![Second Wave of Anti-Gay ‘Purges’ in Chechnya Sparks Bipartisan Call for Sanctions]()
by Bryan Wood | Jan 24, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON – A Republican and Democratic senator have called for broader sanctions on Chechen officials accused of carrying out a second wave of LGBT “purges,” though experts say the White House is unlikely to support such an effort. After the first round of the...
by Jessica A. Floyd | Jan 24, 2019 | Featured, Politics
Filld, a new gas delivery service hosted a free giveaway event for furloughed federal workers living in the DC and Maryland areas.
by Kietryn Zychal | Jan 19, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., and around the nation today for the third Women’s March with an agenda that included support for a long-time staple of the women’s movement, passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. The ERA has returned to the...
by Jessica Floyd & Dorothy Mills-Gregg | Jan 18, 2019 | Politics
As the partial government shutdown moves into its fifth week, first-time home buyers, seniors and low-income families are feeling the pain of delayed mortgage approvals and housing reimbursements, real estate experts and observers said. Housing and Urban Development...
by Jessica A. Floyd | Jan 17, 2019 | Politics
Middle-class Black neighborhoods are feeling a tight squeeze as the longest federal shutdown in United States history drags on. Though the focus of the economic strains in Black households has been on furloughed federal workers, the Los Angeles Black Workers Center...
