by Janea Wilson | Mar 19, 2020 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON—For 93 years, Americans have celebrated the blooming of Japanese Cherry Blossom trees on the tidal basin of the Potomac River. The festival’s start date has moved about 20 days earlier over the years due in part to rising global temperatures, scientists...
by Janea Wilson | Mar 11, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
ANN ARBOR, Michigan — When freshman Andrew Schaeffler arrived at the University of Michigan last fall, he was surprised that there was no organization supporting former Vice President Joe Biden’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. So he did something...
by Janea Wilson | Mar 10, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
ANN ARBOR, Michigan — When freshman Andrew Schaeffler arrived at the University of Michigan last fall, he was surprised that there was no organization supporting former Vice President Joe Biden’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. So he did something...
by Janea Wilson | Mar 10, 2020 | Campaign 2020, Featured
DETROIT – Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday blamed President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential rival Sen. Bernie Sanders for the protesters at his speech in Detroit Monday night. First, protesters called out Biden for a 1984 interview in which he...
by Janea Wilson | Mar 9, 2020 | Campaign 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan — Sen. Bernie Sanders told supporters on Sunday that they can see Martin Luther King’s famous arc of the moral university finally bending toward justice as they make change leading to Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary. Over 10,000...
by Janea Wilson | Mar 4, 2020 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—Financial support is what is most needed by local governments to fight coronavirus Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi Ezike told the House Committee on Homeland Security on Wednesday. Ezike said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
by Janea Wilson | Feb 27, 2020 | Health & Science
WASHINGTON—Samantha Griffin became a doula six years ago to try to ensure that women of color made it through childbirth because black women account for one-third of the 700 women who die each year from a pregnancy-related complication. “If you go out every day in the...
by Janea Wilson | Feb 26, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON—The 15th travel-related case of coronavirus in the United States was confirmed Tuesday afternoon by Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar at a House committee meeting where some members said President Donald Trump isn’t asking for enough money to...
by Janea Wilson | Feb 18, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — A crucial issue in fighting the spread of the coronavirus is ensuring that countries with travel-related cases of the virus, like the U.S., take steps to prevent a spread that cannot be contained, the head of the National Institute of Allergies and...
by Janea Wilson | Feb 11, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Preventing another water-safety crisis requires the Environmental Protection Agency to write specific rules about the use of lead and copper pipes for water, said the chairman of a key House environmental subcommittee Tuesday. Federal rules on lead and...
by Janea Wilson | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — U.S. territories like the Virgin Islands are in need of more federal funding to improve infrastructure so they can withstand hurricanes or improve trade, the head of the Virgin Islands Public Works Department told a House hearing on Thursday. Delegate...
by Janea Wilson | 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...
