Stefanik, House Republicans say country is ‘in crisis’ ahead of Biden’s State of the Union address

by Hannah Schoenbaum | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is likely to highlight his responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in his first State of the Union address Tuesday evening. But Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., and House Republican leaders expect the president...

The state of the union in one word, according to Florida politicians

by Courtney Degen and Julia Mueller | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics

How Florida members of Congress described the country ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will give his State of the Union speech Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST amid a Russian invasion of Ukraine and a...

State lawmakers push for equal rights amendment in New York’s constitution

by Julia Mueller | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., is leading a congressional charge for an equal rights amendment to enshrine gender equality in the U.S. Constitution as lawmakers in New York push for a broader measure on the same issue in the state Constitution. The...

The insurrection through the lens of a Black photojournalist

by Allison Novelo | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics

Shedrick Pelt remembers the endless waves of flags and red hats on Jan. 6, 2021, as a crowd moved along Pennsylvania Avenue after President Donald Trump urged his supporters to stop Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election. As he was jostled along...

Preventing future ‘wrongs’: new USDA equity panel looks to expand agriculture resources to minority communities

by Andrew Marquardt and Hannah Schoenbaum | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Social Justice

WASHINGTON – Members of a new equity commission advising the U.S. Department of Agriculture said they want to make sure the USDA does a better job providing resources to Black farmers and other minority communities following decades of racial discrimination....

No masks required at Biden’s State of the Union, removing possible source of conflict with some Republicans

by Michael Korsh | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Politics

WASHINGTON — Officials on Capitol Hill have lifted a requirement that masks be worn on the House floor, eliminating what could have been a point of contention with some Republican lawmakers at Tuesday’s State of the Union speech. The now-rescinded mask...