by Beverly Banks | Mar 20, 2019 | Politics, Topics
March 20 (UPI) — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday about racial discrimination in jury selection for a case that could reverse a conviction for a Mississippi man on death row. The justices considered whether purposeful racial...
by Brock Hall | Mar 20, 2019 | National Security
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Wednesday said that members from both parties in Congress have asked him to justify additional spending to create the Space Force. “The feedback I’ve received is worry about adding or building bigger government and I...
by Brock Hall | Mar 20, 2019 | Environment, Featured, Topics
Hundreds of young activists gathered in front of the US Capitol Building on Friday to demand action on climate change. Speakers included Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and her daughter Isra Hirsi, one of the organizers of the strike. After her speech, Omar also...
by Kietryn Zychal | Mar 20, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A few hundred people gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Supreme Court to pay tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her 86th birthday by doing planks in her honor. They were joined by her personal trainer, Bryant Johnson, who is also a records specialist...
by Kietryn Zychal | Mar 15, 2019 | Featured, Politics
The Republican-controlled Arizona state legislature on Wednesday refused to suspend its rules to allow a vote on the Equal Rights Amendment, an amendment that will specifically prohibit discrimination based on sex throughout the United States, both on a state level...
by Brock Hall | Mar 14, 2019 | Immigration, Politics, Topics
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross denied that there was any “nefarious purpose” behind the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census in an appearance Thursday before the House Oversight Committee. Ross directed the Census Bureau last...
