by Kaila Nichols | Mar 14, 2023 | Featured, Politics
After a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner proposed a ban on future gas stoves earlier this year, he sparked a national debate. But what’s behind this uproar? New studies have found that gas emissions from stoves may harm our health. However, years of...
by Molly Burke | Mar 10, 2023 | Featured, Politics
While the president has the power to appoint judges, the Senate reserves the power to approve or oppose the nominees. Before a future judge even has the chance to be voted on by the Senate, however, certain representatives get the chance to veto them. Blue slips are...
by Kaila Nichols | Mar 8, 2023 | Featured, Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – Before moving to DC in 2014, Zachary Ferguson rarely thought about the district’s voting rights. Now, he realizes that thousands of Americans do not have voting members in the Senate or House of Representatives. Last August, Ferguson wrote the...
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by Molly Burke | Mar 8, 2023 | Featured, Politics
Democrats have a lot of criticisms of the majority-conservative Supreme Court these days. Recently, however, the targets of scrutiny surprisingly include liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan. Some on the political left have called on the two justices to...
by Kaila Nichols | Mar 2, 2023 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON – Outside the Supreme Court Tuesday, hundreds of advocates for student loan forgiveness gathered. Music blasted over speakers and people held up handwritten signs calling on the Supreme Court to “cancel student debt now.” The anticipation surrounding...
by Kaila Nichols | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – In a close to Black History Month, the White House hosted a reception Wednesday to celebrate Black people, their achievements and all the efforts the Biden-Harris administration has made to aid progress. “Black history is American history....
