Financing February 2019

$50K In STEM Scholarships

Not-for-profit Riverside Research has funded more than $50,000 for STEM scholarships. This is the fourth consecutive year that Riverside Research has funded such scholarships.

Hispanic Community February 2019

Next Year In Caracas?

The opposition has rekindled street protests in Venezuela, international support is building and Venezuelans who have fled their country are hopeful that their exile will be short.

Financing February 2019

Auburn U Getting $43M In Federal Financing

Congress has approved $43 million in federal financing for Auburn University for the school’s new USDA Agricultural Research Soil Dynamics Laboratory.

Global February 2019

House OKs Bill Blocking Trump Emergency

The House has passed a bill that blocks President Donald Trump’s emergency, which would stymie President Trump’s bid for billions for a wall on the southern border.

Global February 2019

Abuse At Migrant Children Shelters?

Complaints of sexual abuse and harassment of children in government-funded migrant children shelters have been numbering in the thousands and span over the past four years.

Financing February 2019

IU Receives $4M Gift

Indiana University in Bloomington received a $4 million gift from alumni Nycha Schlegel and Dallas "Bill" Loos to benefit the School of Education and IU libraries.

Global February 2019

Subpoenas Over Family Separations?

The Oversight Committee will be voting on whether or not to approve subpoenaing Trump administration officials regarding families being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Global February 2019

House To Vote On Revoking Emergency Order

The House is to vote on a measure that would roll back President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration, which would siphon billions from the military to fund a border wall.

Hispanic Community February 2019

US Sending Migrant Minors Back To Mexico

Central American migrants in the United States are being accepted by Mexico. There are a total of 112 migrants, including 25 minors.

Financing February 2019

Duke U Undergrad Tuition More Than $55k?

Duke University’s board of trustees have approved a 3.7 percent increase in the total attendance cost for its undergraduates specifically during the 2019-20 academic year.

Arts and Media February 2019

US Latinas Rally Around 'Roma' Actress

Actress Yalitza Aparicio has received both support and backlash for her role in the film “Roma” where she plays a domestic worker for a middle-class family in Mexico City in the 1970s.

Hispanic Community February 2019 Premium

Shame The Stars School Library

In 1915, 18-year-old Joaquín del Toro is set to inherit his family’s Texas ranch and is in love with and loved by Dulceña. But trouble is brewing along the U.S.-Mexico border.