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by Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | Feb 21, 2020 | Featured, Politics
If 2019 was a fraught year for abortion access in the United States, with state legislatures passing 59 restrictions on the procedure, a clash over contraception is emerging in 2020. From an impending Supreme Court case to attempts in state legislatures, the increased...
by Soram Cheon | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured, Living
While American women made about 81% what men earned in 2018, women have managed to surpass their male colleagues in some lines of work, Census data show, including in male-dominated industries such as science and some blue-collar jobs. Most of industries in which...
by Joe Snell | Feb 20, 2020 | Environment, Featured
DUHOK, Iraq — No one batted an eye when the power abruptly cut off in English teacher Miriam Zia’s 11th-grade classroom at the Sardam International School in Duhok. The cuts occur at least twice a day and are now “part of the fabric of our society,” Zia told...
by Joe Snell | Feb 19, 2020 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — An encrypted line set up by the U.S. State Department is helping Iranians expose human rights violations by regime officials. The secret tip line is created amid escalating tensions between the two countries after the U.S. departure from the Iran Nuclear...
by Sara Wilson | Feb 18, 2020 | Politics, Topics
Carolyn Bourdeaux lost the 2018 House race in Georgia’s 7th Congressional District by 433 votes. Despite the fact that the district hasn’t had a Democrat representative since the 1990s, it was the closest race in the country, with five-term Republican incumbent Rob...
by Sam Cabral | Feb 7, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Politics
WATERLOO, Iowa, Feb. 7 (UPI) — Before the results of the Iowa caucuses trickled in, one of the main concerns for the campaign of former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg was his lack of support from minority voters. Buttigieg hoped to repair that with the...
