Voicemail from Istanbul
Donate to support FSRN November 24, 2014 I’m Jacob Resneck, and I’ve been reporting for FSRN for more than five years, the latter half from my base in Istanbul.There’s a lot happening in this...
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Indigenous activists renew calls to change the name of Washington’s NFL team
Football season is in full swing, as are renewed calls to change the name of the National Football League team from Washington DC. Earlier this year the U.S. Patent office canceled the trademark registration...
FSRN Weekly Edition – November 21 , 2014
Obama takes executive action on immigration; temporary legal status in reach for 5 million people Keystone XL pipeline defeated in the U.S. Senate by a one-vote margin Street Beat: Watch party reaction to Obama’s...
Obama executive action on immigration; temporary legal status in reach for 5 million people
President Barack Obama announced an executive action allowing about 5 million undocumented immigrants in the United States to obtain temporary legal status. Download Audio The president made the major immigration policy announcement Thursday night...
Street Beat: Watch party reaction to Obama’s immigration policy announcement
President Barack Obama announced several executive orders Thursday evening to fix what he calls, “a broken immigration system.” Addressing the nation from the White House, Obama laid out a sweeping plan that will ease...
Mexicans mark revolution anniversary with mass demonstrations for missing students
People across Mexico are marking the anniversary of the start of the 1910 revolution by demonstrating in solidarity with the parents of 43 missing students from the Ayotzinapa teachers college. The parents have spent...
Officials in India probe deaths in wake of sterilization campaign
Authorities in India are investigating the possible link between sub-standard and contaminated drugs and sterilization deaths in a central state this month. More than 15 women died and scores of others fell seriously ill...
Turkish authorities revive plans to demolish Istanbul’s Gezi Park
In Turkey, the government has revived plans to demolish Istanbul’s Gezi Park the flashpoint for last year’s anti-government protests that left at least eight people dead and 8,000 injured across the country. Jacob Resneck...
Keystone XL pipeline defeated in the U.S. Senate by a one-vote margin
The U.S. Senate failed to pass legislation by a one-vote margin late Tuesday to approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The dramatic vote, which comes just days after the House voted to approve...
Canada signs into law a new sex work law to replace one struck down as unconstitutional
New legislation on prostitution was recently voted into law by the Canadian Senate after months of debate and controversy. Although sex work abolitionists have praised the bill, dozens of associations of sex workers and...
