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In U.S., reckoning over church-run indigenous boarding schools begins

In U.S., reckoning over church-run indigenous boarding schools begins

by Jordan Anderson | Mar 16, 2022 | Featured, Social Justice

WASHINGTON — As a child, Cathy Chavers, a member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, never knew her family suffered in U.S. boarding schools. She only learned after her grandmother’s death that she was sent to Minnesota’s Vermilion Lake Indian...
Syrian women open soap making workshop in Idlib

Syrian women open soap making workshop in Idlib

by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Mar 16, 2022 | Featured, Foreign Affairs

Twenty women making soap in Idlib hope to expand their factory and increase their production in a bid to improve the living conditions of their families, which they provide for after losing their husbands in the Syrian war.   Published in conjunction...
Experts urge lawmakers to update federal, presidential recordkeeping laws

Experts urge lawmakers to update federal, presidential recordkeeping laws

by Julia Shapero | Mar 16, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — After allegations that former President Donald Trump destroyed or mishandled some of his presidential documents, experts told a Senate committee Tuesday that Congress should make it easier for top government officials to comply with the Presidential...
GOP lawmakers cite Ukraine crisis as reason to drop Iran deal

GOP lawmakers cite Ukraine crisis as reason to drop Iran deal

by Julia Shapero | Mar 15, 2022 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Biden administration to walk away from negotiations with Iran over a nuclear deal, emphasizing that it would help Russian President Vladimir Putin by providing “a massive subsidy” to Russia as his military...
Experts urge Congress to Switch Country to daylight saving time permanently

Experts urge Congress to Switch Country to daylight saving time permanently

by Annie Klingenberg | Mar 10, 2022 | Business, Featured

WASHINGTON — As Americans prepare to switch their clocks forward on Sunday, members of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee and a variety of experts Wednesday agreed that it’s time for the country to stop switching times. But they couldn’t agree on which...
Lawmakers push for ‘equitable action’ to fund fight against climate change

Lawmakers push for ‘equitable action’ to fund fight against climate change

by Andrew Marquardt | Mar 9, 2022 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both parties Wednesday vowed to develop a federal plan to “deliver actionable tools and resources” to fight climate change in the wake of a series of recent climate reports that outline the urgent need to reduce carbon...
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