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Bipartisan legislators seek to end workplace sexual assault and harassment
The legislation, introduced with bipartisan support, would give survivors of sexual assault and harassment more legal rights.
Latest in Politics
Bipartisan legislators seek to end workplace sexual assault and harassment
The legislation, introduced with bipartisan support, would give survivors of sexual assault and harassment more legal rights.
Roll Call: Key votes from the Wisconsin congressional delegation this week
Want to know how members of Wisconsin’s congressional delegation voted on major issues last week? Read more here.
Voting Rights Protest on Capitol Hill Ends with Hundreds Arrested
A peaceful voting rights campaign, as part of the Poor People Campaign’s National Moral Monday Action, ended up with hundreds of activists arrested on Aug. 2, 2021.
Latest in Coronavirus
VIDEO : DC Mural Celebrates Vice President Harris
More than 150 volunteers helped crochet a mural of Kamala Harris, the first female Vice President. An Oklahoma City artist is represented on that wall. Kristian Kelly has been crocheting for nearly 10 years and helped organize the project.
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VIDEO : DC Mural Celebrates Vice President Harris
More than 150 volunteers helped crochet a mural of Kamala Harris, the first female Vice President. An Oklahoma City artist is represented on that wall. Kristian Kelly has been crocheting for nearly 10 years and helped organize the project.
Houston mayor addresses diversity and inclusion efforts in COVID-19 fight
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner says the COVID-19 pandemic has shown the need for more work on diversity and inclusion efforts
One year later: Broadway shutdown puts actors’ dreams on hold amid pandemic
Broadway actors Laura Leigh Turner of “Mean Girls” and John Krause of “Hadestown” were on the cusp of career-making moments when Broadway shut down. Turner debuted March 10; Krause would have performed in a leading role on March 12.
Latest in National Security
Foreign affairs subcommittee urges more support from Biden administration to end Lebanon crisis
Lebanon suffers from political, economic and humanitarian crises due to the widespread corruption among the political class and the control of the Hezbollah militia over the country. The international community finds difficulties in dealing with the situation in Lebanon due to the lack of political and security stability.
Latest in National Security
Foreign affairs subcommittee urges more support from Biden administration to end Lebanon crisis
Lebanon suffers from political, economic and humanitarian crises due to the widespread corruption among the political class and the control of the Hezbollah militia over the country. The international community finds difficulties in dealing with the situation in Lebanon due to the lack of political and security stability.
Washington, D.C.’s Uighur community urges Biden to recognize ‘occupied country’
Members of Washington’s Uighur community rallied in front of the White House to demand the U.S. government recognize Xinjiang, also called East Turkistan, as an ‘occupied country.’
Russian missile system, Erdogan visit to Cyprus dominate Senate hearing on Turkey
Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee convened Wednesday to discuss U.S.-Turkey relations.
Latest in Social Justice
Can churches earn the trust of young racial justice activists?
Many young activists distrust the church because it has not “boldly condemned its violent past,” said Tiffany Reid-Collazo.
Latest in Social Justice
Can churches earn the trust of young racial justice activists?
Many young activists distrust the church because it has not “boldly condemned its violent past,” said Tiffany Reid-Collazo.
Everything Felt Like a Punishment: First-person accounts of COVID-19 from Stateville Correctional Center
Inmates at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois express hesitancy and distrust ahead of receiving the COVID-19 vaccine.
South Korean broadcaster censors gay kisses in ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
South Korean LGBTQ rights groups have condemned broadcaster SBS for censoring gay kiss scenes from the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody, which focused on the life of rock band Queen lead vocalist Freddie Mercury.
Latest in Business & Tech
Rail operators seek infrastructure changes and equal representation
Some New York passenger and freight rail associations are asking the administration President Joe Biden for infrastructure changes while also outlining plans to keep customers and workers safe following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Appeals Court Rules Dakota Access Pipeline Can Continue Operating Without a Key Permit
A federal appeals court is allowing oil to continue to flow through the Dakota Access pipeline, upheld most of a lower court ruling that said oil can continue to flow through the pipeline, but confirmed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did violate the National Environmental Policy Act in 2017 when it approved the pipeline easement without an environmental impact statement.
Student-loan payment freeze gives badly needed relief to struggling borrowers
With the recent promise to extend the pause on student loan payments until October, experts say borrowers will have a range of ways to spend the money.
Latest in Immigration
As Washington debates immigrant labor, Wisconsin dairy workers could benefit
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act would provide a path to citizenship for many migrant farmworkers in Wisconsin and across the country.
U.S. losing talent because of outdated immigration system, advocates say
The U.S. is losing talent and pushing them to other countries because of the outdated immigration system, advocates say. Others at House hearings say H-1B workers are competing with, rather than complementing, the American workforce.
‘Lifting the ban is not undoing the injustice’: How Muslim groups want Biden to fight Islamophobia
Muslim groups across the country are calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to name a special envoy to monitor and combat Islamophobia, which a U.N. expert says has escalated to “epidemic proportions.”
Latest in Environment
Armstrong speaks out against the CLEAN Future Act
The House Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing on “the CLEAN Future Act” last week. The act aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas pollution by 2050 and combat the climate crisis together.
Bipartisan group of lawmakers see carbon capture as answer to climate change
Carbon capture, a process by which carbon dioxide is sequestered from emission sources such as power plants or directly from the atmosphere and then stored or reused, has become a rare bastion of bipartisan congressional agreement on climate action. On Wednesday, lawmakers in the House and Senate, including Sens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Reps. David McKinley, R-W.Va., and Marc Veasey, D-Texas, introduced a bill to provide loan guarantees from the Department of Energy to new and existing carbon capture projects.
VIDEO: North Dakota Senator Describes Federal Investigation Into Power Outages
Extreme weather across the nation last week caused power outages from Texas to North Dakota.
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