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...
by Samone Blair | Aug 21, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
Advocacy groups have accused U.S. immigration officials of providing pork and rancid halal meals to Muslim detainees at a Miami processing center. Attorneys from three organizations — Muslim Advocates, Americans for Immigrant Justice and Atlanta-based law firm...
by Xurui Tan | Aug 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
The National Institutes of Health wants to utilize artificial intelligence technology to better combat COVID-19 and has offered a grant to establish a resource center for diagnosis and treatment. However, a spokesperson from the National Institute of Biomedical...
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...
