Migrant caravan members sue Trump for violating their 'constitutional rights'
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-03
Twelve Honduran migrants are getting a head start on becoming US citizens by embracing that most American of pastimes: the lawsuit. They are suing the Trump administration for violating their Fifth Amendment due process rights. | …
rt.com/usa/443012-migrants-sue-trump-border/

Harsh US Sanctions to Have Limited Effect on Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-03
For nearly 40 years since the Islamic Republic's 1979 revolution, ending a generation of US-installed fascist tyranny, Iran withstood the effects of multiple rounds of illegal US sanctions. | This time will likely be no different, Iran seeking ways to overcome … | The post Harsh US Sanctions to Have Limited Effect on Iran? appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/harsh-us-sanctions-to-have-limited-effect-on-iran/5658806

Turkey And Iraq To Get Exemptions From US Sanctions On Iran: Officials
Middle East Eye | iranian.com | 2018-11-03
Turkey and Iraq will receive exemptions from US sanctions on Iran when they come into force on Monday, according to officials from both countries. Three Iraqi officials said on Friday that the US has informed Baghdad it will be allowed to keep importing crucial gas, energy supplies and food items from Iran after Washington reimposes […] | The post Turkey And Iraq To Get Exemptions From US Sanctions On Iran: Officials appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/03/turkey-and-iraq-to-get-exemptions-from-us-sanctions-on-iran-officials/

As Sanctions Tighten, Washington Threatens Iran With "Military Might"
Keith Jones | iranian.com | 2018-11-03
The US is dramatically escalating its illegal, economic war against Iran, with the aim of crashing its economy and imposing a pro-US regime in Tehran akin to that of the despot Shah Reza Pahlavi. Beginning Monday, November 5, the US will embargo Iranian energy exports, which fund well over a third of the country's state […] | The post As Sanctions Tighten, Washington Threatens Iran With "Military Might" appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/03/as-sanctions-tighten-washington-threatens-iran-with-military-might/

General Soleimani Responds To President Trump
Ali Nejad | iranian.com | 2018-11-03
Earlier today President Donald Trump used "Game of Thrones" imagery and language to promote sanctions against Iran. The Tweet featured a text overlay reading "Sanctions are coming." The font of the text is a near-match of the style used in HBO's mega-popular fantasy television series. The text itself appears to imitate "Winter is coming," one […] | The post General Soleimani Responds To President Trump appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/03/general-soleimani-responds-to-president-trump/

Washington Imposes New Sanctions Against Venezuela and Cuba
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-03
US National Security Adviser John Bolton announced an escalation of US sanctions against Cuba and Venezuela during a bellicose speech delivered in Miami on Thursday to an invitation-only audience of right-wing exiles and Republican functionaries. | Bolton's speech on the Trump … | The post Washington Imposes New Sanctions Against Venezuela and Cuba appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/washington-imposes-new-sanctions-against-venezuela-and-cuba/5658814

Iran Claims It Started Production Of New Warplane
RFE | iranian.com | 2018-11-03
Defense Minister Amir Hatami has claimed that Iran has started production of the locally-designed Kowsar fighter plane for use in its air force, state television reported, as tensions mount with the United States after the reimposition of U.S. sanctions on Tehran. "Soon the needed number of this plane will be produced and put at the […] | The post Iran Claims It Started Production Of New Warplane appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/03/iran-claims-it-started-production-of-new-warplane/

Selected Articles: Trump Sanctions, War Crimes in Syria
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-03
Consider Making a Donation to Global Research | While "Truth" is a powerful instrument, "the Lie" is generously funded by the lobby groups and corporate charities. And that is why we need the support of our readers. | When the Lie becomes … | The post Selected Articles: Trump Sanctions, War Crimes in Syria appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-trump-sanctions-war-crimes-in-syria/5658768

Warehousing Immigrant Children in the Texas Desert
Victoria López | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-03
Since June, the federal government has been operating a massive tent city in the West Texas desert to detain immigrant children who have traveled to the United States seeking protection from persecution and abuse in their home countries. | Last week, … | The post Warehousing Immigrant Children in the Texas Desert appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/warehousing-immigrant-children-in-the-texas-desert/5658821

