by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | Oct 3, 2014 | Demographics
Dr. Juliet V. Garcia is honored at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual awards gala. Dr. Garcia discussed her pride in her hometown as well as her plans for the future.
by Michaela Meaney & Megan Rauch | Aug 26, 2014 | Demographics
WASHINGTON – Discrimination today involves class distinctions that hold people back as much as racial issues, according to two leaders of the 1964 Freedom Summer. The solution, they say, is education. Today’s prejudice comes in a more “pernicious” form, said Larry...
by Ramsen Shamon & Mary Cirincione | Jul 31, 2014 | Demographics
Washington – A survey released Tuesday suggests there is a deep partisan divide in attitudes toward Arab-Americans and Muslim-Americans. The Zogby Analytics online survey for the Arab American Institute asked 1,110 likely U.S. voters about their views of Arabs and...
by Caroline Cataldo | Jul 31, 2014 | Demographics, Living, Politics
WASHINGTON – More than 100 federal contract workers and their families protested in front of Union Station Tuesday, telling morning commuters, Congress and the president they want the right to unionize. The protestors were low- wage workers hired by private...
by Rose Zhou | Jul 24, 2014 | Demographics
WASHINGTON — As the United States marks the 24th anniversary of the landmark Americans with Disability Act, a leading research institute says that adults with disabilities continue to be economically shortchanged despite the law’s promise. In anticipation of the...
by Christin Roby | Jun 3, 2014 | Demographics
WASHINGTON– Four years after the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” some transgender service members still feel neglected even as lesbian and gay service members feel more accepted, several troops said at a conference Monday. “I have lived a compartmentalized...
