by Sruthi Darbhamulla | Aug 28, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Around 1,000 people gathered together in front of the U.S. Capitol on Friday for Baltic Way 30, to mark 30 years since the peaceful Baltic Way protest against Soviet occupation on August 23, 1989, where more than 2 million people formed a human...
by Dwight A. Weingarten | Aug 20, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Next month, for the first time in over 25 years, a proposal to make Washington the 51st state will have a hearing in the House of Representatives. For third-generation Washingtonian and 28-year member of Congress Eleanor Holmes Norton, the issue of...
by Noah Broder | Aug 19, 2019 | Politics, Topics
DETROIT– Prior to his appearance during the first night of the Democratic Presidential Debates in Detroit in late July, former Maryland Rep. John Delaney spoke to Medill about his strategy for the debates and the messages he hoped to get across. During the debate,...
by Matt Reynolds | Aug 11, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON – For three years, Andy Parker has asked Google to scrub video of his daughter’s murder from YouTube, but says that the tech giant has largely left it up to him to flag the offending content each time it is reposted. “In essence, they wanted me to...
by Ariana Puzzo | Aug 8, 2019 | Politics, Topics
DETROIT – Activists marched and chanted in the streets of Detroit last week during the two-day Democratic Debates. Local politicians and presidential candidates, such as South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, showed support by attending rallies. The...
by Noah Broder | Aug 8, 2019 | Politics, Topics
DETROIT – The second night of the second round of Democratic Presidential debates featured more questions about healthcare, immigration and foreign policy. Ten of the twenty candidates who met the criteria for the debates were randomly selected to share the stage on...
