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Soundbite Services SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration won a battle in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday (6/4) effectively banning abortions for undocumented minors held in detention. Meanwhile, women’s-rights activists and some medical experts say the administration’s proposed “gag rule” on reproductive health could increase unintended pregnancies and...
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SCC SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF.— On Tuesday May 29 the County of Santa Clara led a nationwide coalition to fight the Trump Administration’s efforts to roll back women’s access to cost-free contraception. Together with the City of Oakland and 15 other cities, counties, and local agencies across the nation,...
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Co-op Housing Groups Offer Alternative Suzanne Potter California News Service OAKLAND Calif. – Groups that work on issues of poverty and housing are criticizing the Trump administration’s proposal to raise rents on low-income families and institute work requirements. On Wednesday, Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, announced...
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Now Trump is going to allow the importing of elephant “trophies” after all! Where do things stand overall now in the fight to protect endangered species, especially as wildlife now also face threats from climate change? Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer EarthTalk In what some see as another capitulation...
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Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR Will American Democracy end up practicing fascism under this Trump Administration? A review of history brings up the ‘fascist leadership’ of Italy’s Il Duce, Benito Mussolini, then an ally of Nazi Germany’s Hitler during WW II which ended during 1945. The Allied Forces led by...
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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...
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The Resistence remains firm Javier Sierra Sierra Club “I love Hispanics,” once proclaimed Donald Trump in celebration of 5 de Mayo. With friends like him, who needs enemies, as we Latinos have suffered enormously during his first year in office. The chaos of the Trump presidency can be summarized...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Some education advocates are criticizing President Donald Trump’s new 2019 budget proposal because it zeroes out funding for several programs that benefit students. The $4.4 trillion budget increases defense spending but envisions deep cuts in domestic spending. For example, it would...
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Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR Recently Mayor Sam Liccardo delivered his State of the City report at San Jose City College. Supervisor Joe Simitian, newly elected President, Board of Supervisors, made his State of the County report at the BOS Chambers. The State of California presentation was delivered by Governor...