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Marking 50 years of Title IX with stamps

Marking 50 years of Title IX with stamps

by Shannon Coan | Mar 3, 2022 | Education, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON – Four stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of Title IX were unveiled by the U.S. Postal Service at a ceremony in the U.S. Department of Education Thursday. “The stamps we are about to unveil are not merely a recognition of Title IX,” said Amber...
The environmental case about nothing — could be everything

The environmental case about nothing — could be everything

by Jorja Siemons | Mar 3, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court justices stumbled this week when hearing arguments about the most impactful environmental case in a generation. The problem, in part, is that the case concerns nothing. “There isn’t really anything for the Supreme Court to consider,” said...
TRANS RIGHTS POST-SOTU: TEXAS COURT, HHS AND ADVOCATES RESPOND

TRANS RIGHTS POST-SOTU: TEXAS COURT, HHS AND ADVOCATES RESPOND

by Jenny Huh | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Living, State of the Union

WASHINGTON – A day after President Biden’s State of the Union, a Texas judge issued a temporary restraining order, blocking the state’s Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating two parents for providing gender-affirming health care to...
TABLING “TPS”: DEMOCRATS CALL FOR SUPPORT AMID LACK OF DESIGNATION FROM BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

TABLING “TPS”: DEMOCRATS CALL FOR SUPPORT AMID LACK OF DESIGNATION FROM BIDEN ADMINISTRATION

by Ali Bianco | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – As countless Ukrainians begin to leave their homes following the Russian invasion, conversations have spurred around the Capitol about President Biden potentially designating the country for Temporary Protected Status. All the while, countless Central...
Supreme Court rules government can withhold information about alleged CIA black site

Supreme Court rules government can withhold information about alleged CIA black site

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...
Republicans respond to Rep. Greene’s raucous rant

Republicans respond to Rep. Greene’s raucous rant

by Zachary Kessel | Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Politics, State of the Union

WASHINGTON – While Gov. Kim Reynolds (R-Iowa) dinged President Joe Biden on issues salient to the American people like crime, education and inflation in the official GOP response to the State of the Union, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) took a different approach...
Senators weigh in on shifting from immigration lottery to merit-based system

Senators weigh in on shifting from immigration lottery to merit-based system

by Ellisya Lindsey | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON —  Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced a bill on Tuesday aimed at shifting H1-B and L-1 visas from a lottery to a merit-based system. “Over a long period of time, I have found that the people that come into...
“We can’t do anything with words”: Immigrants and activists react to SOTU

“We can’t do anything with words”: Immigrants and activists react to SOTU

by Ali Bianco | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, Topics

WASHINGTON – After President Joe Biden finished his first State of the Union address, immigrants and activists shared their reactions to Biden’s one-and-a-half minute statement on the state of immigration. For many who were hoping to hear potential policy proposals or...
Strategist: Biden’s SOTU immigration talks aimed at bipartisan support

Strategist: Biden’s SOTU immigration talks aimed at bipartisan support

by Jenny Huh | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON — After Tuesday’s State of the Union address, I had a fascinating conversation with Jeff Shesol, former deputy chief speechwriter for President Bill Clinton. Shesol analyzed the tone and manner in which President Biden discussed immigration, with a focus on...
Lawmakers debate energy independence, sanctions as Ukraine invasion continues

Lawmakers debate energy independence, sanctions as Ukraine invasion continues

by Vanessa Kjeldsen | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON, March 1 (UPI) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amplifies Sino-Russian threats to world order, experts and lawmakers agreed during a hearing Tuesday. “China is watching how the democratic nations of the world respond to Russia,” said...
A progressive push to make abortion “unnecessary and unthinkable”

A progressive push to make abortion “unnecessary and unthinkable”

by Shannon Coan | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Cherilyn Holloway was born and raised in Oberlin, Ohio, a key stop on the Underground Railroad. She was taught to be proud of that history and to stand for justice. After the murders of George Floyd and Ahmaud Arbery, she took to the streets and founded...
Justices clash on how to resolve procedural questions in state legal intervention case

Justices clash on how to resolve procedural questions in state legal intervention case

by Ali Bianco | Mar 2, 2022 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case that hinged on whether states can step in to defend a Trump-era immigration policy that the Biden administration opted not to enforce. “If we step back and refuse to let the trees obscure our view...
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