NEW YORK — Wearing white T-shirts with the message "We are All Human Beings," more than two dozen immigrant children and their parents joined Logic and Ryan Tedder on stage Monday night at the MTV Video Music Awards to protest President Donald Trump's separation and detention policy. The children, including...
Farmers Protest California Water Plan Aimed to Save Salmon
SACRAMENTO — Hundreds of California farmers rallied at the Capitol on Monday to protest state water officials' proposal to increase water flows in a major California river, a move state and federal politicians called an overreach of power that would mean less water for farms in the Central Valley. "If...
Tour de France Riders Sprayed With Tear Gas Amid Protest
BAGNERES-DE-LUCHON, France — After fans had caused chaos in the Alps by setting off flares, tear gas from police accidentally played havoc with Tour de France riders during the first stage in the Pyrenees on Tuesday. Four-time champion Chris Froome was among a large group of riders whose eyes needed...
Janz Presses Attack Against Trump & Nunes on Immigration
Democratic congressional candidate Andrew Janz of Fresno returned from his weekend trip to the U.S-Mexico border "disappointed" that he wasn't able to see the conditions there for incarcerated detainees. But the Fresno County prosecutor continues to press the attack against President Donald Trump's immigration policies. He remains on the offensive,...
Fresno Protests Planned at GOP Sanctuary State Law Meeting
Protesters vow to show up tonight (May 7) at a Republican meeting to discuss Senate Bill 54, the “California Values Act” that some call the “Sanctuary State” law. According to a Los Angeles Times story last week, the Fresno County Republican Party is hosting the meeting with county officials to...
Germans Rally to Jewish Community’s Defense
Weeks after the United States observed Holocaust Remembrance Day, residents of Berlin, Germany, are standing up to anti-Semitism in their city. It resulted from an experiment by an Israeli-Arab, who wore a kippa (or religious skullcap associated with Judaism) on the streets of Berlin. Adam Armoush hoped to demonstrate that...
Iran Protests Are Different This Time. Do You Know Why?
Roiling more than a dozen major cities, young Iranians are protesting against the country’s government. They appear to be particularly angered by the country’s funding of wars in Arab countries, such as Yemen and Syria, as Iranian citizens slide towards poverty. In the city of Kerman, demonstrators chanted that the...
Iran Protests Are Different This Time. Do You Know Why?
Roiling more than a dozen major cities, young Iranians are protesting against the country’s government. They appear to be particularly angered by the country’s funding of wars in Arab countries, such as Yemen and Syria, as Iranian citizens slide towards poverty. In the city of Kerman, demonstrators chanted that the...