by Nia Prater | Feb 2, 2017 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON—Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father who carried on a feud with now President Donald Trump after he skewered the future president for anti-Muslim rhetoric at the Democratic National Convention, appeared with Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minnesota Wednesday, to...
by Nia Prater | Jan 31, 2017 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Seven years into an economic recovery, most states still aren’t spending what they were when inflation was factored into account. “Thirty-two states are still not spending at the level they were before the Great Recession, adjusted for inflation,” said...
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by Nia Prater | Jan 21, 2017 | Inauguration
Seven women tell us why they came to Washington for the Women’s March, and what they hope will come next. https://dc.medill.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Denisha-Jones-mono.mp3 Denisha Jones of Washington, DC (Nia Prater/MNS)...
by Nia Prater | Jan 21, 2017 | Inauguration
WASHINGTON –Pink hats were the preferred headgear for the hundreds of thousands of women at Saturday’s Women’s March, but to Kelly Krieger from Bellingham, the one on her head was particularly special. “This is just the last one I made,” she said. “I was knitting up...
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by Nia Prater | Jan 20, 2017 | Inauguration
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of people from Washington state were on hand Friday as Donald Trump became the 45th U.S. president. Some came to support him, while others wanted to learn firsthand about a peaceful change of administration. And two used the trip to combine...
