Iraq war veteran Brian Kolfage had raised the money through GoFundMe. On Friday, he said donations would go towards a non-profit he created to build the wall, rather than the U.S. government.
Source: www.npr.org/2019/01/12/684852688/more-than-20-million-crowdsourced-for-border-wall-will-be-refunded
And what we can do about it
Source: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-american-economy-is-rigged/
As technology transforms the nature of work in California, how do people most at risk find their way to new jobs?
Source: www.latimes.com/projects/la-pol-ca-next-california-work/
A team of sheriff’s deputies patrolling the Grapevine in northern L.A. County disproportionately stops and searches Latino drivers compared with other motorists, a Times investigation has found.
Source: www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-sheriff-latino-drug-stops-grapevine-20181004-htmlstory.html
A White House Council concluded that the war on poverty is “largely over.” But, while poverty among seniors has declined, poverty among adults and children as changed little over the last 40 years.
Source: theconversation.com/why-the-war-on-poverty-in-the-us-isnt-over-in-4-charts-99927
Trump won 79% of the vote in Poplar Bluff, Mo., and now jobs are vanishing because of the president’s aggressive trade wars. Still, locals fiercely support the president and his goal of pouring life back into dilapidated manufacturing communities â even if they end up losers.
Source: www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-missouri-town-tariff-20180705-story.html
Presidentâs tweets slamming OPEC have added $10 a barrel, Iran says
Teachers could face felony charges if they did not tell transgender students’ parents about their child’s identity or attempted to provide educational materials without parental consent.
Source: www.wcpo.com/news/state/state-ohio/proposed-ohio-law-would-force-teachers-to-out-transgender-youth
A new, previously suppressed report has grave implications for service members, veterans, and their families.
Source: newrepublic.com/article/149280/military-drinking-water-crisis-white-house-tried-hide
Ever gone to a check-cashing shop or a payday lender? I hadn’t either. The experience taught me that Americans who don’t have bank accounts and credit cards pay a lot in money â and time â to get their financial transactions completed.
Source: www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-emerge-finx-20180621-story.html