by Maia Pandey | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Embassies, businesses and private residents across the District have hung up flags, balloons and signs in support of Ukraine. Some countries are taking a stance on the war by hanging up the Ukrainian flag alongside their own: European Union members...
by Maia Pandey | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science
A typical therapist’s waiting room may contain a few unremarkable chairs, a handful of outdated magazines and the quiet bustle of a receptionist’s desk. But in Veterans Affairs facilities, patients can sometimes be bombarded by swaths of military paraphernalia and...
by Maia Pandey | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — In a series of divided opinions, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that the United States does not have to turn over information about the existence of an alleged Central Intelligence Agency black site under its state secrets privilege. Justice Stephen...
by Maia Pandey | Feb 22, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear an appeal concerning a Colorado website designer’s refusal to create same-sex wedding websites. The web designer, Lorie Smith, said that while she is willing to serve LGBTQ+ customers, she refuses to design...
by Maia Pandey | Feb 2, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Increasing access to telehealth services, which many have come to rely upon during the pandemic, provided a point of agreement between lawmakers in a Tuesday hearing to address the national mental health crisis. “Too long Americans have shied away from...
by Maia Pandey | Feb 1, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Communities and healthcare providers urgently need federal funding to address twin mental health and substance abuse crises, healthcare experts and advocates told senators on Tuesday “Almost 130 million Americans live in areas with less than one mental...
by Maia Pandey | Jan 26, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — About one in five lesbian-, gay- and bisexual-identifying adults smoke cigarettes, compared to about one in seven adults who identify as straight — placing LGB Americans among the top 10 populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use, according to...
by Maia Pandey | Jan 18, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices from both the left- and right-leaning blocks appeared skeptical of an argument that Boston officials could reject a Christian flag as part of a program in which the city occasionally replaces its own flag with those requested...
