by Ellisya Lindsey and Julia Richardson | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Los activistas se concentraron frente a la Casa Blanca este mes para pedir al presidente Biden y al secretario Alejandro Mayorkas que concedieran el Estatus de Protección Temporal a los cameruneses. Como consecuencia de la actual crisis anglófona...
by Ellisya Lindsey and Julia Richardson | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Activists gathered in front of the White House this month to call for President Biden and Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to grant Temporary Protected Status for Cameroonians on Thursday. As a consequence of the ongoing Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon,...
by Vanessa Kjeldsen | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – President Biden on Thursday announced stepped up sanctions against Russian banks and elites as the full-scale invasion of Ukraine intensified. “Putin is the aggressor. Putin chose this war, and now he and his country will bear the consequences,” the...
by Julia Richardson | Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, Politics
Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action, along with Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) and Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones, on Thursday announced a task force of state legislators to combat “Shoot First” laws nationwide. “It’s important to be clear; ‘Shoot First’ laws...
by Grace Deng | Feb 23, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan effort to study the creation of a national museum dedicated to Asian American and Pacific Islander history and culture has advanced unanimously out of a House committee. “We are one step closer toward creating a national museum...
by Grace Deng | Feb 22, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON—At 3 a.m. on the first day of Black History Month, Spelman College, an Atlanta-based HBCU, received its second bomb threat of the year. Six hours later, Spelman junior Sophia Parker found out about the threat through an email sent by the school. At noon,...
by Maia Pandey | Feb 22, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear an appeal concerning a Colorado website designer’s refusal to create same-sex wedding websites. The web designer, Lorie Smith, said that while she is willing to serve LGBTQ+ customers, she refuses to design...
by Ali Bianco | Feb 22, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – As Democratic lawmakers speak out against “inhumane treatment” of Black migrants at the southern border, senators from both sides remain divided on why Black people are underrepresented in immigration policy discussions, and how current policies are...
by Grace Deng | Feb 22, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – A divided Senate education committee on Feb. 10 advanced the nomination of Washington education administrator Glenna Gallo to lead the U.S. Education Department’s special education program. “I think she’s fabulous,” said Ilene Schwartz, professor of...
by Grace Deng | Feb 22, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – The coordinated Republican attack on teaching critical race theory in schools hit higher education on Tuesday when Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged to ban CRT in public universities. “This is really the heart and the crux of what critical race theories...
by Jenny Huh | Feb 17, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Breaking down the rise in domestic terrorism, specifcally against minority populations — and debates over whether Democratic lawmakers support defunding the police — took center stage at a House hearing Thursday. “That is the cruciality of this hearing,”...
by Jorja Siemons | Feb 17, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the government’s failure to adequately prepare for biological threats, experts told senators Thursday at a hearing on improving U.S. biosecurity preparedness. “Biodefense is too fragmented and...
