Some are skeptical that lawmakers will act and, if they do, whether the pace of policy can parallel the ever-changing technology.
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Facebook whistleblower testifies before members of the Senate
Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen fielded questions and shared insight into Facebook’s daily routines at the media giant.
Netflix donates over $5 million to fund a memorial scholarship in honor of Chadwick Boseman at his alma mater.
Netflix recently donated over $5 million to help fund a memorial scholarship in honor of Chadwick Boseman.
Steny Hoyer and Democrats press Senate to remove Confederate statues
House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer, D-Mechanicsville, is leading a group of Maryland Democrats in pressuring the Senate into removing statues of Confederate politicians, soldiers and white supremacists.
Maryland schools eagerly await COVID vaccine OK for kids
Pfizer and BioNTech announced Sept. 20 that a smaller dose of their vaccine was safe for 5- to 11-year-olds, and the FDA set a vaccines advisory committee for Oct. 26 in anticipation of a request for the vaccine’s authorization.
D.C. pro-choice march demands protection for women’s rights
Thousands rallied Saturday in Washington in support of reproductive rights as a response to a restrictive abortion bill passed in Texas and an upcoming Supreme Court challenge to a Mississippi law.
With eyes on Texas and Supreme Court, pro-choice advocates to march in D.C. Saturday
The rally is not a traditional Women’s March but part of a coalition effort instead, with more than 660 sister marches planned nationwide.
Anthony Brown urges Pentagon to root out extremism in ranks
The Maryland Democrat, a retired colonel in the Army Reserve, criticized the Biden administration for opposing his amendment to a defense spending plan that would enable the secretary of defense to remove service members involved in extremist groups.
Companies look to hire Afghan refugees, but child care remains a question
“We haven’t had this many refugees arriving all at once since the end of the Vietnam War, so it’s a huge challenge,” Alan Khazei, senior advisor at Welcome.US, a national coalition to welcome and support incoming Afghan refugees through employment opportunities, said.
As Congress debates legalizing marijuana, youth use is up
Roughly 44% of college students consumed marijuana in 2020, according to a July survey by the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research and sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health.