by Megan Sauer | Aug 20, 2020 | Breaking News, Featured, Politics
The Congressional Progressive Caucus on Thursday launched its investigation into White House efforts to “sabotage” the United States Postal Service to make mail-in voting more difficult in the presidential election. At a hearing, Caucus co-chair Rep. Mark Pocan,...
by LaTesha Harris | Aug 20, 2020 | Business, Featured
Faith Ellis is only farming six of the 85 acres on her New Boston, Texas farm – one of eight Black-owned operations left in Bowie County – because of the coronavirus pandemic. Ellis, a disabled farmer, and her husband can’t afford workers to cross-fence, prepare soil,...
by Hannah Farrow | Aug 20, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Florida congressmen, including Rep. Ross Spano, Vern Buchanan, Greg Steube and Darren Soto, along with Sen. Marco Rubio, met virtually last Thursday with a multi-federal agency panel to discuss the state of Florida’s seasonal and perishable produce. Rep. Spano led the...
by Alyk Russell Kenlan | Aug 20, 2020 | Featured, National Security
China is trying to “leapfrog” U.S. superpower strength through increased use of military artificial intelligence. The U.S. and China have increased development of artificial intelligence capabilities for their militaries. But China’s 2017 New...
by Samone Blair | Aug 19, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
Sen. Maria Cantwell and Sen. Patty Murray, both Democrats, signed a bipartisan letter last week calling for an extension in the enumeration deadline for the 2020 census. Originally, the deadline for the enumeration process, which involves Census Bureau employees...
by Samone Blair | Aug 19, 2020 | Featured, Politics
The Biden for President campaign held a roundtable Friday, advocating for the need to invest in broadband for rural and tribal communities as part of the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s Build Back Better economic plan. “Just imagine the future...
