by Amanda Rooker | Feb 24, 2021 | Environment, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON — Just a few blocks from the White House, Founding Farmers brings customers fresh food and a farm experience. “We sort of try to make all what we call touch points, to remind the guests that we’re owned by farmers, and that we represent the American...
by Nicholas Portuondo | Feb 24, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – The first Native American to be nominated to the Cabinet, U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, took her first step toward becoming Interior secretary while absorbing significant Republican criticism for her past contentious stances during the first day of her Senate...
by Nicholas Portuondo | Feb 24, 2021 | Featured, Politics
Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today’s first question: What does the President’s Cabinet do? The official answer on the Naturalization Test is that it “advises...
by Cheyanne M. Daniels | Feb 22, 2021 | Education, Featured, Topics
WASHINGTON —With one week left in Black History Month, some scholars and activists say it’s time to change the way the subject is taught in schools, shining a light on systemic racism in addition to the often-taught subject of the Civil Rights Movement. President Joe...
by Dalia Faheid | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON – Every eight days, Gloria Romero’s 23-year-old son drives her half an hour away to the University of South Florida, then lines up among 700 cars and waits until a Feeding Tampa Bay volunteer places a box full of potatoes, onions, oranges and carrots in the...
by Alicia Diaz | Feb 22, 2021 | Featured, Health, Topics
WASHINGTON — A federal government watchdog is sounding the alarm that Americans’ growing enthusiasm for telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic has led to a worrying parallel: a “dramatic increase” in telehealth related fraud. The health department’s...
