by Silvia Martelli | Mar 27, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Over the past four years, a United Nations agency has successfully trained more than 1,800 African lawyers, prosecutors and judges to protect and uphold freedom of the press in courts across the African continent. In 2016, the United Nations...
by Alec Bose | Mar 27, 2020 | Featured, Health
Medicare-for-All has become one of the most important issues in the democratic primary. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the policy has majority support among the American people at 52% as of last month and has become central to the healthcare policy for...
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...
by Aishwarya Airy | Mar 25, 2020 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s unexpected announcement that the United States will cut $1 billion in aid to Afghanistan is a last-ditch U.S. attempt to force warring political factions to resolve their political crisis, experts say. Pompeo said in...
by Silvia Martelli | Mar 23, 2020 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Childhood obesity may increase if the US Department of Agriculture’s proposed changes to school meal standards become law, reversing progress made by the Obama administration, experts say. New rules proposed in January would reduce the vegetables and...
by Soram Cheon | Mar 20, 2020 | Education
WASHINGTON – Representative Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) sponsored a bill to help businesses suffering labor shortage and make education more affordable for college students pursuing degrees in high skilled industries. Illinois senator Tammy Duckworth, along with five...
