by Dalia Faheid | Oct 27, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — Despite being essential workers, domestic workers – especially those whose primary language is Spanish – are excluded from much-needed coronavirus relief, according to a National Domestic Workers Alliance report released Tuesday. “This...
by Augusta Saraiva | Oct 27, 2020 | Business & Tech, Featured
While the global economy is expected to shrink by 4.4 percent this year, Latin American and Caribbean economies are likely to experience a GDP contraction nearly twice as high as that, according to the Western Hemisphere Economic Outlook report released last Thursday...
by Augusta Saraiva | Oct 27, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — The U.S. should stop trying to combat Central American criminal groups solely through deportation and start tackling the societal issues that allow the groups a foothold in the country, transnational crime experts said Tuesday. “The U.S. does not...
by Arnab Mondal | Oct 26, 2020 | Featured, National Security
The Department of Veteran Affairs can’t systematically analyze the health of LGBT veterans because it doesn’t consistently collect data on sexual orientation or self-identified gender identity, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability...
by Katie Livingstone | Oct 23, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden went head-to-head over how to best combat the coronavirus, boost the economy and build a future for the country in Thursday’s presidential debate in Nashville, Tenn., the final of the 2020...
by Arnab Mondal | Oct 23, 2020 | Featured, Health
President Donald Trump has signed into law a pair of bills that could be crucial in preventing suicides among veterans. According to the Department of Veteran Affairs, more than 6,100 veterans died by suicide in 2017, the most recent year for which data is available....