by Alicia Diaz | Oct 8, 2020 | Featured, Social Justice, Topics
(Madison Muller/MNS) WASHINGTON — Throughout the summer, chants reverberated through the streets of D.C. as protesters demanded justice for Black lives. At the same time, a different type of battle cry was also being demonstrated – for those who knew how to spot it....
by Alicia Diaz | Oct 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, Economy, Featured, Transportation
WASHINGTON — American Airlines and United Airlines furloughed more than 30,000 employees Thursday after the Payroll Support Program, which provided $25 billion in coronavirus relief funding to the airline industry, expired. American Airlines CEO Doug...
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by Alicia Diaz | Sep 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – On Saturday, President Donald Trump nominated federal appeals court judge Amy Coney Barrett as his pick for the Supreme Court, setting up a swift confirmation process promised by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that could lead to her taking the...
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by Alicia Diaz | Sep 23, 2020 | Coronavirus, Events, Featured, Health, Topics
WASHINGTON —Just a few hours after the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s coffin was taken to the Supreme Court to lay in repose for two days, nearly 100 activists marched from the court to Republican headquarters to urge Senate Republicans to prioritize further...
by Alicia Diaz | Sep 22, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Tuesday unemployment has dropped to 8.4% and the U.S. is in the “fastest economy recovery” from a crisis that the country has ever experienced. He told the House Financial Service Committee that his department...
