by Shirin Ali | Jul 24, 2020 | Featured, Politics
States across the country are grappling with how to run primaries and the November general election while dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, a task one voting expert told a Senate committee on Wednesday would require another $3.6 billion in federal aid. During the...
by Shirin Ali | Jul 23, 2020 | Campaign2020
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s $2 trillion plan to make America carbon pollution-free by 2035 while creating millions of jobs has critics and supporters, but it may have hit the “sweet spot” of addressing concerns of both sides, a Brookings...
by Shirin Ali | Jul 21, 2020 | Coronavirus
As COVID-19 uproots businesses and lives across the country, Wisconsin’s essential front-line workers, including thousands of immigrants, remain among the most vulnerable. Many immigrant workers must decide: Stay at home and risk losing a paycheck or go to work but...
by Shirin Ali | Jul 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
Wisconsin’s Native American tribes have taken aggressive steps to combat the coronavirus pandemic since January and recent data show they have fared better than other harder hit tribes across the country. Indian Health Service reported 548 Native Americans tested...
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by Shirin Ali | Jun 26, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
Several Democratic senators, including former presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, grilled Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan on reports that unaccompanied migrant children are not being appropriately screened to determine if they are...
