by Silvia Martelli | Dec 7, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda held her ninth consecutive Fire Drill on Friday to protest climate change, marching through the nation’s capital to confront financial institutions protesters say are associated with the climate crisis...
by Mark Satter | Dec 6, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Foreigners responsible for taking Americans hostage abroad have long been able to benefit from western institutions and ways of life. A new bill aims to curb that, but some experts fear it goes too far. The Global Hostage Act, introduced last month...
by Silvia Martelli and Chiara Vercellone | Dec 6, 2019 | Featured, Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — One week before the seventh anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, families of gun violence victims across the nation gathered on Capitol Hill for an emotional vigil where Connecticut’s congressmen demanded new gun...
by Alec Bose | Dec 5, 2019 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — Americans will make student debt a priority in the 2020 presidential election because more young college graduates can’t afford housing while other young people avoid college, causing business owners to struggle to find workers, said House Education...
by Joe Snell | Dec 5, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The chances that China will invade Taiwan have increased, but the risk might be too great, two experts said at a conference in Washington, D.C. “As each day, week, month and year pass over the course of the next decade, there will be...
by Sam Cabral | Dec 5, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As the U.S. House of Representatives inches closer to a vote in favor of impeaching President Donald Trump, Republicans say the hearings are a complete waste of time. Wednesday marked the latest phase in the investigation into the president’s actions...
