by Courtney Degen | Nov 17, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — The Department of Education is engaged in ongoing monitoring of the use of COVID-19 relief funds after approving the funding plans of 46 states, department officials told lawmakers at a hearing on Wednesday. Congress has passed three separate bills since...
by Catherine Buchaniec | Nov 17, 2021 | Environment, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — When it comes to power and positioning in the Arctic, the United States trails behind Russia, regional experts told lawmakers on Tuesday. “Our presence in the Arctic is late to the game,” said retired Coast Guard Admiral Paul Zukunft. “Russia has de...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — Fingers trembling on a 38-degree November morning, Glenda Bullock fumbled with the zipper of her shared tent at the New Jersey Avenue and O Street NW homeless encampment in Truxton Circle. The spiky-haired 60-year-old, who has experienced decades of...
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by Julia Mueller | Nov 17, 2021 | Featured, Foreign Affairs, Politics
WASHINGTON — Threats to human rights and democracy were central to lawmakers’ conversations Tuesday at a House Foreign Affairs hearing to examine the Biden administration’s policy priorities for Latin America and the Caribbean. “It is a turbulent time for the Western...
by Courtney Degen | Nov 10, 2021 | Education, Featured
WASHINGTON — A year and a half into the pandemic, educational recovery for children, specifically those who learn differently, will depend on strengthening parent-teacher relationships. “Our children cannot reach their fullest potential unless there is engagement...
by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Nov 10, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — First Lady Jill Biden honored children in military and veteran care-giving families as part of her Joining Forces initiative at a White House event ahead of Veterans Day. Supporting these kids who are “growing up in the shadow of more than 20 years of...
