by Dwight A. Weingarten | Apr 16, 2019 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON—To fulfill an 18th century constitutional requirement, the Census Bureau is using 21st century tools – primarily online, but their ease of use and speed also create new risks to a 10-year counting that is used for everything from creating...
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by Camille Erickson | Apr 11, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The last time Mana Kharrazi spoke with her uncle in Iran on the phone, she told him he could not visit the U.S. because of President Donald Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban,” an executive order barring travel from seven mostly Muslim-majority...
by Beverly Banks | Apr 10, 2019 | Featured, Health, Topics
WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf told officials from 33 states and territories Monday that his state’s efforts to reduce one of the highest opioid death rates in the country were built on creating 45 centers to address the mental health and...
by Beverly Banks | Apr 5, 2019 | Featured, Health, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON, April 3 — Could humans regrow their limbs? Researchers are considering this possibility as they study the regrowth of tail fins and other organs in zebrafish. Zebrafish are a member of the minnow family that live in freshwater and are no bigger than...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | Apr 5, 2019 | Environment
WASHINGTON — Several young climate activists on Thursday chastised all three branches of the federal government for not acting aggressively to address the growing threat of global warming. At the first hearing of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis,...
by Kietryn Zychal | Mar 22, 2019 | Featured, Topics
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress has been documenting the lives of ordinary Americans since 1928. The AFC has over a million hours of audio and film recordings as well as thousands of books and manuscripts. From March to September, the...
