Headlines for August 31, 2017
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#30TTA)
- Death Toll from Harvey at 38 as Port Arthur, TX Floods Completely
- Explosions at Arkema Chemical Plant Near Houston Follow Flooding
- North Korea Tensions Rise as Trump Tweets "Talking is Not the Answer!"
- Federal Court Halts Implementation of Texas Anti-Immigrant Law SB 4
- Immigration Protesters March on Trump Tower in Support of DACA
- ACLU: Immigration Agency Is Destroying Records of Human Rights Abuses
- Democratic Lawmakers Demand Hearing on Trump's Pardon of Joe Arpaio
- Afghanistan: U.S. Airstrike Kills at Least 11 Civilians
- Yemen: Saudi-Led Airstrike Kills 5 Civilians at Checkpoint
- Bangladesh: 18,000+ Rohingya Refugees Flee Government Violence in Burma
- Another Suspect Charged in Charlottesville Beating of African American
- Charlottesville Marchers Demand Justice Following White Supremacist Violence
- U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Says Trump Inciting Violence
- Los Angeles to Replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day
- Activists Bail Out Black Women, Calling for an End to Cash-Bail System