by Samone Blair | Aug 6, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
North Dakota lawmakers presented agriculture and unemployment as key priorities this week while the Trump administration and House Democrats negotiate the next round of coronavirus relief. Federal unemployment benefits are a key difference between plans presented by...
by Amy Sokolow, Danyella Wilder and Yun Hao | Aug 5, 2020 | Education, Featured
? For-profit colleges accounted for 71 of the 100 schools that received the most emergency grant funding per student from the CARES Act, as shown by an analysis of Education Department data by students at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University....
by Shirin Ali and Anabel Mendoza | Jul 31, 2020 | Featured, Immigration
Earlier this month, a California judge ordered the release of more than 100 migrant children from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody; however, after ICE failed to meet specific prerequisites to release the children, the judge declared her order was...
by LaTesha Harris | Jul 31, 2020 | Featured, Military
President Donald Trump still supports Anthony Tata, his pick for undersecretary of defense for policy, despite the abrupt cancellation of Thursday’s Senate confirmation hearing for the divisive nominee, the White House said on Friday. “I have no personnel...
by Nicole Girten | Jul 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
Maria Gomez cried while her children slept. She would wake up in the middle of the night with nightmares. The emotional turmoil of finally leaving her partner after years of verbal and physical abuse, compounded the isolation that came with Chicago’s stay-at-home...
by Samone Blair | Jul 30, 2020 | Featured, National Security
The Senate Committee on Armed Services canceled a nomination hearing Thursday morning for Anthony J. Tata to be the undersecretary of defense for policy at the Pentagon after outrage over Tata’s alleged racism. A group of over 50 civil rights, faith, education and...
