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Hate crimes in the United States rose from 2022 to 2023.
By Jesse Valentine - April 15, 2024
Cao is a former U.S Navy captain.
By Jesse Valentine - March 29, 2024
Kiggans has flirted with baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election.
By Jesse Valentine - March 08, 2024
Ohio voted to protect abortion rights. GOP senate candidate Bernie Moreno doesn't care.
By Jesse Valentine - March 07, 2024
Syngenta AG owns approximately 1500 acres of U.S farmland.
By Jesse Valentine - March 04, 2024
Hovde is running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin despite primarily residing in California.
By Jesse Valentine - February 26, 2024
McCormick says we need leaders with the moral clarity to condemn antisemitism.
By Jesse Valentine - February 09, 2024
Of the nearly dozen gun bills lawmakers will soon take up, one is particularly noteworthy because it’s backed by unlikely allies: mental health advocates and a pair of House members who’ve long been at opposite ends of firearm legislation.
By Annmarie Timmins, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 31, 2024
The United Auto Workers of America endorsed the re-election of President Joe Biden Wednesday, just months after he became the first sitting U.S. president to walk a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan.
By Ashley Murray, States Newsroom - January 24, 2024
Gunter has repeatedly referred to Brown as “Scam Brown”
By Jesse Valentine - January 17, 2024
The state of Texas robbed Amanda Zurawski of her fertility and almost her life when it wouldn’t permit her an abortion so she’s gone to the state’s Supreme Court to change the law - “this is why I’m on earth”
By Bonnie Fuller - January 10, 2024
Health care-focused organizations across the state are hopeful that the 2024 legislative session will be a year that reins in health costs and allows patients to have greater access to the care they need.
By Danielle J. Brown, Maryland Matters - January 08, 2024
Five people died on January 6, 2021 – including a police officer who was bludgeoned to death.
By Jesse Valentine - January 05, 2024
On Wednesday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would make registering to vote an online experience.
By Ethan DeWitt, New Hampshire Bulletin - January 04, 2024
Most Americans believe wealthy individuals and big corporations don’t pay their fair share in taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 22, 2023
Even the Republican senator's home county gave Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear a larger share of the vote than four years earlier.
By - December 15, 2023
Republicans Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton have taken thousands of dollars in donations from chemical companies and their affiliated PACs.
By Jesse Valentine - December 08, 2023
Eric Hovde's proposal is similar to Sen. Rick Scott's unpopular 2022 plan to make every American pay income taxes.
By Jesse Valentine - December 07, 2023
A bipartisan package of bills in Michigan signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, creates specified criminal penalties for assaulting health care workers.
By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance - December 06, 2023
Both former President Donald Trump and former U.S. Rep. George Santos have lied about their records and been accused of defrauding veterans.
By Jesse Valentine - December 05, 2023
Millions of Texas families’ health and well-being would be jeopardized if the legislation were repealed.
By Jesse Valentine - December 04, 2023
More than 3 million Floridians will lose their health insurance if Scott and Trump succeed.
By Jesse Valentine - November 30, 2023
Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves took $98,000 from Mississippi Power and executives of its parent company.
By Jesse Valentine - November 06, 2023
The Republican gubernatorial nominee also broke his promises to make the office more frugal.
By Jesse Valentine - November 03, 2023
It might not surprise Mississippians that The Cook Political Report, regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent elections experts, shifted their 2023 Mississippi governor’s race forecast on Monday in Democrat Brandon Presley’s direction.
By Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today - October 24, 2023
The president pushed Congress to pass sweeping immigration legislation that would benefit millions of undocumented immigrants living in the United States.
By Amy Lieu - June 01, 2021
‘This is a program that’s been around for decades. It was the same program under the Trump administration,’ said an immigration attorney in Nashville.
By Amy Lieu - May 28, 2021
‘Critical race theory disrupts the racial social hierarchy. And those who benefit from this hierarchy are fighting to preserve it,’ one professor said.
By Amy Lieu - May 28, 2021
Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty said cartels were marketing Biden’s relief efforts and push for a higher federal minimum wage to recruit immigrants to make the trek to the U.S.-Mexico border.
By Amy Lieu - May 17, 2021
‘It would be building on this sense in law enforcement that they should be rounding up immigrants,’ said one immigration attorney, who called the legislation ‘profoundly dangerous.’
By Amy Lieu - May 14, 2021
Lawmakers say it’s time to end the racist exclusion of farmworkers from the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.
By Amy Lieu - May 13, 2021
Experts say the rise in apprehensions is largely due to seasonal shifts in migration.
By Amy Lieu - May 11, 2021
Under the Trump policy, immigrant spouses suffered considerable visa processing delays, forcing many to lose their employment or take unpaid leave.
By Amy Lieu - May 06, 2021
Extreme weather events caused by climate change are forcing many Central Americans to leave their homes in search of safety.
By Amy Lieu - May 05, 2021
Biden has proposed sending aid funds to several Central American countries to help address the root causes of immigration from the region.
By Amy Lieu - May 04, 2021
‘Trump’s abuse of power is pervasive and it’s hurting military families,’ a veteran said of the redirecting of military funds for the border wall.
By Amy Lieu - May 03, 2021
An overwhelming 87% of Republican voters back the way President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have approached immigration.
By Amy Lieu - April 30, 2021
Their claims aren’t exactly based in reality.
By Amy Lieu - April 30, 2021
After implementing a policy change on language, the acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner said, ‘The words we use matter and will serve to further confer that dignity to those in our custody.’
By Amy Lieu - April 29, 2021
Immigration experts say there’s still much more work to be done.
By Amy Lieu - April 29, 2021
Americans, meanwhile, want Republicans to work with President Joe Biden to accomplish his agenda.
By Amy Lieu - April 28, 2021
But voters prefer ‘smart border management’ to ‘strong border security’ like the wall, a recent poll found.
By Amy Lieu - April 27, 2021
No, the vice president’s book was not included in welcome kits for immigrant children.
By Amy Lieu - April 26, 2021
Republican lawmakers are adamant about completing Donald Trump’s expensive pet project.
By Amy Lieu - April 26, 2021
The Biden administration pledged to halt wall construction. So why is the government still trying to seize land for it?
By Amy Lieu - April 23, 2021
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) repeatedly summoned racist tropes about the coronavirus and incessantly blamed China for the outbreak.
By Amy Lieu - April 22, 2021
The NO BAN Act ultimately passed by a margin of 214-207.
By Amy Lieu - April 21, 2021
In reality, poverty, threats of violence, and instability have forced many Central American families to leave their home countries.
By Amy Lieu - April 21, 2021
‘More meaningless and costly political theatre,’ Arizona Senate Democrats said of the governor’s actions.
By Amy Lieu - April 21, 2021
Experts warn that designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations is complicated and comes with a host of unintended consequences.
By Amy Lieu - April 20, 2021
Some are questioning the administration’s reasoning for keeping the cap lower than previously promised.
By Amy Lieu - April 16, 2021
The decision could impact tens of thousands of other immigrants with Temporary Protected Status.
By Amy Lieu - April 16, 2021
‘South Dakota Governor’s tweet is un-American, racist and heartless,’ said a leader of an organization that aids immigrant children.
By Amy Lieu - April 15, 2021
‘This is just pure political grandstanding,’ said an advocate from one environmental group.
By Amy Lieu - April 15, 2021
Republicans’ milk carton stunt was ill-timed.
By Amy Lieu - April 14, 2021