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Canada’s appeal to tech startups grows in wake of Trump suspending H-1B visas

Canada’s appeal to tech startups grows in wake of Trump suspending H-1B visas

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...
House hearing “exposes” problems North Dakota tribal communities face

House hearing “exposes” problems North Dakota tribal communities face

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...
Left in Limbo: International Students Grapple With Uncertainty Following ICE Ban

Left in Limbo: International Students Grapple With Uncertainty Following ICE Ban

by Anabel Mendoza | Jul 14, 2020 | Featured, Immigration

Last week, when ICE announced that international students attending online-only U.S. colleges in the fall must either transfer to schools with in-person instruction or leave the country, Amr Mecca felt the fear and shock so many international students have been...
Congress seeks relief for Florida’s struggling agriculture industry

Congress seeks relief for Florida’s struggling agriculture industry

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...
Protesters injured by police before Trump photo-op testify: ‘It hurts’

Protesters injured by police before Trump photo-op testify: ‘It hurts’

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...
Fauci warns that U.S. could see 100,000 new COVID-19 cases per day

Fauci warns that U.S. could see 100,000 new COVID-19 cases per day

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...
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