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How TikTok catapulted Louisiana climate activists into the political spotlight

How TikTok catapulted Louisiana climate activists into the political spotlight

by Clare Zhang | Apr 10, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Topics

Modern video platforms like TikTok are aiding activists in southwest Louisiana in a yearslong fight against the long-established liquefied natural gas industry. President Joe Biden’s decision to pause approvals for LNG export projects, announced in January, may...
Video: Black farmers weary as equity bill stalls in Congress

Video: Black farmers weary as equity bill stalls in Congress

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...
Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change

Biochar Is ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ for Sequestering Carbon and Combating Climate Change

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...
Protestors gather outside Supreme Court during abortion pill oral arguments

Protestors gather outside Supreme Court during abortion pill oral arguments

by Laeba Hafiz | Mar 28, 2024 | Politics

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court signaled it may reject a challenge to the Federal Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone during oral arguments Tuesday. If the court does so, it would preserve access to the abortion pill. Supporters and opponents of the abortion...
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...
Martin O’Malley promises to prioritize customer service amidst staff challenges at the Social Security Administration

Martin O’Malley promises to prioritize customer service amidst staff challenges at the Social Security Administration

by Annastazia Ng'ambi | Mar 21, 2024 | Politics

WASHINGTON —  Martin O’Malley, Social Security Administration Commissioner, stated at a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on Wednesday that the Social Security Administration (SSA) has made it a priority to support American citizens in navigating the...
Lawmakers urge investigation into Pakistan’s election irregularities

Lawmakers urge investigation into Pakistan’s election irregularities

by Laeba Hafiz | Mar 21, 2024 | National Security

WASHINGTON — Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, called on the members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs on Wednesday to investigate electoral irregularities and violence that took place in the recent election in Pakistan on February 8, 2024. The United States and...
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...
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