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These are the rescuers saving lives in Syria

by Loumay Alesali | Aug 17, 2018 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — For seven years, Syrians have been suffering in the civil war as the Assad government and its allies bomb civilians and use chemical attacks. More than 500,000 people have been killed, according to the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights....
Counterprotesters waited for groups of Unite the Right that never showed up

Counterprotesters waited for groups of Unite the Right that never showed up

by Loumay Alesali | Aug 13, 2018 | Featured, Living

WASHINGTON  — About two dozen white nationalists rallied Sunday near the White House on the one-year anniversary of the Charlottesville riot, while about a thousand counterprotesters yelled at them from across the wide expanse of Lafayette Park. The National...
Children protest immigration policy on Capitol Hill

Children protest immigration policy on Capitol Hill

by Loumay Alesali | Jul 26, 2018 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON— Dozens of parents and children marched to Capitol Hill Thursday morning to demonstrate against family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy and to highlight the Thursday deadline...
DHS expected to decide this week on Somalis’ protected status

DHS expected to decide this week on Somalis’ protected status

by Loumay Alesali | Jul 18, 2018 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is expected to decide whether to cancel or extend protected status for hundreds of Somalis living in the U.S. by Thursday, and experts warn that revoking the protection would send the Somalis back to a country...
Jane Fonda lobbies for harassment protections for domestic workers

Jane Fonda lobbies for harassment protections for domestic workers

by Loumay Alesali | Jul 13, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Hollywood icon Jane Fonda joined forces with domestic workers Thursday to urge Congress to provide better protections against sexual harassment for in-home workers. “This is not a new thing for me to want to stand with women workers. When the MeToo...
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