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First post-Roe March for Life marks shift toward legislative action

First post-Roe March for Life marks shift toward legislative action

by Molly Burke | Jan 22, 2023 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Signaling a monumental change in anti-abortion activism, demonstrators in the 50th annual March for Life followed a new route Friday to mark a new strategy. The march started in 1974, on the first anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision, to promote...
Supreme Court mulls questions about students’ accessibility rights

Supreme Court mulls questions about students’ accessibility rights

by Monica Sager and Susanti Sarkar | Jan 21, 2023 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — Miguel Perez, a 23-year-old deaf student from Michigan, petitioned the Supreme Court today to decide if he was entitled to financial compensation for Perez’s lack of proper accessibility support in his public school. The case brings to light...
Before taking up Title 42, Supreme Court considers immigration appeals process

Before taking up Title 42, Supreme Court considers immigration appeals process

by Evan Robinson-Johnson | Jan 18, 2023 | Immigration

A week after President Biden announced plans to increase the requirements for migrants seeking asylum status, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in an enigmatic immigration case that could force a greater burden on noncitizens seeking protection in the...
More than half nation’s school districts face teacher shortages, data show

More than half nation’s school districts face teacher shortages, data show

by Monica Sager | Jan 14, 2023 | Education, Featured

WASHINGTON — More than half of school districts across the country have reported shortages in teachers, according to researchers who attended an event hosted Thursday by the U.S. Department of Education that focused on addressing these shortages. “We know...
The EPA Is Helping School Districts Purchase Clean-Energy School Buses, But Some Districts Have Been Blocked From Participating

The EPA Is Helping School Districts Purchase Clean-Energy School Buses, But Some Districts Have Been Blocked From Participating

by Christina van Waasbergen | Jan 9, 2023 | Environment, Featured

WASHINGTON—The Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program has hit a speed bump. Part of the bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year, the program will provide $5 billion over the next five years to help school districts switch to clean energy...
Faith leaders pray for democracy and healing on Jan. 6 anniversary

Faith leaders pray for democracy and healing on Jan. 6 anniversary

by Kaila Nichols | Jan 6, 2023 | Featured, Politics

Two years after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, Christian leaders gathered Friday morning across from the Capitol in remembrance of the day for a sunrise prayer vigil. With the Capitol building in the distance, a group of over 30 people came together, some...
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