by Cassidy Wang | Jan 15, 2020 | Living
WASHINGTON — In its first hearing on the working conditions of airline ground workers, a House aviation subcommittee heard from workers and unions that wages are low, conditions are often unsafe and health care is inadequate. Esteban Barrios, a worker at Miami...
by Martha Castro | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in the 2013 New Jersey “Bridgegate” scandal on whether using government workers and property to punish a political enemy should be a federal crime. Aides to former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie obstructed...
by Rupa Palla and Cassidy Wang | Jan 14, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON –Across the country, gentrification has exacerbated homelessness and the lack of affordable housing, experts and tenant advocates told the House Committee on Financial Services Tuesday. Karen Chapple, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley,...
by Gabrielle Bienasz and Charlotte Walsh | Mar 22, 2019 | Featured, Living
YORKTOWN, Va. — Colonial National Historical Park is home to Yorktown, the site of the final major battle in the American Revolutionary War. Now, historical Yorktown is once again fighting for its life, but this time, it’s not because of British troops — rather a...
by Heena Srivastava and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON –– Gail Sasse gave birth to her son, Joey, in late February, but she didn’t feel close to the baby until recently. Joey spent the first days of his life in the NICU after he began experiencing tremors — a symptom of neonatal abstinence syndrome. He...
by Leslie Bonilla | Mar 14, 2019 | Featured, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON — Native American tribal governments need more power to properly investigate and prosecute cases of murdered and missing Native American women, tribal advocates told a House Natural Resources subcommittee Thursday. Tribal governments often have difficulty...
by Leslie Bonilla | Mar 6, 2019 | Environment, Featured, Living
WASHINGTON – Federal regulations are a roadblock to completing federally funded highway projects quickly and cheaply, several senators said Wednesday, but others cautioned against streamlining the process at the expense of environmental protection. Senate Environment...
by Ester Wells | Mar 6, 2019 | Featured, Health & Science, Living
WASHINGTON — A health expert and the family members of elderly abuse victims told a Senate committee Wednesday that many nursing homes are unsafe and treat their patients abusively, including rape. Seminole, Florida resident Maya Fischer told the Senate Finance...
by Henry Erlandson | Feb 28, 2019 | Featured, Immigration, Living
WASHINGTON – In the months after the Trump administration formally ended its family separation policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, more than 200 new immigrant children were separated from their families and the number previously separated was much larger than reported....
by Heena Srivastava | Feb 12, 2019 | Featured, Living, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – The pop-up kitchen Chefs for Feds closed its doors Feb. 1 after feeding furloughed workers throughout the 35-day partial government shutdown. The kitchen, café, and resource center remained open until furloughed workers received their first paychecks....
by Gabrielle Bienasz | Feb 7, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON—Voter rights and campaign finance were at the center of the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on Wednesday. Democrats promoted the For the People Act, also known as H.R. 1, which would create extensive reforms to the election system, including...
by Leslie Bonilla | Feb 7, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — The federal government needs to invest in and repair aging American bridges instead of “limping along” with short-term partial fixes, roads and transit systems, said city and state leaders Tuesday at a House Transportation and Infrastructure...
