Water Protectors Call for Global Mass Mobilizations as Army Plans to Approve Dakota Access Pipeline | Daily Digest 02/08/2017

ACLU: We're in a Dangerous Situation as Gov't Claims That Courts Have No Role Reviewing Muslim Ban & A Violation of Tribal & Human Rights: Standing Rock Chair Slams Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline & More Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González Wednesday, February 8, 2017 democracynow.org Stories Water Protectors Call for Global Mass Mobilizations as Army Plans to Approve Dakota Access Pipeline On Tuesday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday it will greenlight the final phase of construction of the pipeline. Amnesty International called the ... Read More → ACLU: We're in a Dangerous Situation as Gov't Claims That Courts Have No Role Reviewing Muslim Ban The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday on whether to restore President Donald Trump's executive order banning people from ... Read More → A Violation of Tribal & Human Rights: Standing Rock Chair Slams Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said Tuesday it will greenlight the final phase of construction for the Dakota Access pipeline, prompting indigenous-led water ... Read More → Inside the ACLU's Fight Against Trump's Muslim Ban, with the Attorney Whose Lawsuit First Halted It Within 24 hours of President Trump signing his executive order on immigration, the American Civil Liberties Union filed the first legal challenges. The ACLU ... Read More → Headlines → Army Corps to Greenlight Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline Seattle to Divest $3 Billion from Wells Fargo over Dakota Access Pipeline Senate Confirms Billionaire Betsy DeVos for Education Secretary Senator Warren Silenced After Reading Coretta Scott King's Letter on Floor Labor Sec. Pick Andrew Puzder Under Fire for Employing Undocumented Worker EPA Pick Scott Pruitt Sued for Withholding Emails with Oil & Gas Industry Appeals Court Hears Arguments over Trump's Muslim Ban Trump Falsely Claims U.S. Murder Rate is at Highest in 40 Years Trump Threatens to "Destroy" Career of Texas State Senator Yemen Bans U.S. from Running Military Ground Operations After Failed Raid Japan: Levels of Radiation at Fukushima Nuclear Plant are "Unimaginable" Forward this email → Donate today → Follow DN! IN THE NEWS PBS MetroFocus: Amy Goodman & Betsy West vs. Ken Kurson, Editor of the Observer, Jared Kushner's Old Publication TRUMP'S CABINET Watch our coverage of President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks WEB EXCLUSIVE Trans Reporter Lewis Wallace: In Trump Era, Journalists Urgently Need to Know What We Stand For WEB EXCLUSIVE Bodegas on Strike: Thousands of Yemeni-American Shop Owners & Workers Rally Against Trump's Muslim Ban COLUMN Frederick Douglass: Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand 207 W 25th St — 11th Floor — New York, NY — 10001 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License