Democrats Defiant On DHS Funding As Shutdown Looms
WASHINGTON — Democrats indicated on Thursday that they won’t give House Speaker John Boehner much room to maneuver on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, including on…
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Bill To Restore Voting Rights Act Gets Another Bipartisan Push
WASHINGTON — House lawmakers are giving another push to legislation that went nowhere in the last Congress: a bill to restore the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. The bill, introduced…
Harry Reid To Have More Eye Surgery
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will undergo eye surgery on Wednesday, his second since he was injured while exercising in early January. “This is a necessary step to assist…
The Tech Diversity Story That’s Not Being Told
One of the most destructive tropes about Asian Americans is the pervasive myth of the “model minority”. Grounded in detestably anti-Black, anti-Latino stereotypes that pit one minority against another, the…
Nobody Wants Mitt Romney To Snag The GOP Nomination More Than Nancy Pelosi
“Let me put it this way — I hope he’s their nominee,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told The Hill on Tuesday. – The two leading Republicans met privately…
Gaming to death: What turns a hobby into a health hazard?
While these cases are extremely rare, it does beg the question of why gaming can lead to such excessive behavior. I have spent nearly three decades studying videogame addiction and…
How TV Networks Made Unequal Progress Toward On-Screen Diversity
Kenya Barris, creator of ABC’s “black-ish,” was motivated to write the comedy about an African-American family’s efforts to honor its heritage in part by the unreality of what he grew…