BALTIMORE, Maryland (The Baltimore Brew) – Unlike the forums held so far in the Baltimore mayoral primary, where the questions and answers have been earnest, increasingly polished and somewhat abstract, last week’s youth-run forum had a stinging, streetwise narrative – less policy paper, more urban tragedy. Instead of adult journalists or religious leaders, the six mayoral hopefuls faced teenagers, whose …
US Free Clinics Cater to Populations Too Poor For Obamacare
WASHINGTON (VR) – It looks like your normal run-of-the mill suburban doctor’s office replete with framed accolades of the doctor’s accomplishments and pictures of his children and their artwork. The difference is that this office houses the Center for Health and Human Rights, a free clinic based in the Washington DC suburb of Fairfax, Virginia, that provides medical assistance for free …
Unemployment in the Nation’s Capital: A Skills Mismatch
WASHINGTON (VR) – Over 25,000 people are unemployed in the nation’s capital, Washington DC, according to the Department of Labor. However, the region is not lacking for jobs. “There’s no shortage of jobs relative to the number of people who need jobs,” said Judy Berman, of DC Appleseed, a non-partisan organization based in Washington that conducts research on employment and aims …
‘We Can’t Wait Anymore!’: Immigration Activists Knocking on Obama’s Door
WASHINGTON (VR) – Cynthia Díaz just wants her mother back home. “She was deported on May 2011 when ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] raided our home,” Díaz, an 18 year old Phoenix, Arizona native said. “ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] came to our home, my mom answered, and she had an order of deportation, and they took her just like …