by Mikayla Denault | Sep 28, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Health inequities and vaccination strategies were the topics of debate at today’s House Education and Labor joint subcommittee hearing. The witnesses and committee members discussed ways to protect vulnerable communities from COVID-19, such as...
by Ali McCadden | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — After serving a total of 12 years in prison on a series of felony convictions, Dolfinette Martin spent the first year of her release living in her mother’s senior living apartment, hiding from others in the building because the lease prohibited...
by Khadija Islow | Apr 1, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science
President Donald Trump should invoke his authority under the Defense Production Act to expedite the delivery of masks, gloves and gowns to frontline workers who are at a high risk of contracting the coronavirus, union leaders said Tuesday. “While the rest of America...
by Khadija Islow | Mar 27, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announced on Wednesday it is seeking $255 million to deliver equipment to test refugees and migrants for the coronavirus, to deliver medical supplies and to install handwashing stations in camps and settlements. The...
by Rupa Palla | Mar 25, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law 10 years ago this month. Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, access to health care will likely weigh heavily on voters in the remaining Democratic primaries leading up to the Democratic National...
by Zamone "Z" Perez | Mar 20, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — When Matthew Petersen left his role as a commissioner in the Federal Election Commission at the end of August, the campaign finance oversight agency no longer had a quorum four commissioners — leaving it unable to meet. The Senate Republicans finally...
by Suzy Vazquez and Cassidy Wang | Mar 20, 2020 | Featured, Health & Science, Politics
WASHINGTON — Rachel Fey remembers struggling to get health insurance to cover her birth control costs – more than $400 out of pocket for three months of her pills. For some women, paying for food and shelter often doesn’t leave enough left over to pay for birth...
by Martha Castro and Khadija Islow | Mar 20, 2020 | Featured, Politics
With increasing concerns about the coronavirus spreading in Iran’s overcrowded prisons, Michael White, an American citizen detained in Iran since 2018, has been temporarily released, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday, although four other American imprisoned...
by Benjamin Rosenberg | Mar 19, 2020 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — It was supposed to be a rather ordinary hearing, with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testifying to a Senate Appropriations subcommittee about her department’s budget request for the next fiscal year. But in her opening remarks, Sen. Patty Murray of...
by Janea Wilson | Mar 19, 2020 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON—For 93 years, Americans have celebrated the blooming of Japanese Cherry Blossom trees on the tidal basin of the Potomac River. The festival’s start date has moved about 20 days earlier over the years due in part to rising global temperatures, scientists...
by Joshua Irvine | Mar 19, 2020 | Featured, Politics
A bill mandating paid sick leave and expanding federal unemployment benefits that won resounding bipartisan approval in the House and Senate received no support from Wisconsin’s Republicans, who say it was rushed and would put further strain on small businesses. The...
