by Charlene Zhang | Aug 27, 2018 | Faith, Ethics + Spirituality, Politics
WASHINGTON – Around 40 demonstrators gathered outside the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle Sunday morning, imploring Archbishop of Washington Donald Wuerl to resign. After the release of the grand jury report on Aug. 14 about 300 Catholic priests sexually...
by Charlene Zhang | Aug 26, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Kenyan Foreign Affairs Secretary Monica Juma said Friday that President Donald Trump and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta will explore ways to boost trade cooperation when they meet Monday at the White House. Addressing the Elliott School of...
by Giulia Petroni & Gabrielle Phifer | Aug 24, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON – Two weeks before Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing, reproductive rights activists disrupted Senate buildings Thursday with multiple demonstrations demanding that the Senate not act on Kavanaugh’s nomination. About 30 women...
by Kiara Brantley-Jones | Aug 21, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON- Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on Congress Tuesday to pass a bill aimed at ending the role of large corporate spending in campaigns and government, saying corruption has become an immense problem in Washington. Speaking at the National Press...
by Basma Amer, Juliette Rocheleau & Gabrielle Phifer | Aug 21, 2018 | Politics
WASHINGTON — For over 40 years, the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision has allowed women to access abortion legally. With Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination as a Supreme Court justice, women fear this right might be taken away. On Aug. 15, a group of women...
by Giulia Petroni | Aug 16, 2018 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON – Thousands of counter-protesters gathered in Washington on Sunday in response to the alt-right’s “Unite the Rally 2” one year after clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia, left one woman dead. French...