by Hannah Farrow | Jul 21, 2020 | Education, Featured
Imagine a high school classroom where the history teacher asks the students how societal structures continue to support the enslavement of Black people. Then the conversation continues to dissect the role of slaves in the development of America, abandoning the...
by Alyk Russell Kenlan | Jul 17, 2020 | Featured, National Security
China’s newly announced sanctions against a principal American defense contractor may have been done more for political effect than economic punishment. On Tuesday, China said it would sanction Lockheed Martin Corp., which produces America’s top fighter planes, after...
by Alyk Russell Kenlan | Jul 17, 2020 | Featured, Politics
Over a quarter of female Department of Veterans Affairs employees experienced sexual harassment in recent years, according to a Government Accountability Office report published Wednesday. The GAO report highlighted outdated VA sexual harassment policies, delays in...
by Amy Sokolow | Jul 16, 2020 | Business, Featured
The states and federal government have fallen behind in updating decades-old technology and need to upgrade quickly to better serve the public, experts say, a point underscored by reports that millions of jobless Americans still haven’t received unemployment checks....
by Henry Ren | Jul 15, 2020 | Business, Featured
More U.S. tech startups’ operations are likely to expand to Canada as the Trump administration’s recent restrictions on H-1B visas compound the difficulty of hiring skilled engineers, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs say. In late June, the administration barred...
by Samone Blair | Jul 15, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured
A hearing in the House Energy & Commerce Committee last Wednesday presented several issues that tribal communities face, including difficulties with healthcare related to the coronavirus pandemic. “Some of this really exposes problems that have existed for a...
