The Daily Populous

Thursday December 7th, 2017 morning edition

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A United Nations official arrives in Alabama this week to investigate poverty, inequality and "barriers to political participation" in the state.

But despite great wealth in the US, there also exists great poverty and inequality," Alston said in a statement.

Alston will spend Thursday in Lowndes County, where he will be looking at issues like health care, access to clean and safe drinking water, and sanitation.

During his Alabama visit, he will also look at voting rights, political participation and "government efforts to eradicate poverty in the country, and how they relate to US obligations under international human rights law.".

On Friday, Alston will go to Montgomery, for a meeting with local civil service and civil rights advocacy groups.

Alston plans to hold a press conference in Washington on Friday, Dec. 15, during which he will discuss his initial observations about such issues and his preliminary recommendations for how to address them.

Alston expects to release a final report on the trip in spring 2018 that will be presented before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in June. »

The FCC Tried To Hide Net Neutrality Complaints Against ISPs

Authored by techdirt.com

After growing legal and public pressure, the FCC finally released upwards of 60,000 pages-worth of complaints by consumers who say their ISP behaved anti-competitively in violation net neutrality.

But the agency is still refusing to include these complaints in the net neutrality proceeding docket, and refuses to include details on how ISPs responded to these complaints in the docket either:.

Of course the FCC has absolutely zero intention of delaying its December 14 vote to kill net neutrality, because that's precisely what it promised giant ISPs they'd do. »

Corey Feldman's 1993 audio files naming alleged sexual predators found by Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office

Authored by foxnews.com
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The former child actor claimed in October that he had given the names of sexual predators in Hollywood to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office in 1993 during their investigation into Michael Jackson's molestation charges.

"In a container which included the original reports from the investigation, the Sheriff’s Office located some detective working copies of audio recordings made during the investigation.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Kelly Hoover told Fox News on Tuesday night in an emailed statement, “Following the recent inquiries into the Sheriff’s Office interview of Mr. Feldman in 1993, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office conducted an additional review for any stored items remaining from the Michael Jackson investigation. »

Russia Is Aiding North Korea With Oil Imports, Ignoring U.S. Efforts To Isolate Kim Jong Un: Report

Authored by yahoo.com
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The citizen journalists allegedly claimed that “massive amounts” of fuel are being imported through North Korea’s Ryanggang province from Russia.

Given the limited scope of the resolution, however, Russia is legally permitted to sell some oil to North Korea.

Providing North Korea with oil could be Russia’s way of rejecting the U.S. approach to pressuring North Korea, Brown added. »