Florida's Amendment 4 Would Restore Voting Rights to 1.4 Million People
Alice Speri | theintercept.com | 2018-11-03
Stefanie Anglin is a grandmother, business owner, and convicted felon, though when she's out on the streets of Orlando, Florida, knocking on prospective voters' doors, she introduces herself by the latter. | Then, she usually tells people that she can't vote — along with 1.68 million other Florida residents who have felony convictions, 10 percent of the state's adult population, and 1 in 5 African-Americans. Across the country, over 6 million people can't vote because of felony convictions. Only two states, Maine and Vermont, allow prisoners to vote; most restore voting rights at some point between release…
theintercept.com/2018/11/03/florida-felon-voting-rights-amendment-4/

Michelle Obama Urges NAACP Supporters to Get Out and Vote on Election Day
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-11-03
BALTIMORE (November 3, 2018)–Former First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, joins NAACP, the nation's largest civil rights organization, in its civic engagement campaign to increase African American voter turnout on Election Day, November 6. Mrs. Obama's collaboration comes in form of a Public Service Announcement (PSA) where she urges viewers to use their […] | The post Michelle Obama Urges NAACP Supporters to Get Out and Vote on Election Day appeared first on
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National NAACP President in Orlando for Souls to Polls Get Out the Vote Events
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-11-03
Civil Rights Leader to Visit Several Churches in Orlando During First Sunday to Mobilize Black Voters ORLANDO (November 2, 2018)–In the race toward a groundbreaking midterm election which could determine the fate of Florida and the nation for years to come, the leader of the nation's foremost civil rights organization will travel to Orlando […] | The post National NAACP President in Orlando for Souls to Polls Get Out the Vote Events appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/national-naacp-president-orlando-souls-polls-get-vote-events/

Washington imposes new sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-03
Bolton's speech on the Trump administration's policy toward Latin America amounted to a demand for regime change in Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/03/bolt…

US expands illegal, unilateral sanctions against Iran
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-03
The measures Washington outlined yesterday are tantamount to a declaration of war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/03/iran…

Trump wishes luck to his 'doppelganger' Alec Baldwin as he faces assault & harassment charges
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-03
President Donald Trump has offered his mimic-in-chief, Alec Baldwin, some rare words of support after the actor –known for impersonating him on SNL– was detained for punching a man in the face during a parking spot brawl in NYC. | …
rt.com/usa/443011-trump-wishes-luck-baldwin/

Big Banks Just Flunked Their Own Test on Climate, Indigenous Rights
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2018-11-03
On October 16, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Crédit Agricole and 91 other global banks met in Washington, DC, to revise the Equator Principles, industry-led due diligence standards meant to prevent banks from supporting environmentally and socially harmful projects. | On the very same day, in a bitter irony, many of those same banks re-upped t…
truthout.org/articles/big-banks-just-flunked-their-own-test-on-climate-indigenous-rights/

Grand Theft Voting Rights
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2018-11-03
As soon as it became clear that Donald Trump lost the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes in the 2016 election, he started looking for a pretext to explain his failure to pass the most basic test of democratic legitimacy. | Trump conjured up the most outrageous and transparent lies to explain his loss, grumbling about widespread voter fraud and blaming "the millions of people who voted illegally" for depriving him of a popular vote victory. | But these lies were more than an incurable megalomaniac trying to save face in front of a skeptical world. Soon after his inauguration, Trump moved to act on his lies, cr…
truthout.org/articles/grand-theft-voting-rights/

Noam Chomsky: Members of Migrant Caravan Are Fleeing from Misery & Horrors Created by the U.S
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-02
As President Trump escalated his attacks and threats against the Central American migrant caravans making their way to the U.S.-Mexico border, the Trump administration unveiled new sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba on Thursday. National security adviser John Bolton declared Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua to be part of a "troika of tyranny" and a "triangle of terror." We speak with world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky about U.S. foreign policy in Central America. He joins us in Tucson, Arizona, where he now teaches at the University of Arizona. Chomsky is also institute professor emeritu…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/2/noam_chom…

