With Nighttime Raids, Police Wage War on Black and Brown Families in New York

[t]   Friday, March 31, 2017 [t r u t h o u t] [View Recent Newsletters]( [Tell a friend about Truthout!]( [Donate Today!](   Truthout is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization; donations are tax deductible.   BuzzFlash Michael Flynn Seeks Immunity in Exchange for Testifying to Congress, FBI [Read the Article at The Huffington Post](   US Border Agents Are Doing "Digital Strip Searches" -- Here's How to Protect Yourself [Read the Article at the Guardian US](   Energy Department Tells Staff to Stop Using Phrase "Climate Change" [Read the Article at EcoWatch](   Pence's Vote Delivers Death Knell to Family Planning Safeguards [Read the Article at Rewire](   Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin to Oppose Gorsuch Supreme Court Nomination [Read the Article at the Chicago Sun-Times](   Rex Tillerson Fails to Acknowledge Concerns Over Turkey's Slide Toward Dictatorship in Ankara Visit [Watch the Democracy Now! 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