Articles by Shelley Connor
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Trump Administration Revokes Transgender Rights Guidance Issued by Obama Administration
Shelley Connor | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Feb 2017
23 Feb 2017 – In May 2016 President Barack Obama instructed public schools to allow transgender students to use the bathroom they felt most comfortable using. On February 22, President Trump rescinded the instructions, arguing that states and public schools have a right to discriminate against transgender students without interference from the federal government.
→ read full articleNorth Dakota Senate Passes Bills Criminalizing Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
Shelley Connor | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
27 Feb 2017
On Thursday [16 Feb 2017], North Dakota’s Senate passed three separate bills aimed directly at anti-DAPL protesters. The bills significantly curtail protest rights and impose stiff penalties on protesters who run afoul of local or state law enforcement. One bill imposes sentencing of up to 20 years in prison.
→ read full articlePolice, National Guard Raid Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Camp, Arrest 76
Shelley Connor | WSWS – TRANSCEND Media Service,
6 Feb 2017
With assistance from the National Guard, police raided a protest camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota near the Dakota Access pipeline site on Feb 1, evicting and arresting seventy-six protesters opposed to the completion of the pipeline.
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