Noam Chomsky: Migrant Caravan Is Fleeing From Horrors Created by US
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-11-02
As President Trump escalated his attacks and threats against the Central American migrant caravans making their way to the US-Mexico border, the Trump administration unveiled new sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba on Thursday. National security adviser John Bolton declared Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua to be part of a "troika of tyranny" and a "triangle of terror." We speak with world-renowned professor, linguist and dissident Noam Chomsky about US foreign policy in Central America. He joins us in Tucson, Arizona, where he now teaches at the University of Arizona. Chomsky is also institute professor emeritus…
truthout.org/video/noam-chomsky-migrant-caravan-is-fleeing-from-horrors-created-by-us/

The Long-term Consequences of Trump's Campaign Against Iran
Patrick Lawrence | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-02
The U.S. is going for the jugular with new Iran sanctions intended to punish those who trade with Teheran. But the U.S. may have a fight on its hands in a possible post- WWII turning-point . | The post The Long-term Consequences of Trump's Campaign Against Iran appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/the-long-term-consequences-of-trumps-campaign-against-iran/251373/

New Iran Sanctions Risk Long-Term US Isolation
Patrick Lawrence | iranian.com | 2018-11-02
The U.S. is going for the jugular with new Iran sanctions intended to punish those who trade with Tehran. But the U.S. may have a fight on its hands in a possible post- WWII turning-point, writes Patrick Lawrence. The next step in the Trump administration's "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran comes this Sunday, Nov. 4, […] | The post New Iran Sanctions Risk Long-Term US Isolation appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/02/iran-sanctions-risk-long-term-us-isolation/

New Iran Sanctions Risk Long-term US Isolation
Patrick Lawrence | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-02
The next step in the Trump administration's "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran comes this Sunday, Nov. 4, when the most severe sanctions will be imposed on the Islamic Republic. Crucially, they apply not only to Iran but to anyone who … | The post New Iran Sanctions Risk Long-term US Isolation appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/new-iran-sanctions-risk-long-term-us-isolation/5658745

President Trump Sends His Most Direct Warning To Iran Yet
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2018-11-02
Having reportedly 'folded' by agreeing to let eight countries – including Japan, India and South Korea – keep buying Iranian oil after it reimposes sanctions on the OPEC producer next week, it seems President Trump wanted to show how tough he is once again. In what can only be described as a 'Game Of Thrones'-style tweet, the […] | The post President Trump Sends His Most Direct Warning To Iran Yet… appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/02/trump-warning-iran/

By Way Of Deception — False Flag Terror Acts Press Europe To Sanction Iran
Moon of Alabama | iranian.com | 2018-11-02
Israels secret service Mossad, with the CIA behind it, is framing Iran with alleged assassination plots in Europe. In September a terror attack killed some 30 people in Iran. Two entities, an Arab separatist movement as well as the Islamic State terror group ISIS, took responsibility. After an investigation Iran found that it was ISIS […] | The post By Way Of Deception — False Flag Terror Acts Press Europe To Sanction Iran appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/02/false-flag-terror-acts-press-europe-to-sanction-iran/

Trump Administration Reimposes Iran Sanctions Lifted in Nuclear Deal
Staff | truthdig.com | 2018-11-02
WASHINGTON–The Trump administration on Friday announced the reimposition of all U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal, ramping up economic pressure on the Islamic Republic as President Donald Trump completed the unraveling of what had been one of his predecessor's signature foreign policy achievements. | The sanctions, which will take effect on Monday, cover Iran's shipping, financial and energy sectors and are the second batch the administration has reimposed since Trump withdrew from the landmark accord in May. The rollback ends U.S. participation in the nuclear deal, whi…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-administration-reimposes-iran-sanctions-lifted-in-nuclear-deal/

Brazilian social leader: 'We defeated the military dictatorship, we'll defeat Bolsonaro'
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-02
Shockwaves were sent around the world when fascist candidate Jair Bolsonaro won 55% in the second round in Brazil's presidential elections on October 28, defeating Fernando Haddad of the Workers' Party (PT). | Infamous for his support for torture and military dictatorship as well as extreme bigotry towards women, the LGBTI community and indigenous peoples, millions in Brazil and globally were horrified and frightened. Not so investors, with Brazil's stock market soaring to new highs on the news of the win by a candidate who has pledged to open up all of Brazil — including ecologically crucial sections of th…
greenleft.org.au/content/brazilian-social-leader-we-defeated-military-dictatorship-well-defeat-bolsonaro

