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,...
by Shirin Ali | Aug 26, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Young adults have been known as unreliable voters, yet over the last four years this key voting bloc has set historic highs in voter participation, at times even out-voting older generations. But the coronavirus pandemic could severely damage young adults’ voting...
by Hannah Farrow | Aug 26, 2020 | Featured, Politics
The second of two virtual hearings occurred last Thursday morning to discuss how Mexican trade laws impact southeastern farmers. With opening remarks from Sonny Perdue, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, eight farmers testified how they’ve been harmed over the years....
by Anabel Mendoza | Aug 25, 2020 | Education, Featured
As Frederick County public schools begin remote learning amid concerns about COVID-19, homeless and other vulnerable students face a heightened set of challenges. Late last month, the Board of Education announced that the county’s public schools will move to a full...
by Amy Sokolow | Aug 25, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Army veteran Toni Hackney has always wanted a family, but as a single woman with endometriosis, she knew she would need fertility assistance. A year after she sought approval from the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover the cost of in-vitro...
by Hannah Farrow | Aug 21, 2020 | Featured, Politics
As schools transitioned to online learning because of the pandemic, nationwide calls to child abuse hotlines went way down. Experts say that’s because teachers, who are mandated by the state to report abuse, can’t gather the full picture over virtual environments. Now...
