by Leonardo Pini | May 1, 2025 | Education, Topics
WASHINGTON – Some Senate Democrats voiced concerns this week about damage to free speech from a new law that would define antisemitism, however, several Democrats co-sponsored the bill with most Republicans. “I worry that this bill is unconstitutional and will...
by Athan Yanos | Apr 24, 2025 | Business & Tech, Featured
WASHINGTON –– Facing expiration of a law that provided beneficial markets for 2,000 products from African partners for 25 years, advocates, professors, diplomats and members of the US government strategize on ways to preserve economic cooperation with the US despite...
by Ismael M. Belkoura | Apr 23, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – At the Supreme Court this week, a Texas corporation argued that the secretary of Health and Human Services did not have the authority to convene a health task force, but justices seemed skeptical. “It’s unlikely that Congress was just throwing it out...
by Amalia Huot-Marchand | Apr 23, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Sino-American trade war could have drastic implications on the global economy and even split the world into two geopolitical trading blocs, according to the director general of the World Trade Organization Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The United States...
by Bridget Craig | Apr 23, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – As the State Department unveiled its plans Tuesday for a slimmer budget and staff cut, the Trump administration made clear it prioritized Pentagon funding over diplomacy. The State Department’s comprehensive reorganization plan called for deep cuts to...
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by Jordan Owens | Apr 23, 2025 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Black mayors from across the country gathered in the nation’s capital for the annual African American Mayors Association Conference last week and strategized ways to govern their cities despite ongoing federal job cuts and recent actions coming from the...
