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Texas lawsuit threatens abortion pill access networks like Mayday health

Texas lawsuit threatens abortion pill access networks like Mayday health

by Avani Kalra | Apr 19, 2023 | Health & Science, Politics

Since the federal right to an abortion was overturned last year, 24 states have banned or severely restricted the right to terminate a pregnancy. Except in extremely rare circumstances, doctors are not able to perform or prescribe abortions to patients needing or...
COVID created an expanded social safety; activists are now quietly working to bring it back

COVID created an expanded social safety; activists are now quietly working to bring it back

by Davis Giangiulio | Apr 19, 2023 | Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — In March 2020, the economy was grinded to a halt, as the COVID-19 pandemic forced sudden widespread shutdowns of businesses. As Congress watched the economy fall off the cliff, it responded by doing something lawmakers have resisted since the 1960s: a...
VIDEO: From Guam to Capitol Hill, a Congressman settles in

VIDEO: From Guam to Capitol Hill, a Congressman settles in

by Logan Schiciano | Apr 19, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Congressman James Moylan (R-Guam) is the first Republican to represent Guam in Congress in 30 years, but he hasn’t wasted any time making an impact. While Moylan’s transition to Capitol Hill has come with challenges – his home and constituents are over...
Congress seeks new regulation and judicial reform on big tech companies

Congress seeks new regulation and judicial reform on big tech companies

by Anson Zhang | Mar 31, 2023 | Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers called for tighter regulation of big tech companies in the U.S. at a congressional hearing on Tuesday, addressing the intensifying debate over the growing influence social media platforms have on society.  Bob Latta (R-Ohio), Chairman of the...
Labor advocates, progressive lawmakers feel embolden on expanding overtime pay

Labor advocates, progressive lawmakers feel embolden on expanding overtime pay

by Kate Walter | Mar 27, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Longtime progressive lawmakers and labor advocates are hopeful that the Biden administration will be more emboldened to expand overtime pay rules in the coming months after a recent Supreme Court ruling in an employment law case and if the president’s new...
As Biden pushes to lower drug prices, Congress focuses on powerful drug pricing middlemen

As Biden pushes to lower drug prices, Congress focuses on powerful drug pricing middlemen

by Davis Giangiulio and Avani Kalra | Mar 27, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden has long been vocal about lowering drug prices nationwide, but his plan has avoided a part of the problem. Pharmacy Benefit Managers, or PBMs, comprise a $450 billion industry and are crucial in determining the costs consumers pay at...
“You won’t make it past Nevada:” Latino community leaders see promise in DNC’s 2024 primary plan

“You won’t make it past Nevada:” Latino community leaders see promise in DNC’s 2024 primary plan

by Lucia Barnum | Mar 27, 2023 | Featured, Politics

Watching votes trickle in on primary election night in 2020, Laura Becerra said she felt a mix of excitement and anxiety. As the Latinx Constituency coordinator for Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign in Nevada, Becerra was anxious to see if the months of...
How politicians in both parties have been forced to turn around on Social Security and Medicare

How politicians in both parties have been forced to turn around on Social Security and Medicare

by Davis Giangiulio | Mar 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics, Topics

In 2011, then-President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner were prepared to cut Social Security and Medicare in order to support a bipartisan deal to raise the debt limit. The deal didn’t become reality, but it showed both parties were prepared to slash these...
New NEDA, NAED partnership with TikTok raises questions about approaches to eating disorder advocacy

New NEDA, NAED partnership with TikTok raises questions about approaches to eating disorder advocacy

by Joanna Hou | Mar 18, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Videos promoting 300 calorie diets and other pro-anorexia content flooded Amanda Noll’s TikTok feed, even as she searched for videos encouraging eating disorder recovery.  Noll, a college student and support specialist at Legacy Treatment Services, has...
Battles over defense spending simmer among the GOP

Battles over defense spending simmer among the GOP

by Caroline Neal | Mar 15, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON –– As Democrats and Republicans prepare to spar over the debt ceiling, a quieter debate on scaling back defense spending is brewing within the Republican Party. The prospect of defense cuts started during Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid for speaker of the...
West Virginians mixed on Manchin as he faces uncertain political future

West Virginians mixed on Manchin as he faces uncertain political future

by Brennan Leach and Logan Schiciano | Mar 15, 2023 | Featured, Politics

Morgantown, W. Va. — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III (W.Va.) must soon decide if he will seek reelection from a majority Republican constituency. Manchin is no stranger to high-stakes decisions, as he often determined the life or death of President Biden’s...
Biden signs executive order to increase gun safety

Biden signs executive order to increase gun safety

by Caroline Neal | Mar 15, 2023 | Featured, Politics

MONTEREY PARK, CALIF. –– President Joe Biden signed an Executive Order to increase gun safety while speaking on Monday in Monterey Park, Calif., the site of a mass shooting in January that claimed 11 lives and left nine injured. The Executive Order aims to reduce gun...
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