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Rights group: China imprisons more than 449,000 Uyghurs in Xinjiang

Rights group: China imprisons more than 449,000 Uyghurs in Xinjiang

by Karishma Bhuiyan and Andrew Fang | Apr 26, 2024 | Featured, National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON — As Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his trip to China, a human rights group released a report calculating that China currently imprisons more than 449,000 Uyghurs in Xinjiang, about one in 17. According to the Uyghur Human Rights Project, a...
Nonprofit organizations become a helpful resource in the naturalization process

Nonprofit organizations become a helpful resource in the naturalization process

by Anastasia Mason and Yiqing Wang | Apr 3, 2024 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – Every week in downtown D.C., near the National Archives and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, hundreds of aspiring new Americans from 100 different countries navigate past groups of tourists and students on field trips to attend in-depth civics...
Washington Metro’s ‘Fleet of the Future’ Expo showcases new train cars

Washington Metro’s ‘Fleet of the Future’ Expo showcases new train cars

by Esther Frances | Apr 2, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Science + Technology, Transportation

WASHINGTON — The Washington Area Metro Transit Authority showcased their new 8000-series train and zero-emissions bus at the Fleet of the Future Expo on the National Mall. Attendees can walk through and explore the train and bus model, which highlight new...
WMATA’s proposed 2025 budget puts some of the DMV’s most vulnerable residents at risk

WMATA’s proposed 2025 budget puts some of the DMV’s most vulnerable residents at risk

by Anastasia Mason and Emma McNamee | Mar 24, 2024 | Featured, Politics, Transportation

It’s taken 72 years for Donald Barrett, who has been blind his entire life, to feel “fully and completely independent,” a success he credits to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s MetroAccess system. “It’s the kind of independence that touches your...
Sen. Hawley champions for St. Louis constituents despite controversial past

Sen. Hawley champions for St. Louis constituents despite controversial past

by Esther Frances | Mar 13, 2024 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON – After unsuccessful efforts to include Missouri residents in a decades-old law that compensates victims of radiation from nuclear weapons development, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley succeeded last week in getting the Senate to pass an expansion.  The Senate...
Taiwan’s new legislature, possible Trump win cast shadows over U.S.-Taipei ties

Taiwan’s new legislature, possible Trump win cast shadows over U.S.-Taipei ties

by Andrew Zi-Qi Fang | Mar 12, 2024 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Taiwan’s choice of president in the January elections sent a strong message that the island nation wants to maintain its autonomy from China, but voters also sent an appeasing signal to China by denying the president-elect’s party a...
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