by Zoya Mirza | Feb 21, 2022 | Featured, National Security
Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s question: Who was the United States’ main rival during the Cold War? When World War II concluded, it brought about new...
by Dhivya Sridar | Feb 18, 2022 | Featured, Social Justice
WASHINGTON — In January, Black Lives Matter restarted its #BlackWomenAreDivine project, asking people to nominate Black women or femme-identified people, 20 of whom will be honored by Black Lives Matter in March. “We are the sacred mamas, builders, teachers, and...
by Catherine Buchaniec | Feb 18, 2022 | Featured, National Security
Schools nationwide have grappled with the downsides of online education during the pandemic, especially reduced in person interactions. At National Defense University, the stakes of remote learning go beyond the headaches of exchanging classrooms for Zoom breakout...
by Julia Mueller | Feb 18, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Two days after the 2020 presidential election, an anonymous online message alleged the U.S. Postal Service in Wisconsin had backdated ballot postmarks to mess with election results — a claim that was quickly debunked by fact-checkers and the USPS...
by Katherine Huggins | Feb 16, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration and pharmaceutical companies say they’re hoping to improve drug development and approval for rare diseases, the majority of which lack FDA-approved treatments. There are over 7,000 rare diseases in the U.S. and only...
by Ariel Gans | Feb 16, 2022 | Education, Featured
More than 30 years after Congress passed a law requiring museums to return all things removed from Native American graves to descendants of those buried, the New York State Museum has returned only 29 percent of its collection of Native American ancestors and funerary...
