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...
by Zachary Miller | Feb 17, 2022 | Business, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — A nearly year long coal miner strike in Alabama drew attention to a handful of the largest private equity and asset management companies in the world at a Senate hearing Thursday. “Just three Wall Street firms, BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street manage...
by Charlotte Varnes | Feb 17, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Changes to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program could lead to wide-ranging economic impacts like increased gas prices and shutdowns of small refineries, experts told lawmakers during a Senate Environment and Public Works...
by Diego Ramos Bechara | Feb 16, 2022 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Reverting to offensive policies — like direct economic sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s “cronies,” supporting investigative journalism and civil society actors — were some of the ways in which experts suggested lawmakers deter future Russian aggression in...
by Zachary Miller | Feb 16, 2022 | Business, Featured
WASHINGTON – The federal debt ceiling has caused headaches for decades. Now, House Democrats are considering the value of doing away with it altogether. “The debt ceiling has become a political weapon used to extract concessions, or more recently, simply score...
