Month: June 2019

U.S. human trafficking report weakens child protection

June 25, 2019

Source: U.S. human trafficking report drops child separation warning Some lawmakers and human rights advocates have already questioned the report’s objectivity after Reuters disclosed on Tuesday that Pompeo declined to place Saudi Arabia on a list of countries that recruit child soldiers, dismissing his own experts’ findings that a Saudi-led coalition uses under-aged fighters in … More U.S. human trafficking report weakens child protection

How 7.4 Tons of Venezuela’s Gold Landed in Africa—and Vanished

June 18, 2019

Gold from AGR has made its way into supply chains at U.S. companies including General Motors Co., General Electric Co. and Starbucks Corp., the firms’ filings for 2018 with the Securities and Exchange Commission show, despite U.S. measures to discourage use of so-called conflict minerals from Congo. GM prohibits suppliers from using forced or involuntary … More How 7.4 Tons of Venezuela’s Gold Landed in Africa—and Vanished

RBG and Neil Gorsuch Teaming Up Couldn’t Stop a Bad Ruling in a Big Double Jeopardy Case

June 18, 2019

First, a slew of “early American courts” disfavored “the prospect of successive prosecutions by the Federal and State Governments.” So did the “Framers of the Bill of Rights,” as well as their preferred legal authorities. (For those counting, Gorsuch found that Alito’s “offence” theory was rejected by “Roman law,” “Athens,” and “the Jewish republic,” as … More RBG and Neil Gorsuch Teaming Up Couldn’t Stop a Bad Ruling in a Big Double Jeopardy Case

At HBCUs, crushing student loan debt is a symptom of even bigger problems

June 9, 2019

Student borrowers owe close to $1.5 trillion in student loan debt nationwide. However, when race is factored in, black college graduates owe — on average — $7,400 more than their white peers, and that number is expected to more than triple to $25,000 in the next few years, according to the Brookings Institution, a Washington, … More At HBCUs, crushing student loan debt is a symptom of even bigger problems

The Latest: US Energy Policy Hurts Young People, Lawyer Says | Oregon News | US News

June 4, 2019

The lawsuit asks the courts to declare federal energy policy that contributes to climate change unconstitutional, order the government to quickly phase out carbon dioxide emissions to a certain level by 2100 and mandate a national climate recovery plan. — Read on http://www.google.com/amp/s/www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oregon/articles/2019-06-04/the-latest-young-climate-activists-get-ready-for-court-test?context=amp