Protests force Morrison to get kids off Nauru
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-02
Just days after the latest — and largest — round of #KidsOffNauru protests, the federal government has said all children will be removed from Nauru by the end of the year. | Refugee rights organisations held mass protests in Sydney and Melbourne on October 27, with protesters chanting: "Kids off! All off! Close the camps now!" | Mehdi, an Iranian refugee on Nauru, addressed the Melbourne rally by phone. Mehdi said: "Five years of suffering and torture. We are the walking dead." | Abdul Aziz Adam, speaking from Manus Island, thanked rally participants, saying "your protest means a lot to us". | He expl…
greenleft.org.au/content/protests-force-morrison-get-kids-nauru

Signature Match Laws Disproportionately Impact Voters Already on the Margins
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-02
Absentee ballots should make voting more accessible. Signature match laws should not be used to disenfranchise marginalized voters. | We sign things all the time — to pay for groceries with a credit card or end a letter to a friend, for example. Rarely do our signatures come under scrutiny. Yet, a number of states are denying people the right to vote because the signature on their absentee ballot — and sometimes even on their application for a ballot itself– doesn't exactly match their signature on the voter registration rolls. And in many cases, the state does not even tell the affected voter t…
aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/signature-match-laws-disproportionately-impact-voters-already-margins

Catholic Social Services Wants a License to Discriminate Against LGBTQ Foster Families
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-02
The needs of those in the child welfare system should come first, not the religious preferences of agencies receiving taxpayer funds to care for them. | On Tuesday, a federal appeals court will hear oral argument in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, a case of great concern to advocates for children in foster care, the LGBTQ community, faith leaders, and states that are committed to ensuring non-discrimination in government programs. The ACLU is arguing in court for the Support Center for Child Advocates and Philadelphia Family Pride, who have inter…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/lgbt-parenting/catholic-social-services-wants-license-discriminate-against-lgbtq

Running for human rights: Palestine needs support
stuart_m | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-02
As I walked through the tight alleyways of Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza earlier this year, I was followed by dozens of curious barefoot children, fascinated that a foreigner had made them a visit. The siege on Gaza has made it nearly impossible for outsiders to enter. | With the children a few steps behind me, smiling and giggling, I made my way through the dusty camp, being greeted and welcomed by Palestinians who came to their doorways as we passed. | I gratefully accepted an invitation from a fisher's wife to come into their home to see how they lived. She offered me tea on a small silver tray as we…
greenleft.org.au/content/running-human-rights-palestine-needs-support

NAACP Partners with Lawyers Committee on Georgia Win against 'Exact Match' Voter Software
Regan Farley | naacp.org | 2018-11-02
ATLANTA-In a race marred by blatant examples of voter suppression and voting machine irregularities the NAACP Georgia State Conference partnering with Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law won an injunction against the use of the controversial voter regulating software –Exact Match. In the ruling which challenged Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp's decision to […] | The post NAACP Partners with Lawyers Committee on Georgia Win against 'Exact Match' Voter Software appeared first o…
naacp.org/latest/naacp-partners-lawyers-committee-georgia-win-exact-match-voter-software/

NAACP Enlists Support from Wanda Sykes to Get Out the Vote on November 6
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-11-02
BALTIMORE(October 30, 2018) ≠ ≠–NAACP, the nation's foremost civil rights organization, has collaborated with award-winning actress and comedian, Wanda Sykes, to release a critical public service announcement (PSA) activating the Black community to turn out the vote on November 6. In the PSA, Sykes makes note that elections are no joking matter. "We know that you'll show up when it's time […] | The post NAACP Enlists Support from Wanda Sykes to Get Out the Vote on November 6. appeared first on
naacp.org/latest/naacp-enlists-support-wanda-sykes-get-vote-november-6/

As sanctions tighten, Washington threatens Iran with "military might"
wsws | wsws.org | 2018-11-02
The US is dramatically escalating its illegal, economic war against Iran, with the aim of crashing its economy and imposing a pro-US regime in Tehran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/02/irpo…

