by Jorja Siemons | Feb 2, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON –– Increasing availability of composting and recycling programs benefits both the climate and economy, experts said Wednesday at a Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works hearing. “The U.S. spends $218 billion a year, growing, processing, and...
by Maia Pandey | Feb 2, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Increasing access to telehealth services, which many have come to rely upon during the pandemic, provided a point of agreement between lawmakers in a Tuesday hearing to address the national mental health crisis. “Too long Americans have shied away from...
by Ali Bianco | Feb 2, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Three years ago in Iran, Marziyeh Ehtesab won the Diversity Visa lottery, a U.S. government program that grants recipients permanent U.S. residency. But after paying all the necessary fees and filing for a visa, this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity was...
by Zachary Miller | Feb 1, 2022 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON – Elderberries claiming to boost immune response. Empty storefronts posing as testing clinics. Contact tracing calls that are actually from identity fraudsters. Bootleg hand sanitizer from Mexico, fake KN95 masks from China and $60 rapid tests from...
by Maia Pandey | Feb 1, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science
WASHINGTON — Communities and healthcare providers urgently need federal funding to address twin mental health and substance abuse crises, healthcare experts and advocates told senators on Tuesday “Almost 130 million Americans live in areas with less than one mental...
by Ellisya Lindsey | Jan 27, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON — A record-number of corporations participated in the Human Rights Campaign’s 20th annual workplace equality survey, the organization announced on Thursday. “We are never going to reach a destination but will always be on a path of continuously improving...
by Jorja Siemons | Jan 27, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — The House Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition (SEEC) launched three task forces confronting the climate crisis Wednesday. “There isn’t one silver bullet to solve the current climate crisis, but through innovation and bold action we may yet be...
by Grace Deng | Jan 27, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Thursday made the case for a “reset in education” strategies to address COVID-19-related stressors that have overwhelmed most students and teachers, but disproportionately impacted those already marginalized. “To my...
by Shannon Coan | Jan 27, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON – Rensselaer County native Edmonia Lewis, the first Black and Native American sculptor to earn international recognition, became the newest face of a U.S. Postal Service’s stamp at a ceremony in the Smithsonian American Art Museum on Wednesday. “Lewis’s...
by Jenny Huh | Jan 26, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — Less than a month into the new year, the South Dakota Senate passed an anti-transgender measure, an early indication that the record-number of similar bills introduced or signed into law nationwide last year may continue, according to experts. “It is...
by Maia Pandey | Jan 26, 2022 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — About one in five lesbian-, gay- and bisexual-identifying adults smoke cigarettes, compared to about one in seven adults who identify as straight — placing LGB Americans among the top 10 populations disproportionately affected by tobacco use, according to...
by Grace Deng | Jan 26, 2022 | Education, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — Virginia parents can now report teachers who they believe are covering “divisive” subjects, via a tip line announced on Monday by Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin. “Part of what education is meant to do is to take on divisive topics and to take on issues...
