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Justices Appear Supportive of Mississippi Abortion Limits

Justices Appear Supportive of Mississippi Abortion Limits

by Allison Novelo | Dec 2, 2021 | Featured, Health, Living, Social Justice

WASHINGTON — The long-held precedent of upholding abortion rights, as established in Roe v. Wade, appeared more vulnerable following oral arguments on Wednesday over the legality of Mississippi’s near total ban on the procedure. State Solicitor General Scott Stewart...
Jan. 6 Panel Recommends Clark for Criminal Contempt As He Agrees to Appear and Plead the Fifth

Jan. 6 Panel Recommends Clark for Criminal Contempt As He Agrees to Appear and Plead the Fifth

by Julia Shapero | Dec 2, 2021 | Featured, National Security, Politics

WASHINGTON — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection voted unanimously on Wednesday to recommend former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark for criminal contempt of Congress. However, even as the nine lawmakers on the panel moved forward...
Video: Justices’ Questions Suggest Court Could Uphold Mississippi Abortion Ban, Overturning 50 Years of Precedent

Video: Justices’ Questions Suggest Court Could Uphold Mississippi Abortion Ban, Overturning 50 Years of Precedent

by Annie Klingenberg | Dec 1, 2021 | Featured, Health, Politics, Social Justice

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a case that could overturn Roe v. Wade. The justices heard from lawyers arguing in favor of a Mississippi law that bans almost all abortions after 15 weeks. If upheld, the law would overturn 50 years...
Post-Climate Conference, Kerry Worries About World Keeping Pledges

Post-Climate Conference, Kerry Worries About World Keeping Pledges

by Jonathan Lehrfeld | Dec 1, 2021 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON — “I am worried about it…for the obvious reasons,” said John Kerry, the first U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, when asked if he was concerned over whether the international community will be successful in mitigating harmful fossil fuels...
VIDEO: U.S. Continues Support for Philippine Government Despite Human Rights Violations

VIDEO: U.S. Continues Support for Philippine Government Despite Human Rights Violations

by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Nov 30, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics

WASHINGTON — Activists placed thousands of pairs of flip flops on the National Mall last weekend to protest Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs that has resulted in more than 30,000 extrajudicial killings in the country. Demonstrators also lobbied for...
Appeals Court Hears Trump Lawsuit to Block Jan. 6 Documents

Appeals Court Hears Trump Lawsuit to Block Jan. 6 Documents

by Julia Shapero | Nov 30, 2021 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Federal judges pushed former President Donald Trump’s and the government’s lawyers to suggest a means of balancing competing demands of executive privilege between the current and former presidents at a hearing on Tuesday. “Who decides when it’s in...
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