Trump to reinstate all US sanctions on Iran, targeting over 700 entities & individuals
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-02
All sanctions on Iran lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal will be back in force on November 5, the US administration has announced. | …
rt.com/usa/442966-trump-iran-sanctions-return/

'Sanctions are coming': Trump's Game of Thrones Iran threat unleashes internet wildfire
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-02
US President Donald Trump's decision to use a Game of Thrones themed picture to threaten Iran with sanctions has set off social media like a band of wildlings attacking a freefolk village. | …
rt.com/usa/442995-trump-game-of-thrones-iran/

Migrants who throw rocks will be arrested, not shot — Trump
RT | rt.com | 2018-11-02
Walking back his previous comments, US President Donald Trump said that illegal migrants who attack the US military with rocks will not be fired upon, but will be detained. | …
rt.com/usa/442996-migrants-not-shot-border-trump/

John Bolton Praises Openly Fascist Jair Bolsonaro as 'Like-Minded' Ally
Jake Johnson | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-02
(CD) — Declaring not just sympathy but outright admiration for a fascist who has threatened violence against his leftist political opponents, celebrated the use of torture, and promised to give the police free rein to murder at will, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday praised Brazil's newly elected strongman President Jair Bolsonaro as a "like-minded" partner who shares …

John Bolton Praises Openly Fascist Jair Bolsonaro as 'Like-Minded' Ally

Letter To Trump Administration On Sanctions Snapback
Jamal Abdi | iranian.com | 2018-11-01
Secretaries Pompeo and Mnuchin, The re-imposition of U.S. secondary economic sanctions against Iran as part of the administration's "maximum pressure" campaign has raised deep concerns in the Iranian-American community and across the globe. These sanctions follow President Donald Trump's unilateral decision to withdraw the U.S. from the July 2015 Iran nuclear deal (known as the […] | The post Letter To Trump Administration On Sanctions Snapback appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/01/letter-to-trump-administration-on-sanctions-snapback/

American Terror is Not New
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-01
There were hate crimes before Donald Trump ran for president, most of them sanctioned by the state, including anti-black violence, as old as white settlement on this continent, says Margaret Kimberley of Black Agenda Report. American Terror is Not New… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/01/american-terror-is-not-new/

New Iran Sanctions Risk Long-term US Isolation
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-01
The U.S. is going for the jugular with new Iran sanctions intended to punish those who trade with Teheran. But the U.S. may have a fight on its hands in a possible post- WWII turning-point, writes Patrick Lawrence. New Iran… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/01/new-iran-sanctions-risk-long-term-us-isolation/

Get This, US Blames Iran For Impoverishing Civilians While Prepping Further Sanctions
Caitlin Johnstone | iranian.com | 2018-11-01
The United States government is preparing to implement an additional level of sanctions against Iran for its refusal to meet a dozen demands that are so absurdly unreasonable that they have been called a regime change policy in all but name. The sanctions which have already been implemented have already badly hurt the Iranian economy, the sting of […] | The post Get This, US Blames Iran For Impoverishing Civilians While Prepping Further Sanctions appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/01/us-blames-iran-for-impoverishing-civilians/

Warehousing Immigrant Children in the Texas Desert
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-01
The Tornillo detention camp represents a major shift in the policy and practice of putting the best interests of the child first. | Since June, the federal government has been operating a massive tent city in the West Texas desert to detain immigrant children who have traveled to the United States seeking protection from persecution and abuse in their home countries. | Last week, I visited the Tornillo detention camp with colleagues from the ACLU of Texas. There are currently over 1,000 unaccompanied immigrant kids at Tornillo, most from Central America, who were transferred from long-term shelter placements. Th…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/immigrants-rights-and-detention/warehousing-immigrant-children-texas-desert

Morrison's promise to get kids off Nauru shows we're winning
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-01
Prime Minister Scott Morrison's announcement that all refugee children will be removed from Nauru by the end of the year demonstrates that the refugee rights movement is winning. | The campaign has been building over the past months and sentiment in favour of kids and their families being evacuated from Nauru has penetrated deeply into Australian society. | The presence of prominent personalities like Jimmy Barnes at the Sydney refugee rally on October 27 was a reflection of the breadth of support for refugees, as was the large number of people who were at their first refugee rally because they felt they "had to…
greenleft.org.au/content/morrisons-promise-get-kids-nauru-shows-were-winning

