by Samone Blair | Sep 16, 2020 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Living
Advocates deplored the request by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and actions by the Department of Health and Human Services to remove religious discrimination and sexual orientation protections in the foster care system, saying the moves were politically motivated...
by Chiara Vercellone | Mar 25, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — People recently released from prison face challenges that, to those who have never been incarcerated, could seem mundane and not demanding at all. For Keri Blakinger, a reporter at The Marshall Project, one of the things she had to adjust to after she was...
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by Joe Snell | Mar 10, 2020 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — “Frustrated” was not a word used by five-year-old Tamer until he watched the children’s show “Ahlan Simsim,” the Arabic version of the “Sesame Street.” He learned the word from the show’s blue monster Gargur — Grover in...
by Joe Snell | Mar 2, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Living
COLUMBIA, South Carolina — Through voter registration events and driving voters to the polls, Journey Church Associate Pastor Martin Quick wants his congregation of over 1,000 to take Saturday’s South Carolina Democratic primary vote seriously. Churches...
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 Sara Wilson | Oct 10, 2019 | Featured, Living
WASHINGTON — The number of licensed foster homes in Washington dropped nearly 50% in the past year, a larger drop than in any state, according to a report released Thursday by the Chronicle of Social Change. The annual report, which aggregates state-reported data with...
