by Alex Moore | Mar 10, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The 2020 U.S. Census is underway with the goal to count every U.S. resident once, and in the right place, which is defined as where they sleep a majority of the time. But critics say this decision grants too much power to rural communities that are...
by Alex Moore | Mar 5, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Facebook removed President Donald Trump’s campaign ads that resemble Census Bureau ads Thursday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused Facebook of being more concerned about its profits than getting an accurate 2020 census count. Pelosi said...
by Alex Moore | Feb 26, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Wealth inequality in the United States now resembles the massive wealth gap of the Great Depression, with the top 0.1% of today’s wealthiest Americans holding more than 20% of the nation’s wealth, and the future of working class families is...
by Alex Moore | Feb 24, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
LAS VEGAS – More than 80 employees at Harrah’s Las Vegas Hotel and Casino used their lunch break on Saturday to vote in Nevada’s Democratic caucus. State party officials use such examples as proof that the caucus system worked, but critics say too many voters still...
by Alex Moore | Feb 24, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured, Politics
LAS VEGAS — The Nevada caucuses had a starkly different demographic landscape from the contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, two states largely bereft of racial and ethnic diversity. And while the result was the same – a third win for Bernie Sanders, this time the...
by Alex Moore | Feb 23, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
LAS VEGAS–Bernie Sanders won the Nevada Democratic caucuses Saturday by making it a campaign priority and investing resources in the state for months, his third consecutive win in the early primary and caucus states. Sanders entered the contest after winning the...
by Alex Moore | Feb 20, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
LAS VEGAS—It didn’t take long Wednesday for Democrats to target the new face on the debate stage –former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg. “I like to talk about who we’re running against, a billionaire who calls women fat broads and horse faced lesbians,” Sen....
by Alex Moore | Feb 18, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—The Census Bureau has not done enough to quell fears that responses to the nationwide survey will be used against people, especially undocumented immigrants and marginalized communities, faith leaders said on Tuesday at a summit where they were asked to...
by Alex Moore | Feb 12, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — The Census Bureau is falling behind on recruiting workers and community partners for the 2020 count ahead of the start of self-response mailing next month, according to a report released by the Government Accountability Office Wednesday during a...
by Alex Moore | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Politics, Sports
WASHINGTON — Student athletes may decide to choose to play sports at universities that will allow them to profit from their name, image and likeness if Congress doesn’t act, Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, an Ohio Republican and former Ohio State football star, said Tuesday....
by Alex Moore | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, SOTU2020
WASHINGTON – Georgetown University students and community members gathered to watch President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address said the most memorable parts of the event may be Trump’s seeming snub of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the outset and her ripping...
by Alex Moore | Jan 30, 2020 | Featured, Impeachment, Politics
WASHINGTON — As senators got their first chance to question House managers and President Donald Trump’s lawyers Wednesday, Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, told reporters in the Capitol that Republican senators are rushing through the Senate...