by Hannah Farrow | Jul 13, 2020 | Featured, Politics
The initial pandemic outbreak caused many farmers in Florida to plow under their crops for an estimated loss of more than $500 million, according to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. “U.S. specialty crop producers continue to be undercut by...
by Samone Blair | Jul 1, 2020 | Featured, Politics
When U.S. Park Police forcefully pushed peaceful protesters away from the White House and Lafayette Square on June 1, they performed a “violent and senseless operation,” said Raúl M. Grijalva, D-Ariz, Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee, during a Congressional...
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by Xurui Tan | Jul 1, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease and the government’s top infectious disease expert, said during a Senate hearing Tuesday that the U.S. is “not in total control” of the country’s coronavirus outbreak. “We...
by Anabel Mendoza | Jun 30, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
The Trump administration’s ongoing attacks on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are an issue of “partisan politicization,” said Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund on Monday. “What we...
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by Amy Sokolow | Jun 29, 2020 | Featured, Politics
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he will refocus hiring standards for the federal government on “merit” by assessing skills rather than college degrees so that more workers have a shot at the millions of federal jobs. The order states that the...
by Hannah Farrow | Jun 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Along with lions, tigers and bears, Congress may make monkey trading illegal across state borders. The Captive Primate Safety Act was introduced during the U.S. House Water, Oceans, and Wildlife hearing in Washington on Thursday morning. It aims to amend the Lacey Act...
