policy and structural changes to address the issue of sexual assault on college campuses. The Progressive Women’s...
  • Latino Groups Push Back on Citizenship Question for Census

    Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Latino groups are praising a protest letter sent to the Trump administration by state Attorney General Xavier Becerra and leaders from 17 other states opposing a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The Department of Justice recently asked the Census Bureau to add...
  • Oregon Law Protects Vulnerable Workers from Harassment

    Eric Tegethoff Public News Service SALEM, Ore. – Months before the #MeToo movement gained steam, Oregon lawmakers passed legislation to protect women working in the shadows, literally. Now that law is in effect. At the beginning of this year, janitorial contractors started joining a registry that ensures they’re in...
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