by Nicole Norman | Feb 5, 2024 | Politics
Activists gathered outside the Supreme Court on a frigid January morning to advocate for one the most consequential legal doctrines that you’ve probably never heard of. Participants, representing groups supporting everything from environmental policy to the rights of...
by Anastasia Mason | Feb 1, 2024 | Immigration, Politics
WASHINGTON – House Democrats stood up for U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, while Republicans pushed for his impeachment during a hearing Jan. 18. The hearing was the second scheduled by Republicans to gather evidence against Mayorkas, but...
by Juliann Ventura | Jan 30, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A group of government employees from several federal agencies who want the Biden administration to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war has planned a “Day of Fasting” for Gaza on Thursday. The forthcoming action by Feds United...
by Phillip Powell | Jan 29, 2024 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- In June, Congress and President Joe Biden lifted from 49 to 55 the age through which low-income adults must work to qualify for grocery subsidies. Will congressional Republicans use the 2024 U.S. Farm Bill to raise that age higher? “I don’t...
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by Haajrah Gilani | Jan 26, 2024 | Politics, Science + Technology, Social Justice
WASHINGTON — Detroit police used facial recognition technology to investigate an instance of stolen watches four years ago. The system matched a photograph from the store to the man they eventually arrested. Except he didn’t do it. The police department falsely...
by Nicole Norman | Jan 19, 2024 | Politics
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (UPI) — Republicans and Democrats tussled Thursday over a proposal to make companies report to the Security Exchange Commission the climate change risks their businesses face. The 2022 proposal would require companies to make certain...
