by Chiara Vercellone and Sara Wilson | Mar 2, 2020 | Featured, Politics
1. The Senate is voting Monday to end the debate over the Advanced Geothermal Innovation Leadership Act (S. 2657), which intends to accelerate geothermal energy development in the U.S., and develop programs at the Department of Energy to enhance existing geothermal...
by Soram Cheon | Feb 26, 2020 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – South Korea has more cases of coronavirus than any country outside China – 1,261 – and that now includes the first U.S. serviceman stationed in the country, according to the United States Forced Korea. The 23-year-old male soldier is stationed at Camp...
by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, HyoJung Kim and Mark Satter | Feb 21, 2020 | Featured, Politics
If 2019 was a fraught year for abortion access in the United States, with state legislatures passing 59 restrictions on the procedure, a clash over contraception is emerging in 2020. From an impending Supreme Court case to attempts in state legislatures, the increased...
by Soram Cheon | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured, Living
While American women made about 81% what men earned in 2018, women have managed to surpass their male colleagues in some lines of work, Census data show, including in male-dominated industries such as science and some blue-collar jobs. Most of industries in which...
by Joe Snell | Feb 20, 2020 | Environment, Featured
DUHOK, Iraq — No one batted an eye when the power abruptly cut off in English teacher Miriam Zia’s 11th-grade classroom at the Sardam International School in Duhok. The cuts occur at least twice a day and are now “part of the fabric of our society,” Zia told...
by Joe Snell | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — An encrypted line set up by the U.S. State Department is helping Iranians expose human rights violations by regime officials. The secret tip line is created amid escalating tensions between the two countries after the U.S. departure from the Iran Nuclear...
