by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Jan 28, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Acclaimed poet and writer Maya Angelou became the first Black woman to have her likeness featured on a quarter after the U.S. Mint released the newly minted coin on Jan. 10. The Maya Angelou coin is the first in a series of quarters to be released...
by Michael Korsh | Jan 28, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — As financial institutions have experienced a spike in pandemic-related fraud and cybercrime, minority-owned banks face an additional challenge: They’re often the only point of access for minority communities to participate in the economy. According...
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by Andrew Marquardt | Jan 28, 2022 | Featured, Health
Amy Neville looked out through her sunglasses to a crowd of more than two dozen parents and activists that had gathered outside Snap, Inc.’s Santa Monica headquarters last Friday to demand the company do more to combat illicit drug sales on its platform. Holding...
by Emily Anderson Stern | Jan 28, 2022 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — More than three years after Hurricane Michael hit Florida, the rural Calhoun County School District in the Panhandle, whose students mostly come from low-income households, still hasn’t recovered. Children who had attended Blountstown...
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by Katherine Huggins | Jan 27, 2022 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON — Reps. Abigail Spanberger and Tom Rice are trying to make it easier for rural residents to charge electric vehicles and farm equipment. Spanberger, a Virginia Democrat, recently introduced legislation co-sponsored by South Carolina Republican Rice...
by Allison Novelo and Hannah Schoenbaum | Jan 27, 2022 | Education, Featured
As the nation recognizes International Holocaust Remembrance Day Thursday, Maryland remains among 31 states that do not have laws requiring Holocaust education. But some state lawmakers are revisiting legislation that would impose a curriculum mandate in Maryland...
