by Josephine Chu | Jul 24, 2019 | Business & Tech
Cannabis-industry players on Tuesday voiced support for a bill that would protect banks that aim to serve the sector, as one industry veteran told a Senate panel that not having a bank forced him to pay a $3 million tax bill in cash. Since marijuana remains illegal at...
by Josephine Chu | Jul 19, 2019 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON – On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon for the first time. 50 years later, the world looks back on the first moon landing as a glorious feat and a testament to what we are capable of as a country. But after all this time, why...
by Josephine Chu | Jul 17, 2019 | Immigration
WASHINGTON – Despite a comparison to concentration camps that some Jewish groups consider offensive, some others are embracing the term to take action against the immigration detention centers at the U.S.–Mexico border. The use of the term “concentration...
by Josephine Chu | Jul 9, 2019 | Immigration
WASHINGTON — Nearly 150 people protested outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection building Tuesday, chanting “down with deportation” and demanding better monitoring of border detention centers and access to indigenous language translators. “Up, up with...
by Josephine Chu | Jul 8, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – More than 200 Trump supporters from Proud Boys, an alt-right group, and a larger number of counterprotesters confronted each other Saturday during a pro-Trump rally at the Freedom Plaza, and some minor scuffles broke out but no one was arrested. The...
