HUD Unveils Plan To Increase Rent On Millions Receiving Federal Housing...
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson wants Americans living on housing assistance to put more of their income toward rent and he wants to give public housing authorities the ability to...
View Article50 Years Later, Reviving King's Poor People's Campaign
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Later today, thousands of low-wage workers, faith leaders and civil rights activists will protest in more than 30 state capitals and here in...
View ArticleThe Poor People's Campaign Seeks To Complete Martin Luther King's Final Dream
Thousands of low-wage workers, faith leaders and civil rights advocates are expected to descend on more than 30 state capitals and Washington, D.C. today to relaunch a fight against poverty, war and...
View ArticleBaltimore's Top Cop Resigns Days After Being Charged With Not Filing Tax Returns
Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa resigned Tuesday, days after federal prosecutors charged him with failing to file three years of federal tax returns. Mayor Catherine Pugh announced that...
View ArticleAs Graduates In Santa Fe And Parkland Look Ahead, A Look Back On Activism...
High school seniors who survived the deadly shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, just two weeks ago, graduated Friday. On Sunday, the 2018 class at a Parkland, Fla. high school, where a gunman killed 17...
View ArticleFederal School Safety Commission Holds First Public Session. DeVos Wasn't There
The Trump administration's school safety commission held its first public listening session Wednesday, a day after the panel's chair, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, told lawmakers on Capitol Hill...
View ArticleAll Jokes Aside, Dave Chappelle Stumps For Democratic Maryland Governor's...
Comedian Dave Chappelle was the star attraction at a campaign event in suburban Washington on Friday, where he took part in a rally for longtime friend and Maryland Democratic gubernatorial candidate...
View ArticleParkland Survivors Launch Tour To Register Young Voters And Get Them Out In...
Three months ago the students from South Florida established themselves as a potent force in the gun debate with the March For Our Lives rally. This summer they're hitting the road with a new mission:...
View ArticleHouse Passes Farm Bill With Controversial Work Requirements
By a razor-thin margin, the House of Representatives passed its version of the farm bill Thursday as Republican leadership was able to round up just enough support from members of its conservative wing...
View ArticleIn Deep-Blue Maryland, Democrats Fight To Beat Popular Republican Governor
Whichever candidate breaks through the crowded field of Democrats to win Maryland's gubernatorial primary Tuesday, will likely face an uphill battle in the fall, trying to deny popular incumbent...
View ArticleWhy Charlotte Is One Of Ben Carson's Models For HUD's Work Requirements
When Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson was crafting his rent reform proposal for Americans living on housing assistance earlier this year, he spoke to leaders at the Charlotte Housing...
View ArticleMaryland Investigates Russian National's Links To State Elections Software
Top Maryland lawmakers announced Friday they were informed by the FBI about links between a Russian oligarch and the software company that services parts of the state's voter registration systems....
View ArticleIn Baltimore, The Gap Between White And Black Homeownership Persists
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5FBJyqfoLM Devan Southerland knows she wants to purchase a home in Baltimore City. She is cautious, though, after hearing about how predatory lenders disproportionately...
View ArticleBen Carson Moves Forward With Push To Change Fair Housing Rule
Ben Carson, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, proposed on Monday new changes to an Obama-era rule aimed at combating segregation in housing policy. Carson wants the rule to focus more on...
View ArticleHUD Hits Facebook For Allowing Housing Discrimination
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is accusing tech behemoth Facebook of engaging in housing discrimination, according to a complaint filed on Friday. In it, HUD says the social media...
View ArticleHemp Industry Turns To George Washington For Help With Its Image
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: George Washington - distinguished general, first American president, lover of hemp. He wrote about it in his journal. He called it a cash...
View ArticleAfter Centuries, Hemp Makes A Comeback At George Washington's Home
For the first time in what historians say could be centuries, hemp has been grown and harvested at Mount Vernon, George Washington's historic estate. In the 1760s, Washington predicted that hemp could...
View ArticleTrump Weighs In On SNAP Work Requirements Ahead Of Farm Bill Meeting
With a deadline looming and pressure on lawmakers escalating, a large bipartisan, bicameral conference committee gathered on Capitol Hill Wednesday for the first formal negotiations of the Farm Bill....
View ArticleHow The Legal Community Is Reacting To The Planned Senate Vote On Kavanaugh
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination has not only divided the country. It has divided the legal profession. As senators move...
View ArticleProtesters Descend On D.C., Urging Lawmakers To Vote Against Kavanaugh
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Judge Brett Kavanaugh is likely to be confirmed to the Supreme Court tomorrow now that two previously undecided senators say they will vote...
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