Monthly Archives: June 2020

Biden, Trump clashes over DC bill

President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are 180 degrees apart when it comes to whether the District of Columbia should achieve state status. The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives is expected to vote historically on Friday by passing a bill that would make DC a state. The last vote …

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The House votes to make Washington DC a state

House Democrats agreed to make Washington DC the 51st state in the nation, which would grant voting representation to the more than 700,000 residents of the capital. If approved, the DC of the District of Columbia would become Douglass Commonwealth, honoring abolitionist Frederick Douglass, and their state would create a …

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Whole Foods workers protest Black Lives Matter mask policy

Reportedly, Whole Foods employees in Massachusetts left the supermarket in protest this week over the company’s policy that prohibits Black Lives Matter masks and equipment. The Cambridge store manager told employees they walked in wearing masks with Black Lives Matter written on them on Wednesday that they would have to …

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