News (Page 84)
May 15, 2022
Fort Bliss Has a Problem with Sexual Assault. How Do Its Leaders Plan to Fix it?
In a 2018 report, the Research and Development (RAND) Corporation identified Army installations with the highest sexual assault incidents, which included Fort Hood and Fort Bliss in Texas and Fort Stewart, Georgia as the top three. While Fort Hood attracts much of the media’s attention with its highest incidents of sexual assault, Fort Bliss holds the second highest sexual assault incidents out of all installations, a statistic apparently unfamiliar to Fort Bliss leaders.
May 14, 2022
Senate Tackles FOIA Foibles Amid Pandemic Challenges
“Federal agencies have doubled their use of [FOIA] exemptions to withhold information from the public,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley. “The Government Accountability Office found that 25 federal agencies didn’t report a single proactive disclosure. Now, how is that possible?”
May 14, 2022
How One Brooklyn Coffee Shop Survived the Pandemic
While keeping its doors open during the pandemic was hard, Prospect Lefferts Gardens Coffee House and Tavern, a Black-owned cafe in Flatbush managed to stay afloat.
May 11, 2022
In Oregon’s Everyone Village, Those Without Homes Find Hope
“I can actually dream and achieve dreams now where before it was like that'll never happen," says one resident.
May 9, 2022
Toronto Resident Sues the City Over Financial Opposition to Quebec’s Bill 21
Toronto’s financial opposition to Quebec legislation Bill 21 ensued in a lawsuit over the merits of taxpayer funds for other jurisdictions.