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PNS Daily Newscast - August 22, 2019 


The latest Trump child-detention policy sparks harsh criticism. Also on the Thursday rundown: New York sues the EPA over Hudson River PCBs.

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Civil Rights

Fort Monroe in Hampton, Va., is the site where the first ship bearing enslaved Africans landed in the English colonies in August 1619. (National Park Service)
400th Anniversary of Birth of U.S. Slavery to be Commemorated in VA
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
HAMPTON, Va. – Events marking the 400th anniversary of the birth of slavery in the United States will take place in Hampton this weekend ...Read More
South Dakota's new state law requiring public schools to display the motto,
'In God We Trust' Motto Greets Returning SD Students
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The mandatory display of the motto "In God We Trust" will greet South Dakota students when they return to public schools on ...Read More
About 80% of confirmed judges under the Trump administration are male and around 90% of them are white, according to the Congressional Research Service. (QuinceMedia/Pixabay)
Trump's White, Conservative Judges Will Decide Decades of Civil Rights
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A judicial watchdog group says Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has created an "assembly line" for approving ...Read More
According to the Department of Homeland Security, an estimated 13.2 million Lawful Permanent Residents or green-card holders currently live in the United States. (Adobe Stock)
Green-Card Applicants Face Hurdles Under Federal Rule Change
Friday, August 16, 2019
LANSING, Mich. – Local experts say the latest changes to federal immigration laws would have damaging ripple effects on Michigan's immigrant ...Read More
Maryland’s new panel to examine the state's history of racially motivated lynchings will hold public hearings throughout the state over the next three years. (Adobe Stock)
Nation’s First Commission on Racist Lynching Starts in Maryland
Thursday, August 15, 2019
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Maryland this week launched a commission to examine the state's history of racially motivated lynchings. It's the first ...Read More
New Mexico's governor wants to make sure the state is one step ahead of a domestic terrorism act similar to the one earlier this month just 50 miles from Las Cruces, the state's second largest city. (PatrickFeller/Flickr)
New Mexico Explores Measures to Combat Domestic Terrorism
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
SANTA FE, N.M. — The risk of domestic terrorism will be discussed at a summit in Santa Fe on Wednesday with the goal of preventing a deadly ...Read More
Advocates say teaching the history of LGBTQ rights and disability rights in Maryland schools can help underrepresented students feel more accepted in the classroom. (Manny DaCunha/Adobe Stock)
MD to Teach LGBTQ, Disability Rights History in Schools
Monday, August 12, 2019
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Maryland Department of Education says it is looking to add curriculum that explores the history of the LGBTQ rights and ...Read More
More than half of the Trump administration's trade war bailouts for farmers went to just one tenth of the program's recipients. (United Soybean Board/Flickr)
Small Farms, Minority Farmers Left Behind in Trade War Subsidies
Thursday, August 8, 2019
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Farm subsidies meant to offset the impacts of the Trump administration's trade war have been swept up by the nation's largest ...Read More
Immigration advocates fear the new rule will lead to massive ICE raids in communities across the country. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Lawsuit Seeks to Overturn New Fast-Track Deportation Rule
Thursday, August 8, 2019
HARTFORD, Conn. – Immigrants' rights advocates say a new rule expanding fast-track deportations is unconstitutional, and they've filed suit in ...Read More
The Idaho Speaks town-hall tour came to Coeur d'Alene on July 30, packing the meeting hall. (Reclaim Idaho)
Idahoans Speak Up About Legislative Attempt to Curtail Citizen Initiatives
Monday, August 5, 2019
TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Critics of a bid by Idaho legislators to restrict the citizen initiative process continue their tour across the state ...Read More
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