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Family members, U.S. officials press Myanmar for release of detained journalist Danny Fenster Antonia Noori Farzan Danny Fenster poses outside the Louisiana home where he lived before moving to Southeast Asia. Early on the morning of May 24, Bryan Fenster woke up to a string of alarming text messages: His brother, Danny, had been detained at Myanmar’s Yangon International Airport while trying to fly home to Michigan, to surprise their parents with his first visit in three years. “I knew right away that this was going to be really bad,” Bryan recalled. His brother had been working as the managing editor for the news outlet Frontier Myanmar, and journalists were increasingly being targeted in the Southeast Asian nation, where the military junta seized power in a February coup. He steeled himself to call up their parents and deliver the news, and then sprung into action. American journalist is detained by Myanmar regime while trying to leave country
Representative Val Demings (FL-10), Congressman Andy Levin (MI-09), Congressman Yvette Clarke (NY-13) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) issued a statement announcing the formation of « House Haiti Caucus » within the US Congress.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. Washington Senator Patty Murray and others reintroduced legislation to provide students two free years of community college.
The ‘America’s College Promise Act’ aims to create federal and state partnerships to get people two years of tuition-free access to community or technical college programs, as well as two years of tuition and fee grant aid at a four-year historical Black college or minority-serving institution.
The goal is to remove the socio-economic barriers of skills, credentials and a degree that many families face.
“As a former community college instructor in Washington State, I have personally seen the positive change that community colleges make in students’ lives. These institutions create pathways for students to pursue higher education and provide training for individuals to enter the workforce,” said Murray. “But higher education is far too expen