Mexico warns citizens in US after woman deported
Mexico is warning its citizens in the US to "take precautions" following the deportation of a Mexican woman who had lived in the US for more than 20 years.
bbc.com
India mulls universal basic income in the war on poverty
India is considering giving a small fixed income to its citizens each month in lieu of the current plethora of subsidies and social welfare schemes.
asia.nikkei.com
Army veterans return to Standing Rock to form a human shield against police
A growing group of military veterans are willing to put their bodies between Native American activists and the police trying to remove them.
angrybearblog.com
FBI terrorism taskforce investigating Standing Rock activists
FBI representatives have contacted several ‘water protectors’, raising alarm that an indigenous-led movement is being construed as domestic terrorism.
theguardian.com
Top Federal Reserve official resigns as bank deregulation looms
The Federal Reserve Board's top bank regulator said on Friday he would resign, giving a boost to President Donald Trump's plans to ease reforms put in place after the 2007-09 financial crisis.
reuters.com
UAW: Tesla workers interested in joining union
The United Auto Workers on Friday confirmed that some Tesla Motors Inc. workers have “approached” the union about organizing at the company’s plant in Fremont, California.
detroitnews.com
Donald Trump considering 'brand new' immigration order
Donald Trump has said he is considering signing a “brand-new” executive order on immigration, following the court ruling blocking his travel ban on Thursday.
theguardian.com
Finland's biggest trade union says a universal basic income is 'useless'
Finland's experiment with a universal basic income is unworkable and unaffordable, according to the country's biggest trade union.
businessinsider.com
Russia Today Is Expanding In France And Preparing To Launch A French TV Channel
The Russian broadcaster’s global influence is continuing to expand, with extra staff being hired ahead of the French presidential election – with a TV channel to follow by the end of the year.
buzzfeed.com
Weed Is Officially a Billion-Dollar Industry in Colorado
The state sold $1.3 billion in recreational and medical marijuana in 2016, though experts think the boom will eventually level off.
vice.com
Trump border 'wall' to cost $21.6 billion, take 3.5 years to build: internal report
President Donald Trump’s “wall” along the U.S.-Mexico border would be a series of fences and walls that would cost as much as $21.6 billion, and take more than three years to construct, based on a U.S. Department of Homeland Security internal report seen by Reuters on Thursday.
reuters.com
Top Advisor Scorches Exxon’s Harassment of Environmentalists in Her Resignation Letter
One of ExxonMobil's top independent ombudsmen resigned from her post this week with a scathing letter criticizing the company's harassment of nonprofit environmental organizations.
motherboard.vice.com
Forty-three percent of US children live in low-income families
Forty-three percent of all children in the United States live in low-income families, according to a report released late last month by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP).
wsws.org
