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On Monday, Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shared an emotional video about the riot at the U.S. Capitol and how her past as a sexual assault victim influenced what she went through. Ocasio-Cortez recalled in an Instagram Live of over 150,000 people going into hiding as rioters scaled the Capitol on January …

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday announced they have filed a joint budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2021 that gives Congress an additional legislative tool to pass the urgently-needed bipartisan COVID relief legislation that enacts President Joe Biden’s comprehensive American Rescue Plan which helps defeat the …

Republican state senators are looking to change the way that the voting process is handled in Georgia. The senators are looking to ban automatic voter registration, ballot boxes, and no-excuse voting. “We’ve got to restore confidence in the ballot box. When people lose confidence in the ballot box, they ultimately …

President Joe Biden has nominated Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. “My priority as secretary would be to alleviate that crisis and get people the support they need to come back from the edge,” Fudge said. The Congressional Black Caucus’s former chairwoman plans to play …

Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. . Adams and her team played a key role in advocating for black voters to participate in the past elections. Fair Fight Action was integral in increasing Black voter turnout in Georgia this election cycle. “Abrams, work follows in Dr. …

During his presidential campaign, then-candidate Joe Biden vowed his cabinet would be “the most diverse in history.” It seems as President he is living up to that promise. There are more women and people of color in President Biden’s proposed cabinet than in the last four administrations. “Building a diverse team …

The hearings for President Joe Biden‘s Cabinet nominations continue today. We will hear testimony from his picks to lead all of his cabinet positions over the next several weeks. We will profile the nominees in advance of their hearings so our readers will have some background information as the proceedings …

The American Civil Liberties Union announced today that its national board elected Deborah Archer as its new president. An established civil rights lawyer, scholar, and teacher, Archer began her career as the Marvin M. Karpatkin Legal Fellow at the ACLU. She has been a member of the ACLU board since …

New information continues to be released about the people that participated in the attack at the United States Capitol. Data collected by CNN shows that 21 out of the first 150 people arrested for the attack are military personnel or veterans. Two of those arrested for the insurrection are in …

“We’re in it. We just haven’t started shooting at each other yet,” replied Republican Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona when asked by members of the Oath Keepers if the United States was headed for a civil war. The statement was videotaped and distributed by the right-wing militia. This call to …

During his presidential campaign, then-candidate Joe Biden vowed his cabinet would be “the most diverse in history.” It seems as President he is living up to that promise. There are more women and people of color in President Biden’s proposed cabinet than in the last four administrations. “Building a diverse team …

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), one of 10 Republicans to vote to impeach Donald Trump earlier this month, has been railing against his party’s extreme right-wing on social media over the past few weeks. He’s called out House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for flying to meet former President Trump; Matt Gaetz for …

Ten Republican Senators led by Susan Collins are preparing to present their own $600 billion covid relief plan to the White House as a counteroffer to President Joe Biden‘s $1.9 trillion plan. In a letter released by Collins’s office, the senators, including Mitt Romney and Bill Cassidy, urged President Biden to meet …

According to reporting from the New York Times, all five of the impeachment lawyers who were expected to represent former President Donald Trump have called it quits just before his trial is expected to start in the Senate next week. The legal team led by South Carolina lawyer Butch Bowers, resigned …

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a mask-wearing rule late Friday that builds on an order announced Jan. 21 by President Joe Biden. Travelers on airplanes and public transportation like buses and subways will be required to wear face masks starting next week to curb the spread …