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Santorum's comments on Native Americans don't quiet critics David Bauder Tags:  FILE - Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks during the Fox Business Network Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C. on Jan. 14, 2016. The CNN analyst went on the network to try and explain comments about Native Americans that have led to criticism, but didn't appear to calm things down. Santorum told a group of young conservative last month that there was nothing here when immigrants founded the United States. That angered Native Americans and others. H...

HeadlineApr 29, 2021 Native American activists are calling on CNN to fire commentator and former Republican Senator Rick Santorum over remarks he made to an ultra-conservative student conference. Rick Santorum: “We came here and created a blank slate. We birthed a nation from nothing. I mean, there was nothing here. I mean, yes, we have Native Americans, but, candidly, that — there isn’t much Native American culture in American culture.” The National Congress of American Indians criticized CNN for not firing Santorum. The group’s president, Fawn Sharp, said, “Televising someone...

CNN senior political commentator Rick Santorum is facing growing calls for him to be fired from the network after comments he made about Native Americans, including from multiple Native American organizations. “We birthed a nation from nothing,” Santorum said during a speech to a conservative youth group. “I mean, there was nothing here. I mean, yes, we have Native Americans, but candidly that — there isn’t much Native American culture in American culture.” Santorum’s comments drew immediate criticism, including from several former CNN personalities and other cable news hosts. ...

Washington Legislature passes carbon pricing measure April 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington is on track to become the second state in the nation to have a comprehensive carbon pricing policy under a measure passed by the state Legislature Saturday. The Seattle Times reported that the Senate gave the final 27-22 vote on the measure. It now heads to Gov. Jay Inslee, who had requested the legislation. “We are genuinely, authentically on the march toward Paris accord levels of emissions reductions,” said Democratic Sen. Reuven Carlyle, the bill's sponsor. The b...

NationofChange “We have the least amount of resources. So we’re doing more with less every year." At any moment, on any school day, the entire future of the Quileute Tribe is at risk. The Quileute tribal school is within a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean, which has been a source of life for the Quileute people since the beginning of time. The Quileutes regularly harvest fish and shellfish off the coast of northwest Washington, and their ancestors hunted whales and traveled in oceangoing canoes from Alaska to California for trade. But the ocean is increasingly beco...