Diversity in America: it's a story of slow progress beginning with the Civil Rights Movement that continues to this day. Two events that set these changes into motion were the protests at San Francisco State and Cornell University in the late sixties. The new documentary "Agents of Change" looks at how the strikes have impacted America 50 years later.
Filmmakers Frank Dawson and Abby Ginzberg explain why they decided to tell this story. Both Dawson and Ginzberg went to Cornell University, and felt it was an important story that many people today don't know about. They spent seven years putting the film together.
When asked about freedom of speech on today's college campuses, especially related to alt-right movements, Ginzberg says people need to be sure to educate themselves on what's going on. "The alt-right is targeting certain college campuses. People need to be educated about what is happening and not take the bait."
Canada plans to ban all single-use plastic products such as bags, straws, cutlery, and plates by 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday.
The major pharmaceutical maker Insys Therapeutics filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, less than a week after the company agreed to pay $225 million to settle federal charges related to bribing doctors to prescribe opioid painkillers.
These are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Monday, June 10, 2019.
Trump strikes a solemn and respectful tone during his formal speech at Normandy, but not before a blistering attack on his political adversaries.
U.S. employers added just 75,000 jobs in May, a sharp decline from the month prior and a far cry from what economists were expecting.
Progressive advocacy groups across the country are ramping up pressure on federal lawmakers to open an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
Nearly a decade since the Arab Spring uprisings, social media use in the region has declined dramatically.
Following several days of critical attacks on Puerto Rico from President Trump and his administration, Puerto Rican radio host Julio Ricardo Varela says Trump is "racist" but the tension between the U.S. and the island territory runs much deeper.
As many as 33 states and D.C. have legalized recreational or medical cannabis, but businesses and individuals in those states are technically violating federal law. The proposed legislation would resolve that discrepancy and still allow states without blocking states that want to keep marijuana prohibitions.
With just nine months until California implements the strictest data privacy law in the nation, the vast majority of businesses operating in the state are not compliance ready, a new report found.
