![Despite challenges, Gazans take to the waves]()
by Annie Klingenberg | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Sports
Surfing is among the most popular sports in Gaza. But Israeli restrictions on Gazan surfers using equipment like wetsuits and buying new surfboards presents challenges for the athletes. Published in conjunction with...
by Cristobella Durrette | Jan 21, 2022 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on Thursday grappled with balancing the energy consumption of cryptocurrency’s mining process alongside the opportunities for blockchain technology at a House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing. “Blockchain...
![Lawmakers debate how to address racial economic disparities]()
by Courtney Degen | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and experts suggested ways Thursday that the federal government could reduce racial economic disparities, including increasing school choice, creating trust accounts for newborns and providing relatives of Black World War II veterans with...
![House subcommittee questions election security, voting rights]()
by Michael Korsh | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — With the 2022 midterm elections 10 months away, members of a House homeland security subcommittee on Thursday questioned the security of the 2020 presidential election and the upcoming midterms. During the hearing of the Cybersecurity,...
by Katherine Huggins | Jan 20, 2022 | Featured, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Officials from the newly formed Joint Office of Energy and Transportation previewed their plans Thursday to accomplish President Joe Biden’s goal of establishing a national network of electric vehicle chargers. “This administration knows...
by Ariel Gans | Jan 20, 2022 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Cities can’t always prevent cyberattacks, but they can take steps to mitigate and recover from breaches, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency told those attending a the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting...
