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Small grocery store throws away $35K worth of food after woman allegedly coughs on it
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 16 Comments • 3 Likes • 6 years ago
A grocery store in northeastern Pennsylvania says it was forced to throw away over $35,000 worth of food out of concern over the coronavirus pandemic after a woman deliberately coughed over it. The co-owner of Gerrity's Supermarket, Joe Fasula, said the woman purposefully coughed on food in...
'Huge Victory' for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as Federal Court Rules DAPL Permits Violated Law
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 41 Comments • 9 Likes • 6 years ago
“"This is what the tribe has been fighting for many months. Their fearless organizing continues to change the game."”
A federal judge handed down a major victory for the Standing Rock Sioux tribe of North Dakota on Wednesday, ruling that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act by approving federal permits for the Dakota Access Pipeline. The USACE must complete a full...
Scientists treat coronavirus COVID-19 with malaria drug and it worked
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 38 Comments • 5 Likes • 6 years ago
“A combination of drugs that include an anti-malaria drug have been used to treat COVID-19, and it was successful”
As we move forward with dealing with the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, scientists are working around the clock to look for cures and ways to treat the virus. A recent study has been published in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents and has discovered that a combination of a...
A Broken Trust: Sexual Assault And Justice On Tribal Lands
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 4 Comments • 1 Like • 6 years ago
“Sexual assault investigations can fall through the cracks when tribes and the federal government fail to work together.”
Twila Szymanski lowers the scope on her rifle, takes aim and hits a target in the distance. The shooting range is where she and her husband go to relax and forget the things they've been worrying about, she said. But some experiences are hard to shake. "To trust somebody you know after a...
Native American Senior Civil Rights Official at the Department of Energy Receives Significant Discrimination Settlement from Agency
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 5 Comments • 2 Likes • 6 years ago
“Official spoke up about racist sports images and suffered retaliation”
Washington, DC (March 10, 2020) — Jody TallBear, a Native American attorney in the Department of Energy’s Office of Economic Impact and Diversity, reached a $200,000 settlement agreement with the United States Department of Energy in connection with Title VII claims she brought against Energy...
A story of abuse and perseverance
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 1 Comments • 2 Likes • 6 years ago
“‘The Girl in the Photograph’ by former Senator Byron Dorgan tells the story of overcoming a terrible past”
Byron Dorgan saw firsthand the complexities of life on reservations serving as a United States senator and congressman for thirty years. Now he’s released his latest book on a girl who suffered terrible abuse in foster care, "The Girl in the Photograph: The True Story of a Native American Child,...
Why Do Such Elderly People Run America?
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 18 Comments • 6 years ago
“Sanders is too old. So is Biden. Trump too.”
When Joe Biden climbed to the stage in California to celebrate his Super Tuesday comeback in the Democratic primary, three things happened in a matter of minutes. He basked in the thunderous applause from the crowd. He mistook his wife for his sister. And he delivered the sort of confusing,...
Michael Bloomberg to suspend presidential campaign
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 154 Comments • 10 Likes • 6 years ago
Michael Bloomberg, who spent hundreds of millions of dollars to self-fund his 2020 presidential run, announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign after a poor performance on Super Tuesday, according to a source familiar. The state of play: Bloomberg opted to skip campaigning in early...
U.S., Taliban sign deal aimed at ending war in Afghanistan
Via: 1stwarrior • News & Politics • 69 Comments • 6 Likes • 6 years ago
The United States signed a peace agreement with Taliban militants on Saturday aimed at bringing an end to 18 years of bloodshed in Afghanistan and allowing U.S. troops to return home from America's longest war. Under the agreement, the U.S. would draw its forces down to 8,600 from 13,000 in the...