- Amid continuing fallout from the 2016 Brexit vote, there’s growing concern in Britain over allegations of covert Russian influence in UK elections with the discovery of over 400 fake Twitter accounts run by the Russian Internet Research Agency. (“Russia Used Hundreds of Fake Accounts to Tweet about Brexit, Data Shows,” The Guardian, Nov. 14, 2017; “Brexit, the Ministers, the Professor and the Spy: How Russia Pulls Strings in UK,” The Guardian, Nov. 4, 2017)
- On Nov. 6, the Trump administration announced that in January 2019 it will end Temporary Protected Status that was given to 5,300 Nicaraguan immigrants that protects them from deportation. The White House also said the program would be extended for some 86,000 Honduran immigrants until July 2018, but added it could then be terminated. Thousands of Nicaraguans and Hondurans were given the special status in 1999 after Hurricane Mitch devastated Central America. New announcements are expected in coming weeks on the TPS status of thousands of Haitians and Salvadorians. (“A New Bill Would Allow All TPS Recipients to Apply for Permanent Residency,” Miami Herald, Nov. 13, 2017; “Black Immigrants Call on Congress to Extend Temporary Protected Status,” ThinkProgress, Nov. 16, 2017;“Hondurans in US Live in Limbo Amid TPS Uncertainty,” Al-Jazeera, Nov. 16, 2017)
- For the past 8 months 1,800 former Time Warner Cable employees in New York City have been on strike over a contract dispute with Charter Communications. Union activists say Charter is trying to eliminate valued benefits. (“Seven Months Long, 1,800 out … Epic Strike Mirrors US Unions’ Fight to Survive,” The Guardian, Nov. 3, 2017; “Local Union No.3, IBEW ON STRIKE AGAINST Charter Communications/Spectrum,” Local Union 3 IBEW, Nov. 22, 2017)
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