by Julia Richardson | Jan 18, 2022 | Featured, Politics
Washington — Hundreds of marchers took to the streets of Washington, D.C. on Monday, commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 93rd birthday. In attendance at the event were Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King and Yolanda Renee King. Participants in the march...
by Vanessa Kjeldsen | Jan 18, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Martin Luther King Jr.’s family, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and hundreds of others celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by demanding voting rights reform. “The law can’t make a man love me,” Martin Luther King III said during the press conference,...
by Jenny Huh | Jan 13, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, Living
WASHINGTON – Lower financial literacy among Americans, especially those 65-and-older and those with disabilities, creates challenges for long-term money management, experts and nonprofit leaders told lawmakers on Thursday. “Seniors end up as greeters at Walmart when...
by Grace Deng | Jan 13, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Community colleges have taken the biggest hit to enrollment over the course of the pandemic with more than 700,000 fewer students registering, according to new data released on Thursday from the National Student Clearinghouse. “How do you build a...
by Charlotte Varnes | Jan 13, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON –– Global average temperatures reached their sixth highest of all-time in 2021, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced on Thursday. “We’ve reached a point where this global warming data that we’re talking about is no longer...
by Jason Harward | Dec 20, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The news cycle surrounding the constantly shapeshifting Build Back Better Act brought one local figure to the forefront of national politics — Mark Pocan, the Madison congressman now serving his fifth term in Congress. Pocan, the former two-term chair of...
by Delaney Nelson | Dec 19, 2021 | Environment
WASHINGTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s flood insurance program is at risk of financial insolvency due to outdated flood risk mapping and an unsustainable business model, putting communities around the country that experience flooding at risk of damages...
by Mary Yang | Dec 14, 2021 | Living
Madison resident and farmer Mylia Vang didn’t apply for some of the $100 million in COVID-19 relief grants for Wisconsin farmers because she didn’t know the money existed. Vang, 44, who makes between $20,000 and $30,000 per year selling asparagus, zucchini and other...
by Linus Hoeller | Dec 9, 2021 | National Security
WASHINGTON – In the all-white world of the neofascist Patriot Front, a fast-growing far-right organization, a path to power leading military veterans are sought after as a force multiplier for their ability to young recruits to the organization, turning into a lethal...
by Henry Rogers | Dec 9, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will kick off the international Summit for Democracy on Thursday with the aim of producing a multilateral strategy for democratic renewal as concerns mount about the recent authoritarian inclinations of the United States....
by Christina van Waasbergen | Dec 8, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON — When Mohammed Alarefi, a native of war-torn Yemen, won the U.S. visa lottery in May 2018, it was the realization of his childhood dream: a chance to move to America. “I registered every year until the miracle happened and I was chosen” for a...
by Mary Yang | Dec 8, 2021 | Living
WASHINGTON – Although the Department of Veterans Affairs backed a record 1.44 million homes loans for veterans and service members in the 12 months ending Sept. 30, members of Congress and veterans’ advocates said Wednesday that sellers remain leery of VA-backed loans...
