by Joanna Hou | Mar 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Videos promoting 300 calorie diets and other pro-anorexia content flooded Amanda Noll’s TikTok feed, even as she searched for videos encouraging eating disorder recovery. Noll, a college student and support specialist at Legacy Treatment Services, has...
by Joanna Hou | Feb 16, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Frontline nurses faced challenges including understaffing, burnout and underappreciation, driving thousands to quit their jobs during the pandemic, several experts told members of Congress on Thursday. A McKinsey report from May found that by 2025, the...
by Joanna Hou | Feb 9, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Job openings nationwide increased to 11 million in 2022, even as the rate of college-educated adults continues to increase. To address this disparity, the Republican-led Education and Workforce Committee met on Wednesday to explore alternative systems to...
by Joanna Hou | Feb 8, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Representatives in the Education and Workforce committee gathered to discuss leading issues in American education at a Wednesday hearing as debates about determining school curricula continue to dominate several state legislatures. A variety of topics...
by Joanna Hou | Feb 8, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden highlighted the progress his administration has made in education access and called for improved mental health access for the nation’s youth at the State of the Union Tuesday. Biden said a well-educated workforce helps the U.S. stay...
by Joanna Hou | Feb 2, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden discussed the legacy of the Family and Medical Leave Act and his own administration’s work supporting labor rights at a White House event marking the act’s 30th anniversary Thursday. The FMLA required eligible employees to receive...
by Joanna Hou | Feb 1, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his Presidential Competition Council presented ideas to increase economic competition and lower everyday costs for Americans at their Wednesday meeting, targeting a variety of “junk fees” in the travel and entertainment...
by Joanna Hou | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — The American Lung Association’s annual State of Tobacco Control report, released Wednesday, found tobacco and e-cigarette use among teens rose slightly in 2022 after three years of decline. The higher rates of tobacco use among the nation’s youth come...
by Joanna Hou | Jan 24, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Spectators decked out in red and gold Sunday, lining D.C. Chinatown’s streets to watch a parade celebrating the Year of the Rabbit. The Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of D.C. partnered with the D.C. Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific...
by Joanna Hou | Jan 24, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people gathered in the nation’s capital for the annual Women’s March to advocate for abortion rights, access to contraception and other women’s issues Sunday. The event, which fell on the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, was part...
by Joanna Hou | Jan 20, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris addressed climate change, clean energy and union jobs in Tonopah, Arizona, as part of a speech promoting the Ten West Link transmission line Thursday. The Ten West Link transmission line connects Blythe, California, with...
by Joanna Hou | Jan 12, 2023 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — A consumer group is recommending that the Department of Transportation require airlines and ticket agents to provide prompt refunds to travelers in the event of cancellations or significant delays. The Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee made...
