It’s Child Tax Credit Awareness Day, and if you didn’t know that before, now you do. Vice President Kamala Harris is making a big push
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‘Honor our promises’: New bill would expand and expedite visa program for Afghan allies
Two dozen bipartisan legislators have introduced a new bill that would expand and expedite the visa program for Afghans who aided U.S. military and will be at
Trump’s Republican allies wanted to sabotage government. They largely succeeded
A New York Times story on the ongoing effects of Team Trump’s spectacular mismanagement of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is notable for
Tight September deadlines loom while House, Senate scheduled to work just a handful of summer days
The schedules set up by Congress last December—with the pandemic still raging and the Senate majority undecided pending the special election in Georgia—are proving unworkable
Trouble in paradise: DeSantis beats Trump in 2024 presidential straw poll
If there’s one thing Donald Trump cannot stand, it’s an underling stealing his limelight. Trump was notorious for alienating some of his highest profile appointees
As Juneteenth becomes federal holiday, advocates call for deportation relief for Black immigrants
Leading advocacy groups marked the first Juneteenth to be celebrated as a federal holiday by calling on the Biden administration to protect Black immigrants from deportation. While
Powerful Democrats work to make sure that infrastructure is paid for by the rich, not the rest of us
President Joe Biden has made it as clear as he possibly can that he’s not going to accept a bipartisan infrastructure proposal that includes a
More magnet schools are working toward racial equity, but are they doing enough?
This story was originally published at Prism. By Ray Levy Uyeda Decades after the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling that declared segregated schools
Ron Johnson showed up at Milwaukee Juneteenth celebration and it went as well as you’d expect
Sen. Ron Johnson has some nerve, and the people at Milwaukee’s Juneteenth celebration on Saturday weren’t interested in giving him a pass. In 2020, Johnson blocked
How to consume news while maintaining your sanity
Too much news can overwhelm consumers and promote anxiety. The Washington Post / Contributor/ Getty Images The amount and variety of news produced today often
