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Women’s groups, states resist Trump’s rollback of ACA contraceptive coverage
October 11, 2017“This is just the latest in the Trump administration’s ongoing assault on women’s health,” said Debra Ness of the National Partnership for Women and Families.
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Trump demands may derail Dreamers agreement
October 10, 2017"We told the president at our meeting we were open to reasonable border security measures alongside the Dream Act, but this list goes so far beyond that."
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NFL players union again defends members, against Trump and Pence
October 10, 2017The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA) has again had to defend its members’ rights to free speech.
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Arrest of People’s World reporter picked up by press freedom watchdog
October 6, 2017In 2017 there have been 31 arrests of journalists, 14 equipment searches and seizures, 28 physical attacks on them, and 4 border stops of journalists.
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Today in women’s history: Long live Fannie Lou Hamer
October 6, 2017On this day 100 years ago, October 6, 1917, Mississippi civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer was born in Montgomery County, Miss.
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