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NY GOVERNOR CUOMO SIGNS LEGISLATION ALLOWING ADOPTEES TO SEE BIRTH CERTIFICATE AT AGE 18

[New York News\Adoption]
Governor Cuomo: “Where you came from informs who you are, and every New Yorker deserves access to the same birth records – it’s a basic human right. For too many years, adoptees have been wrongly denied access to this information and I am proud to sign this legislation into law and correct this inequity once and for all.”
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SENATOR SANDERS AND CONGRESSWOMAN OCASIO-CORTEZ WILL UNVEIL “GREEN NEW DEAL FOR PUBLIC HOUSING ACT” TODAY

[Climate Change\Public Housing]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “Climate change represents both a grave threat and a tremendous opportunity. The Green New Deal for Public Housing Act will train and mobilize the workforce to decarbonize the public housing stock and improve the quality of life for all residents. I am proud to begin the hard work of codifying the Green New Deal into law with my friend and colleague, Senator Bernie Sanders.”
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BIPARTISAN SENATORS TO SECRETARY OF STATE POMPEO: DIPLOMACY IS CRITICAL IN STOPPING SOUTH SUDAN’S CIVIL WAR

[Africa News\South Sudan]
Bi-partisan Senators on South Sudan to Pompeo: “We share deep frustration with the lack of progress toward a political settlement and the untold levels of human suffering despite over $4.5 billion in U.S. humanitarian aid since the war began. A Special Envoy is needed to engage the region and help coordinate Western donors in pressing both parties to forge a viable path forward leading up to the November deadline and beyond.”
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HISTORIC NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION RELAUNCHES TO FIGHT RACISM AND POLITICAL REPRESSION

[Racial Justice News\CAARPR]
The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) has called together over 120 organizations from across the country who will assemble at the Chicago Teachers Union Hall to re-found the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression…In the wake of renewed FBI surveillance of Black activists; the depraved caging of immigrant families and children seeking sanctuary at the border; and an epidemic of police murder of Black and Brown men and women, CAARPR has issued this call to Refound the National Alliance in order to demand a national movement for community control of the police.
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