![Democrats Announce Bill to End Trump’s Ban on Travel from Muslim Countries]()
by Camille Erickson | Apr 11, 2019 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The last time Mana Kharrazi spoke with her uncle in Iran on the phone, she told him he could not visit the U.S. because of President Donald Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban,” an executive order barring travel from seven mostly Muslim-majority...
by Beverly Banks | Mar 20, 2019 | Politics, Topics
March 20 (UPI) — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday about racial discrimination in jury selection for a case that could reverse a conviction for a Mississippi man on death row. The justices considered whether purposeful racial...
by Kietryn Zychal | Mar 20, 2019 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — A few hundred people gathered on the sidewalk in front of the Supreme Court to pay tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her 86th birthday by doing planks in her honor. They were joined by her personal trainer, Bryant Johnson, who is also a records specialist...
by Kietryn Zychal | Mar 15, 2019 | Featured, Politics
The Republican-controlled Arizona state legislature on Wednesday refused to suspend its rules to allow a vote on the Equal Rights Amendment, an amendment that will specifically prohibit discrimination based on sex throughout the United States, both on a state level...
by Brock Hall | Mar 14, 2019 | Immigration, Politics, Topics
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross denied that there was any “nefarious purpose” behind the Trump administration’s addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 census in an appearance Thursday before the House Oversight Committee. Ross directed the Census Bureau last...
![Pelosi underscores her feminist legacy for International Women’s Day]()
by Brock Hall | Mar 14, 2019 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi focused on her legacy as a female trailblazer on Friday, International Women’s Day, during a speech at the Economic Club. “I am a master legislator. If I were not effective, they wouldn’t be doing these ads,” said the California...
