by Medill News Service | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics, Topics
Immigration experts and advocates divided in response to Biden’s SOTU By Ali Bianco and Jenny Huh, 11:34 p.m. Rep. Chuy Garcia of Illinois, who attended yesterday’s “People’s State of the Union” protest, took to Twitter: “It’s great that POTUS wants to provide a...
by Julia Richardson | Feb 26, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — After promising to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, President Joe Biden announced Ketanji Brown Jackson as his pick on Friday morning. Jackson has been confirmed by the United States Senate three times, and is currently serving on the...
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 Maia Pandey | Jan 18, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Supreme Court justices from both the left- and right-leaning blocks appeared skeptical of an argument that Boston officials could reject a Christian flag as part of a program in which the city occasionally replaces its own flag with those requested...
by Linus Hoeller and Dan Hu | Dec 2, 2021 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Shortly after a second case of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 was reported in the United States, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday that the administration is reviewing all possible options to keep Americans safe. “Nothing is off the...
