New poll shows abortion and women’s rights will drive some voters’ decisions

by Juliann Ventura | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Social Justice

WASHINGTON – Abortion and women’s rights combined are significant issues determining voters’ decisions for Congress and the 2024 elections, according to a new Ms. Magazine and Feminist Majority Foundation poll released by Lake Research Partners at a Tuesday briefing...

Republicans oppose the use of national parks as migrant shelters

by Anastasia Mason | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Immigration

WASHINGTON – Earlier this month, the National Park Service reached an agreement with New York City to use Floyd Bennett Field to shelter thousands of migrants, but on Wednesday, congressional Republicans criticized the decision, saying the field should be protected...

Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field becomes point of contention in border policy argument

by Nicole Norman | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — In their latest attack on Biden’s border policy, congressional Republicans criticized the federal government’s lease of Floyd Bennett Field to house migrants in New York City. Although New York and other states have declared a state of emergency on...

Representatives debate Biden administration compliance with the 2018 Taylor Force Act

by Phillip Powell | Sep 28, 2023 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Members of Congress and top experts disagreed yesterday about whether the Biden administration has been complying with the Trump-era law to withhold economic assistance from the Palestinian Authority. The 2018 Taylor Force Act ended economic aid for...

Pharmacies Dispensing Abortion Pills Makes It Easier for Doctors to Prescribe Them

by Christina van Waasbergen | Jun 28, 2023 | Featured, Health, Politics

WASHINGTON — For years, the only way doctors like family physician Dr. Graham Chelius could offer their patients abortion pills was by giving them the medication in their offices, a restriction put in place by the Food and Drug Administration. Chelius wasn’t able to...

Immersive Language School Renews Generational Dreams of Cherokee Culture

by Lynn Liu and Pingping Yin | Jun 12, 2023 | Education, Featured, Topics

CHEROKEE, N.C. — When Dawn Arneach was a teenager in the ‘80s, she spent summers at her grandparents’ house next to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Cherokee, home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Despite all the time she spent with her...