UMD professors push for passage, expansion of Build Back Better Act in Congress
Professors want to see more provisions added to the bill, especially when it comes to giving faculty more of a say in hiring their colleagues.
UMD students march for pathway to citizenship at CASA’s ‘Welcome Back Congress’ in DC
The march demanded that a pathway to citizenship remain in the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package.
Democrats’ electoral future depends on the outcome of the reconciliation bill
If Democrats can’t pass the reconciliation bill, they could be in trouble.
The fight for civil rights can’t end with Juneteenth
Establishing Juneteenth can’t distract from Congress’ important civil rights obligations.
Gun control won’t happen without significant change from Democrats
Democrats have failed at gun control time and time again. It's time for a new approach.
WMATA expects Congress’s $1.4 billion relief package will keep transit cuts at bay
The transit authority does not yet know how much funding it will receive.
The economic crisis will outlast the pandemic. So should stimulus checks.
Could long-term stimulus checks could be a solution to the economic crisis?
Marjorie Taylor Greene legitimizes offensive rhetoric. She must be stopped.
Conspiracy theory-wielding politicians threaten the nature of our democracy.
Maryland lawmakers amend bill to secure military benefits for Lt. Richard Collins’ family
Prior to this amendment, the bill only applied to future ROTC graduates who die between commissioning and their first assignment.