by Mary Yang | Oct 27, 2021 | Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON — High coronavirus infection and death rates among workers in the U.S. meatpacking industry went unreported because of a “political decision” to not track cases, according to the report released Wednesday of an investigation by the House Select...
by Mary Yang | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Fair prices, supply chain backlogs and vaccines for pigs were hot topics Thursday at a House committee hearing on the United States livestock industry. Inventories of beef, pork and poultry are down for a variety of reasons such as drought, disease...
by Yiming Fu | Oct 5, 2021 | Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services’ botched response to rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine for Native Americans caused significant delays in getting the vaccine to urban American Indians, the president of the National Council of Urban Indian Health...
by Ali McCadden | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — After serving a total of 12 years in prison on a series of felony convictions, Dolfinette Martin spent the first year of her release living in her mother’s senior living apartment, hiding from others in the building because the lease prohibited...
by Cassidy Wang | Mar 17, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Even before he was appointed secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson called President Barack Obama’s 2015 rule requiring communities to comply with fair housing obligations by submitting plans a “failed socialist...
by Cassidy Wang | Mar 11, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Both Democrats and Republicans vehemently criticized two former Wells Fargo board members Wednesday for not changing practices after repeated management failures that have led to consumer abuses and compliance breakdowns. Former board members Elizabeth...
by Gregory Svirnovskiy | Mar 11, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — As high numbers of children in the United States continue to be born into poverty, members of Congress agreed Wednesday they should do more to provide for poor families and help their children — primarily by making it easier for parents to...
by Angelina Campanile | Mar 10, 2020 | Featured, Living
A vivid example of Washington’s rank as having the highest number of homeless people per capita is the line of pitched tents outside the brick walls of Union Station. Any free sidewalk space is occupied by shopping carts overflowing with blankets and cardboard boxes....
by Khadija Islow | Feb 27, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON—Sexual assault and sexual harassment cases by employees are pervasive at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and major reform is needed, House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman T.J. Cox said at a hearing on Thursday. From...
by Khadija Islow and James Pollard | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Highly rated businesses in black neighborhoods sustain revenue losses totaling about $3.9 billion and do not grow any faster than low-rated businesses, a study released Wednesday by the Brookings Institution and Gallup found. The study by Brookings’...
by Janea Wilson | Feb 6, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — U.S. territories like the Virgin Islands are in need of more federal funding to improve infrastructure so they can withstand hurricanes or improve trade, the head of the Virgin Islands Public Works Department told a House hearing on Thursday. Delegate...
by Cassidy Wang | Feb 5, 2020 | Featured, Living, Topics
WASHINGTON — Democrats on Wednesday criticized a Trump administration plan to change the measure for determining whether someone is poor, making it harder to qualify for public assistance progrms. The House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing was held to...
