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“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...
S.D. Anti-Trans Bill Suggests Another Spike in Similar GOP-Driven Efforts Nationwide

S.D. Anti-Trans Bill Suggests Another Spike in Similar GOP-Driven Efforts Nationwide

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...
Hospitals decry funding cuts in Build Back Better act

Hospitals decry funding cuts in Build Back Better act

by Hannah Zhihan Jiang | Nov 23, 2021 | Health & Science

WASHINGTON — Hospital groups and some members of Congress are demanding Democrats drop the proposed reduction in federal funding for some hospitals that serve large numbers of uninsured patients in the Biden administration’s $1.7 trillion social spending bill,...
Military to use ground troops more, Special Ops Chief says

Military to use ground troops more, Special Ops Chief says

by Stephanie Haines | Feb 24, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON – The military is focusing on using troops more strategically in future ground operations, the head of the Army Special Forces Command said Monday. During a panel discussion on the need for humans in land operations following recent defense budget cuts,...
Political tensions rise as Sochi games near

Political tensions rise as Sochi games near

by Stephanie Haines | Feb 3, 2014 | National Security

WASHINGTON — Days before the opening ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics, tensions have risen between Moscow and insurgents in the North Caucasus, a region filled with instability, a panel of experts said Monday, heightening fears of a terrorist incident at the...

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