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Flint, Michigan, water crisis marks 4th year with student art showcase in D.C.

Flint, Michigan, water crisis marks 4th year with student art showcase in D.C.

by Cailin Crowe | Apr 26, 2018 | Featured, Living, Topics

WASHINGTON — Flint, Michigan, residents, activists, and artists gathered in Washington, D.C., on April 25 for an art showcase to call national attention to the continued effects of the city’s water crisis. The event marked four years after a state-appointed...
Market Regulators Want to Eliminate ‘Cat-and-Mouse’ Stock Trading Hurdles

Market Regulators Want to Eliminate ‘Cat-and-Mouse’ Stock Trading Hurdles

by Xinyi(Ethel) Jiang | Apr 25, 2018 | Business & Tech, Featured

WASHINGTON —Senior Securities and Exchange Commission staff indicated Monday at a roundtable discussion on improving equity market structure that it would consider actions to increase liquidity of thinly-traded securities. “I think we all agree that there are issues...
A Kardashian hits Capitol Hill to lobby for cosmetics bill

A Kardashian hits Capitol Hill to lobby for cosmetics bill

by Anna Kook | Apr 24, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Kourtney Kardashian appeared on Capitol Hill for the first time Tuesday to talk makeup and personal care products — not for a makeup tutorial class, but to urge lawmakers to approve more regulation on the cosmetic and personal care products...
High school students walk out to protest gun violence

High school students walk out to protest gun violence

by Xinyi (Ethel) Jiang & Caroline Tanner | Apr 20, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of local DMV students walked out of their classrooms today to march from the White House to the Capitol, to urge lawmakers to pass legislation for gun control. Students in D.C. were joined by students from across the country, and...
House Subcommittee Hears Personal Stories of the Opioid Epidemic

House Subcommittee Hears Personal Stories of the Opioid Epidemic

by Shelby Fleig | Apr 19, 2018 | Featured, Health

Brian Mendell committed suicide at age 25 because he was ashamed of his opioid addiction, despite not having used drugs in more than a year, his father told a House subcommittee Thursday as he demanded that Congress pass laws to fight the epidemic. Mendell is one of...
Athletes demand change in Olympic governing bodies that fail to stop sexual abuse

Athletes demand change in Olympic governing bodies that fail to stop sexual abuse

by Anna Kook | Apr 19, 2018 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – Congress needs to hold all of the Olympic governing bodies accountable for ignoring sexual abuse because the problem goes beyond USA Gymnastics and the conviction of gymnasts’ doctor, Larry Nassar, Olympic medalists from different sports told a Senate...
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