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Family Reunion: Ukrainian Americans Seek Ways To Help Loved Ones Abroad

Family Reunion: Ukrainian Americans Seek Ways To Help Loved Ones Abroad

by Diego Ramos Bechara | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, National Security

It was about 5 a.m. on a Thursday when the blaring sound of a ringing phone shook Iryna Verona awake.  One glance at the screen and she knew she had to prepare herself for the worst. She lifted herself from the bed, and sat on the edge, her feet touching the cold...
LISTEN: Assessing cable news coverage of Ukrainian conflict

LISTEN: Assessing cable news coverage of Ukrainian conflict

by Zachary Kessel | Mar 16, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — Public faith in mass media has reached an all-time low over the past few years. With coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine boosting program ratings, cable news networks have an opportunity to shore up their credibility in the eyes of the American...
State Department: We’re fighting spread of propaganda, disinformation from Russia

State Department: We’re fighting spread of propaganda, disinformation from Russia

by Diego Ramos Bechara | Mar 15, 2022 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — The State Department is conducting “extensive media outreach” to fight the spread of propaganda and disinformation coming from Russia, officials told lawmakers Tuesday. “That includes two Russian language media, like Medusa, as...
Amid global energy crisis, advocates press need to ramp up oil, gas production

Amid global energy crisis, advocates press need to ramp up oil, gas production

by Zachary Miller | Mar 10, 2022 | Business, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON, March 10 (UPI) — U.S. senators, at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, expressed bipartisan interest Thursday in ramping up domestic oil and gas production to combat soaring energy prices. The push is a boon to large...
White House official cites clean energy as solution to consumer affordability crisis

White House official cites clean energy as solution to consumer affordability crisis

by Ellisya Lindsey | Mar 9, 2022 | Energy, Featured

WASHINGTON — A shift to clean energy could serve as a potential solution to the ongoing affordability crisis, a White House official shared in a conversation carried live by Axios on Wednesday. “The president’s plan to create tax incentives that made it cheaper for...
Biden To Sign Executive Order Outlining Path Toward Crypto Governing Principles

Biden To Sign Executive Order Outlining Path Toward Crypto Governing Principles

by Zachary Miller | Mar 9, 2022 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON — President Biden is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday outlining a nationwide governing approach for cryptocurrency. The measure suggests potential for clarity in a murky financial market that was designed to be difficult to regulate, but which...
VIDEO: ‘People’s Convoy’ arrives in D.C. area, meets with lawmakers

VIDEO: ‘People’s Convoy’ arrives in D.C. area, meets with lawmakers

by Jenny Huh | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — The People’s Convoy, also known as the “Freedom Convoy,” reached the D.C. area Sunday morning, looping twice around the Capital Beltway. About 1,000 vehicles participated, according to The Washington Post. Inspired by the Canadian freedom convoy protests...
Biden announces ban on Russian oil imports: Photos

Biden announces ban on Russian oil imports: Photos

by Samantha Aguilar | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — President Biden announced the U.S. will ban imports of Russian oil and gas on Tuesday, minutes before boarding Marine One to Fort Worth, Texas.  Biden, accompanied by Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough, traveled to speak with veterans and VA...
After False Starts, D.C. Convoy Excites Supporters But Merely Perplexes Commuters: Photos

After False Starts, D.C. Convoy Excites Supporters But Merely Perplexes Commuters: Photos

by Zachary Miller | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The arrival of several truck convoys in the nation’s capital has, so far, failed to live up to the hype. In February, anti-vaccine and anti-mask protestors used cars and trucks to blockade Ottawa and a nearby major shipping highway. Similar protests...
TROUBLED WITH “TPS”: IMMIGRANTS, ADVOCATES HOLD OUT FOR DESIGNATION AS STATUS IS GIVEN TO OTHERS

TROUBLED WITH “TPS”: IMMIGRANTS, ADVOCATES HOLD OUT FOR DESIGNATION AS STATUS IS GIVEN TO OTHERS

by Ali Bianco | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – As Russian troops descended, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians started to flee their country. Eight days after the invasion, the Department of Homeland Security announced that Ukrainian refugees would be given temporary status, granting eligibility to...
Lawmakers Scrutinize Bank And Brokerage Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

Lawmakers Scrutinize Bank And Brokerage Mandatory Arbitration Agreements

by Zachary Miller | Mar 8, 2022 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON — Last Thursday, President Biden signed into law a bipartisan bill to bar companies from contractually forcing sexual assault and harrassment complaints into arbitration. Now, the change has reinvigorated efforts to pass similar legislation in the financial...
The “neglected epidemic” of missing BIPOC women and girls

The “neglected epidemic” of missing BIPOC women and girls

by Julia Richardson | Mar 8, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Despite making up only 16% of the population, 40% of women and girls reported missing in 2020 were people of color, according to the U.S. Census. Natalie Wilson, founder of the Black and Missing Foundation, testified during a House Committee on Oversight...
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