by Dalia Faheid | Oct 22, 2020 | Topics
WASHINGTON – Indigenous women’s lack of trust in government agencies is a major barrier to combating the high levels of violence against them, a National Institute of Justice official said Thursday. Over 84% of Native American women have experienced violence in their...
by Karli Goldenberg | Oct 22, 2020 | Politics
WASHINGTON—Amid a Democratic boycott, Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court on Thursday. The full Senate vote is expected on Monday. Senate Judiciary Democrats boycotted the vote...
by Amanda Rooker | Oct 22, 2020 | Featured, Health
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that Democrats and the White House are close to a deal that would provide relief to Americans hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, but President Donald Trump and other Republican leaders are less optimistic....
by Nicholas Portuondo | Oct 22, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Thousands of Wisconsinites, including postal workers, have raised concerns with U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin about recent changes to the mail system, including that the U.S. Postal Service isn’t ready to handle the high number of absentee ballots come Election...
by Jay Silver | Oct 21, 2020 | Campaign2020, Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama told voters at a drive-in rally Wednesday that his former vice president, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, will “lead this country out of dark times” at the first stop on Obama’s tour of key battleground...
by Dalia Faheid | Oct 21, 2020 | Coronavirus, Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – The federal government should require COVID-19 testing to be provided for all migrant and seasonal agricultural workers because they live and work in close proximity to each other, a top official on the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health said...
