FBI deploys cyber team to Montenegro following massive cyberattack
The FBI is deploying a team of cyber experts to Montenegro to investigate a massive cyberattack that hit the country’s critical infrastructure over the weekend, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. The attack targeted Montenegro’s water supply systems, transportation services and online government services. Government officials have reported that the attacks are still ongoing, but that state infrastructure was
Read MoreFor students of color, debt forgiveness doesn’t go far enough
As a first-generation, Black American college student coming from a low-middle-income household, I wanted to change my family’s legacy and make an impact on my community. I believed in the American dream and pursued an undergraduate degree in order to achieve it. However, my family made too much to qualify for federal grant programs, but way too little to actually pay for my tuition, housing and other college-related necessities. I found myself applying for loans without truly understanding the long-term consequences. In exchange for achieving the “American dream,” I have now been
Read MoreCheney to headline right-leaning think tank’s Constitution Day event
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will speak at a right-leaning policy group’s event recognizing the adoption of the Constitution next month. Cheney will give the annual Constitution Day Lecture for the American Enterprise Institute, a public policy think tank, on Monday, Sept. 19. The Wyoming Republican will speak on why President Abraham Lincoln’s call for patriotism grounded in “reverence for the Constitution” is essen
Read MoreBiden speaks with Jackson mayor about water crisis
President Biden on Wednesday spoke by phone with Jackson, Miss., Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba (D) about emergency response efforts to the water crisis in the state’s capital. A White House aide said that Biden phoned Lumumba “to hear firsthand from the mayor about the urgent situation with access to clean and safe water.” The two discussed emergency response efforts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “and the president expressed his determination to provide federal support to address the immediate cri
Read More'Rooted' Latino festival plants seeds in Aspen
ASPEN, COLO. — A group of Latino artists, communicators, politicians and advocates are congregating in Colorado this week for the Raizado Festival, a gathering that seeks to address issues affecting the community in media, organizing and politics. Organizers of the Raizado Festival — the name is Spanish for "rooted" — purposely chose Aspen, a place where powerful groups hold summits that direct the future of industry, philanthropy and civil society organizations. "Over time, as things evolved with the pandemic, it became acutely clear that we couldn't just show up at pla
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