Kerry Ann Forbes - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com The Nation's Oldest Black Collegiate Newspaper Thu, 12 Mar 2020 00:25:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-NewHilltopLogo-32x32.jpg Kerry Ann Forbes - The Hilltop https://staging.thehilltoponline.com 32 32 248273635 100 Years since the 19th Amendment, A Conversation with Nancy Pelosi https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2020/03/12/100-years-since-the-19th-amendment-a-conversation-with-nancy-pelosi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=100-years-since-the-19th-amendment-a-conversation-with-nancy-pelosi Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:00:10 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12619 By Kerry-Ann Forbes-Barber, Staff Reporter In celebration of 100 years since the passing of the 19th Amendment, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined in a discussion with SiriusXM’s Julie Mason at Georgetown University in Gaston Hall on Tuesday, March 5, to discuss the impact of the 19th amendment on women and the U.S. as well as […]

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]]> 12619 Violence Leads to the Cancellation of Haiti’s Annual Carnival https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2020/02/27/violence-leads-to-the-cancellation-of-haitis-annual-carnival/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=violence-leads-to-the-cancellation-of-haitis-annual-carnival Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:00:11 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12553 By Kerry-Ann Forbes-Barber, Staff Reporter  An outbreak of violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the nation’s capital led to the cancellation of its well-anticipated annual carnival this past weekend on Sunday, Feb. 23. On the first day of Carnival celebrations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti protests, gunfire and burning flames, which has reportedly left at least one person dead […]

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]]> 12553 Pregnant Women Now Subject to Visa Rules Meant to Curb “Birth Tourism” https://staging.thehilltoponline.com/2020/01/30/pregnant-women-now-subject-to-visa-rules-meant-to-curb-birth-tourism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pregnant-women-now-subject-to-visa-rules-meant-to-curb-birth-tourism Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:45:26 +0000 http://staging.thehilltoponline.com/?p=12432 By Kerry Ann Forbes, Staff Reporter The Trump Administration partnered with U.S. consular officials on Jan. 23, targeting pregnant women traveling to the U.S. solely to give birth. Pregnant women will need to demonstrate legitimate reasons for entering the U.S. before they are granted a visa from the Department of State.  Under this new rule, […]

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