by Ellie Skelly | Apr 2, 2024 | Featured, Politics
RUCKERSVILLE, Va. — Ralph Morton is a third-generation farmer in Virginia’s Greene County. His family are the only Black farmers in the area. Both Morton’s father and grandfather experienced discrimination while trying to secure loans from the USDA’s Farm Service...
by Lindsey Byman | Apr 2, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Topics
Since David Laird was young, the “lush, green forests” of the western United States meant an annual summer trip to hike, camp and fish. But the last time Laird was in Wyoming’s Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, a bark beetle had ravaged an estimated two-thirds of...
by Medill News Service | Mar 30, 2024 | Featured
After a truncated presidential primary, the stage is set for another rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The 2024 election promises to be another unprecedented battle for control of the White House and Congress. Facing an...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
