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Gen Z looks for more financial guidance and protection amid rising debt and consumerist culture

Gen Z looks for more financial guidance and protection amid rising debt and consumerist culture

by Alicia Tang | Mar 27, 2024 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON — “Money comes & goes, but I’ll never be in my 20’s again.” Meet the generation that has opened their wallets to this TikTok trend. They’d rather spend money now than invest for retirement or write monthly budgets. Generation Z demonstrates the lowest...
VIDEO: A conversation with Rep. Jan Schakowsky

VIDEO: A conversation with Rep. Jan Schakowsky

by Simone Garber | Mar 26, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – I sat down with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) after President Biden’s State of the Union address. She talked to me about issues important to voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election, including reproductive rights and accessible health care,...
Abortions in South Carolina are banned after six weeks of pregnancy. Local nonprofits are working to help patients anyway

Abortions in South Carolina are banned after six weeks of pregnancy. Local nonprofits are working to help patients anyway

by Simone Garber | Mar 26, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Between a real estate attorney’s office and a county magistrate building sits one of South Carolina’s three abortion clinics. Pink and white signs beckon patients, discreetly placed so as not to invite unwanted attention.  Since the overturning of Roe...
Listen: Exploring the media’s role in today’s polarized politics

Listen: Exploring the media’s role in today’s polarized politics

by Meaghan Downy, Charlotte Ehrlich, Maria Heim and Aidan Johnstone | Mar 25, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – As digital platforms redefine news consumption habits, several outlets face challenges in maintaining trust from partisan audiences. The internet and social media have intensified sensationalism and polarization.  With Super Tuesday results setting...
Video: Voters apathetic about the 2024 presidential election

Video: Voters apathetic about the 2024 presidential election

by Maria Heim | Mar 25, 2024 | Campaign 2024, Featured, Politics, Topics

Alexandria, Va. — The 2024 presidential election is the first presidential rematch since 1956.  Based on recent polling, few voters are excited about this. They describe feeling unmotivated to strongly support either President Joe Biden or former President Donald...
Memories of pandemic wane but long COVID-19 continues for many

Memories of pandemic wane but long COVID-19 continues for many

by Emma Sullivan | Mar 19, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science

ALBANY — When 15-year-old Oneida County resident Matilda Terrell caught COVID-19 for the first time in July 2022, Matilda’s symptoms were mild and they recovered quickly.  But, when they contracted the virus for the second time two months later, their life changed...
Parents concerned over poor health impact on children caused by climate change

Parents concerned over poor health impact on children caused by climate change

by Ruby Grisin | Mar 18, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Topics

WASHINGTON – When Dr. Lisa Patel was working on a project for the Environmental Protection Agency in 2005, she visited a children’s hospital for asthma in Mumbai, India. After seeing the main parts of the center, she was surprised when the coordinators took her to a...
Lawmakers and other advocates step up pushback over battle over DEI

Lawmakers and other advocates step up pushback over battle over DEI

by Braedyn Speight | Mar 14, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON  — As diversity, equity and inclusion continues to come under fire on the state level, lawmakers and officials in Washington are trying to step into the issue on the federal level.  The Congressional Black Caucus last week implored the Department of Justice...
Growing wildfire problem requires new response strategies, lawmakers told

Growing wildfire problem requires new response strategies, lawmakers told

by Ruby Grisin | Mar 14, 2024 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – With approximately 70,000 wildfires per year since 1983, federal agencies’ told senators on Thursday that emergency responses must be reformed to better aid impacted communities. The threat of wildfires is immense. From injuries and deaths to property...
Sanders presses for 32-hour workweek in new bill and hearing

Sanders presses for 32-hour workweek in new bill and hearing

by Annastazia Ng'ambi | Mar 14, 2024 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is calling on Congress to press for a 32-hour workweek without any loss in pay, noting that Americans are working longer hours than people of any other wealthy nation even with the advancement of technology. “Despite these long...
Investment Firms Step Away from Chinese Tech Companies After Scrutiny

Investment Firms Step Away from Chinese Tech Companies After Scrutiny

by Aidan Johnstone and Lily Ogburn | Mar 13, 2024 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – For years, US venture capital firms have invested in Chinese technology companies linked to China’s military and persecution of the Uyghur people. Now, the recent glare of the spotlight from Congress and declining public opinion of China has prompted...
Supreme Court debates legitimacy of ATF’s ruling on bump stocks, dissecting definition of a law established during Prohibition

Supreme Court debates legitimacy of ATF’s ruling on bump stocks, dissecting definition of a law established during Prohibition

by Alicia Tang and Jonah Elkowitz | Mar 12, 2024 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON –  The Supreme Court wrestled with how to interpret a 1934 statute during oral arguments on Feb. 28 in a case to determine whether bump stocks, used in the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, should be classified as machine guns.  The justices wrangled with the...
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