A federal judge ordered the release of the children from ICE detention centers, saying “there is no more time for half the measures,” after 2,500 immigrants tested positive for coronavirus and an increase in infections in the United States. Judge Dolly M. Gee of the United States District Court for …
Read More »NASA pioneer Mary Jackson: how the ‘hidden figure’ became the space agency’s first black engineer
Earlier this week, NASA announced that it will rename its headquarters building in Washington DC after Mary W. Jackson, the space agency’s first black engineer. “Jackson began his career at NASA in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia,” NASA said in …
Read More »Judge: United States must release migrant children from family detention
HOUSTON – A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of children detained with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the prolonged detention of families by the Trump administration during the coronavirus pandemic. The order of the United States District Judge, Dolly Gee, applies to children detained for …
Read More »The EU will establish a ban on US travelers when the borders are reopened due to spikes in COVID-19
The European Union will ban the entry of most American travelers when the block reopens next week, and the United States will be deemed too risky for its recent increase in COVID-19 cases, The New York Times reports. The exclusion of the United States from a list of countries whose …
Read More »Minnesota sues Exxon and Koch Industries for damages caused by climate change
The oil and gas industry was affected by another lawsuit when Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced this week that his office is suing two of the nation’s largest oil companies, and the oil industry trade group, for a “30-year hoax campaign” over the impacts of climate change. At a …
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