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IN SENATE, 2020 HOPEFULS USE BILLS TO DEFINE PRESIDENTIAL PLATFORM

IN SENATE, 2020 HOPEFULS USE BILLS TO DEFINE PRESIDENTIAL PLATFORM

by Gabrielle Bienasz | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — The six senators are running for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president are on the campaign trail railing against big corporations in Brooklyn and pumping iron in Iowa, but they also are creating legislative records in the Senate that often will...
Trump Plan to End Loan Forgiveness Program Could Make Government, Nonprofit Jobs Less Attractive

Trump Plan to End Loan Forgiveness Program Could Make Government, Nonprofit Jobs Less Attractive

by Leslie Bonilla | Mar 21, 2019 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump’s budget proposal for 2020 to eliminate a program that offers government and nonprofit workers a way to have their federal education loan forgiven would make it harder for nonprofits and government agencies to attract employees,...
Supreme Court hears arguments on racial bias in death penalty case

Supreme Court hears arguments on racial bias in death penalty case

by Samantha Handler | Mar 20, 2019 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Most of the Supreme Court justices Wednesday said they will consider the history of racial bias in jury selection by the prosecutor in a Mississippi man’s murder conviction and death sentence. Justice Elena Kagan strongly questioned whether Mississippi...
High School Students Gather In Washington As Part of Worldwide Strike For Climate Action

High School Students Gather In Washington As Part of Worldwide Strike For Climate Action

by Nirmal Mulaikal and Cameron Peters | Mar 15, 2019 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Hundreds of students and activists skipped school on Friday to protest in front of the Capitol as part of a worldwide student climate strike. The strike was one of more than 2,000 to take place around the world. According to organizer Greta Thunberg, a...
Tribal Governments Want More Power to Investigate Cases of Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women

Tribal Governments Want More Power to Investigate Cases of Missing, Murdered Indigenous Women

by Leslie Bonilla | Mar 14, 2019 | Featured, Living, Politics

WASHINGTON — Native American tribal governments need more power to properly investigate and prosecute cases of murdered and missing Native American women, tribal advocates told a House Natural Resources subcommittee Thursday. Tribal governments often have difficulty...
Senate Vote Blocks National Emergency

Senate Vote Blocks National Emergency

by Brooke Fowler | Mar 14, 2019 | Featured, Immigration, National Security, Politics, Topics

WASHINGTON – The Senate voted 59-41 Thursday to block President Donald Trump’s Feb. 15 declaration of a national emergency, with 12 Republicans joining the 47 Democrats to send a message to the president that he had overstepped his authority. Trump said he declared...
IN ABSENCE OF FEDERAL LAW AGAINST LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION, OPENLY LGBTQ MAYORS ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNITIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS

IN ABSENCE OF FEDERAL LAW AGAINST LGBTQ DISCRIMINATION, OPENLY LGBTQ MAYORS ADVOCATE FOR COMMUNITIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS

by Gabrielle Bienasz | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, Politics

In 2009, Carrboro, North Carolina Alderman Lydia Lavelle asked the state legislature for permission to include LGBTQ people in Carrboro’s laws banning housing discrimination. Lawmakers said no. North Carolina’s statewide anti-discrimination law does not include...
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Four restaurants politicians have to visit if they want to win the New Hampshire primary

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: Four restaurants politicians have to visit if they want to win the New Hampshire primary

by Samantha Handler and Charlotte Walsh | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, Politics, Topics

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Every four years, presidential hopefuls swarm the small state of New Hampshire, home to the nation’s first primary, And to its diners, where they must do what politicians do best: mingle. From pancake breakfasts to hamburgers to-go, diners...
ATF, FBI officials say they need more funding to combat gun violence

ATF, FBI officials say they need more funding to combat gun violence

by Samantha Handler | Mar 13, 2019 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Federal Bureau of Investigations and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive officials said Wednesday they need more funding because of the possible passage of background check legislation and the increased cost of criminal investigations. At a Commerce,...
A Tale of Two Underdogs: Sanders and Buttigieg race for New Hampshire

A Tale of Two Underdogs: Sanders and Buttigieg race for New Hampshire

by Samantha Handler and Charlotte Walsh | Mar 12, 2019 | Featured, Politics

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — In 2016, Sen. Bernie Sanders was the underdog against political powerhouse Hillary Clinton, but pulled off an upset win in New Hampshire, the nation’s first primary. Now Sanders is running again —and is the state’s heavy favorite in...
Why Her: Voters at Warren’s NY Rally

Why Her: Voters at Warren’s NY Rally

by Heena Srivastava | Mar 12, 2019 | Featured, Politics, Topics

NEW YORK — Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D – Mass., focused her rally Friday in Queens on Washington corruption and the monopolistic power of tech giants. But many of her supporters say their priority is income inequality. With a...
WARREN TAKES CAMPAIGN AGAINST SILICON VALLEY TO ANTI-TECH TERRITORY

WARREN TAKES CAMPAIGN AGAINST SILICON VALLEY TO ANTI-TECH TERRITORY

by Ester Wells & Heena Srivastava | Mar 9, 2019 | Featured, Politics

NEW YORK— Hours after proposing a break-up of tech giants Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren told supporters in the Queens neighborhood known for pushing Amazon out that “tech giants think they rule the Earth.” In February, Amazon canceled...
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