![Job Cuts, Climate Threats, and the Power of Now: Black Mayors Seek Strength in Solidarity]()
by Jordan Owens | Apr 23, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Black mayors from across the country gathered in the nation’s capital for the annual African American Mayors Association Conference last week and strategized ways to govern their cities despite ongoing federal job cuts and recent actions coming from the...
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by Matthew Shea | Apr 23, 2025 | National Security, Topics
HIGHLIGHTS: On April 15, President Trump hosted the Navy Midshipmen football team at the White House to present them with the Commander-in-Chief Trophy. Yesterday, I was at the White House for @medillonthehill as @POTUS presented the Commander-in-Chief trophy...
by Matthew Shea | Apr 22, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled the start of a major reorganization on Tuesday to drastically reduce the size and scope of the State Department. The plan reflected the Trump administration’s sweeping effort to cut back the federal government. The...
by Atmika Iyer | Apr 22, 2025 | Social Justice
A year after the Supreme Court allowed cities to criminalize sleeping outside, homeless advocates gathered outside the Capitol to call attention to what they see as a worsening crisis. The National Coalition for the Homeless organized the April 22 rally, drawing a...
by Erin Drumm | Apr 22, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON—Paul Osadebe still holds his job as a lawyer at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Still, with so many of his coworkers having lost their jobs, he says it is endangering the mission of providing housing and revitalizing...
by Ismael M. Belkoura | Apr 22, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – At a time when the Department of Veterans Affairs has been processing record levels of disability claims, Democrats warned last week that the agency’s productivity will not last under the deep cuts ordered by President Donald Trump. The 2022 PACT Act...
