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...
by Nicole Girten and Anabel Mendoza | Sep 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured, Immigration
Over 400 counties across the U.S. are considered “persistent poverty,” having high poverty rates for decades. Almost half of the 44 counties in Texas with persistent poverty are located along the U.S.-Mexico border and their high poverty rates and low wage employment...
by Alyk Russell Kenlan | Sep 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured, Health
For Scott Tekesky, his time stationed at an Army base on Oahu, Hawaii, far from his family, prepared him for the isolation of sheltering in place in his suburban Atlanta home for months because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “When you’re in the continental...
by Nicole Girten, Emine Yücel and Zhihui Xing | Sep 3, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured, Health
Data from the U.S Food and Drug Administration shows people of color, especially Black Americans, are recruited for drug trials at substantially lower rates than white Americans. 75% of cardiovascular drug trials reported from 2015 to 2019 had major racial...
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by Megan Sauer | Aug 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured, Health
Marissa Robbins, a surgical physician’s assistant at Rochester General Hospital, has always invested in her mental health — she sees a therapist, exercises and spends time with her family every Sunday to cope with the everyday stress of her job. That all changed in...
by Samone Blair | Aug 28, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
Lawmakers announced bipartisan support earlier this month for legislation providing additional benefits for foster youth and families during the coronavirus pandemic after young people from the foster care system, and organizations, called for emergency aid. However,...