NAACP Text's Out the Vote to Re-Engage Infrequent Voters
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2018-11-01
Calls for Volunteers to Use Peer-to-Peer texting app, Hustle, to Reach Voters Across Six Target States BALTIMORE(November 1, 2018)– NAACP, the nation's foremost civil rights organization, ramps up its civic engagement activities by recruiting its volunteer base in a massive peer-to-peer texting campaign. The organization aims to recruit 2,000 volunteers for the campaign. Using the […] | The post NAACP Text's Out the Vote to Re-Engage Infrequent Voters appeared first on NAACP.
naacp.org/latest/naacp-texts-vote-re-engage-infrequent-voters/

US Blames Iran for Impoverishing Civilians While Prepping Further Sanctions
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-01
(CJ Opinion) — The United States government is preparing to implement an additional level of sanctions against Iran for its refusal to meet a dozen demands that are so absurdly unreasonable that they have been called a regime change policy in all but name. The sanctions which have already been implemented have already badly hurt the Iranian economy, the sting …

US Blames Iran for Impoverishing Civilians While Prepping Further Sanctions

Birthright Citizenship Expert: This Is Not a Diversion, Trump Has Pushed Radical Plan for Years
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-31
President Trump claimed that he can rewrite the Constitution and end birthright citizenship in the United States in an interview released Tuesday, sparking widespread outrage. Trump told the news outlet Axios that he planned to sign an executive order ending citizenship for children of noncitizens born on U.S. soil. Civil rights groups, legal experts and politicians on both sides of the aisle are blasting Trump for his comments, including the false claim that the U.S. is the only country with birthright laws. In fact, at least 30 other countries have similar laws, including Canada, Mexico and Cuba. We speak with…
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/31/birthrig…

How African Americans Fought For & Won Birthright Citizenship 150 Years Before Trump Tried to End It
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-10-31
As President Trump claims that he can end birthright citizenship in the United States, we speak with professor Martha Jones about the history of the 14th Amendment, which states, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside." Martha Jones is the author of "Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America." She is the Society of Black Alumni presidential professor and professor of history at Johns Hopkins University.
www.democracynow.org/2018/10/31/how_afri…

FRSO leader condemns Trump's plan for executive order against birthright citizenship
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2018-10-31
San Jose, CA — "Coast to coast – the Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns President Trump's plan to issue an executive order against birthright citizenship," said Masao Suzuki, chair of the FRSO Joint Nationalities Commission. Suzuki said that proposed executive order would be the most infamous presidential order since President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which led to the incarceration of over 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent in concentrations camps during World War II. | Suzuki pointed out that fight for citizenship rights date back to Dred Scott, whose fight for freedom ended in 1…
www.fightbacknews.org/2018/10/30/frso-le…

Ohio's Congressional Map is Broken. Here Are 3 Ways to Fix It
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-31
Ohio's map consistently gives Republicans 75 percent of the states' congressional seats, regardless of the votes they earn. | As Ohio voters head to the polls next week, many will struggle to overcome congressional districts that have allowed politicians to choose their voters instead of the other way around. | Thanks to an aggressive redistricting operation, Ohio's current congressional map, enacted in December 2011, is gerrymandered to lock in a 12-to-4 district advantage for Republican candidates. | In each subsequent election, it has w…
aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/gerrymandering/ohios-congressional-map-broken-here-are-3-ways-fix-it

Employees Who Have Babies Are Still Getting the Axe
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-10-31
Forty years after Congress passed the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, discrimination against pregnant and breastfeeding workers remains rampant. | Forty years ago, working women in the United States won the legal protection to become working mothers. On Oct. 31, 1978, Congress enacted the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, making it illegal for employers to deny a woman a job — or promotion, or higher pay, or any other opportunity — because she is pregnant. | The statute had an immediate, dramatic impact on women's ability to fully participate in the workforce. Although on-the-job sex discrimination had bee…
aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/pregnancy-and-parenting-discrimination/employees-who-have-babies-are-still