by Charlotte Varnes | Mar 28, 2022 | Featured, Living, National Security
WASHINGTON –– When Jen Burch first returned from a tour in Afghanistan nearly a decade ago, she was seriously sick. Her temperature was so high that it was flagged going through the airport en route to Okinawa, her home base at the time. When she arrived, she took a...
by Grace Deng | Mar 28, 2022 | Education, Featured, Immigration
Mahdi Kabuli likes math. Sure, geometry eludes him sometimes, but overall he’s really good at the subject. At 18, Kabuli is already thinking about college, where he wants to study economics or computer science. As of last year, nearing the end of his time at the top...
by Jenny Huh | Mar 23, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, National Security
WASHINGTON – On August 25, 2021, Aryan Fardeen, along with his wife, mother, and three siblings, boarded a plane in Kabul in an urgent attempt to escape the Taliban. Over the span of three months, they traveled to Kuwait, Germany and Philadelphia, before settling in...
by Zachary Kessel | Mar 23, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – For years, political prognosticators prophesied the coming civil war within the Republican Party, and for years, the expected reckoning on the right has failed to come to pass. Now, with the GOP out of power and former president Donald Trump still hung up...
by Ellisya Lindsey | Mar 22, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
What is TPS? Temporary Protected Status has been a hot-button issue with activists demanding its designation to numerous countries throughout the world. So, you might be wondering: what is TPS in the first place? “Temporary protected status is humanitarian relief for...
by Diego Ramos Bechara | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Politics
It began with Missouri and Maine back in 1890. It ended in 1959, when Democrats pressured Republican President Eisenhower to grant statehood to Alaska if he hoped to make Hawaii the 50th state. For decades, states were added into the Union in pairs, the intent of...
by Julia Richardson | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Activists and lawmakers are fighting for incarcerated individuals’ right to stay in touch with the people they love. “For someone who’s really isolated from their support systems, a phone call is really all they’ve got,” said Kelsey De Avila,...
by Maia Pandey and Charlotte Vames | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Embassies, businesses and private residents across the District have hung up flags, balloons and signs in support of Ukraine. Some countries are taking a stance on the war by hanging up the Ukrainian flag alongside their own: European Union members...
by Ali Bianco | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
ARIZONA BORDER, June 1999 — It has been two days and two nights of trudging through the Arizona desert. Faustino’s left leg is lifeless. As his feet drag through the sand, he recalls his previous endeavors at this same malicious journey. The first four attempts remain...
by Maia Pandey | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science
A typical therapist’s waiting room may contain a few unremarkable chairs, a handful of outdated magazines and the quiet bustle of a receptionist’s desk. But in Veterans Affairs facilities, patients can sometimes be bombarded by swaths of military paraphernalia and...
by Diego Ramos Bechara | Mar 17, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, National Security
It was about 5 a.m. on a Thursday when the blaring sound of a ringing phone shook Iryna Verona awake. One glance at the screen and she knew she had to prepare herself for the worst. She lifted herself from the bed, and sat on the edge, her feet touching the cold...
by Zachary Kessel | Mar 16, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — Public faith in mass media has reached an all-time low over the past few years. With coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine boosting program ratings, cable news networks have an opportunity to shore up their credibility in the eyes of the American...
