Headlines for August 8, 2017
by mail@democracynow.org (Democracy Now!) from Democracy Now! on (#2YPWX)
- Landmark Gov't Reports Says Impacts of Climate Change Already Being Felt in U.S.
- After Trump Took Office, Agriculture Dept. Told Staff Not to Use Words "Climate Change"
- Report: 6.5% of World's GDP Funneled into Fossil Fuel Subsidies
- Pentagon Weighing Plan to Bomb ISIS in Philippines
- Report: U.S.-Led Bombing, Artillery Strikes Kill 18 Civilians in Raqqa, Syria
- North Korea Blasts U.N. Sanctions, Accuses U.S. of Pushing Peninsula to War
- Trump's Nominee for Agriculture Dept.'s Top Scientist Called Progressives "Race Traitors"
- Amid Nationwide Campaign, Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez Wins Stay of Deportation
- Yemenis Who Won U.S. Immigration Lottery Stranded by Trump's Travel Ban
- Kenyan Voters Head to Polls in Presidential Election
- Russia: Two Members of Pussy Riot Briefly Arrested at Demonstration
- India: Police Arrest Medha Patkar & 11 Other Activists Fighting Sardar Sarovar Dam
- Climate Activists Blockade Oil Train in Vancouver, Washington
- Puerto Rico: Control Board to Slash Pensions & Cut Workdays
- Judge Clears Way for Trial Against Military Psychologists Who Designed Bush Torture Program