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Listen to this article here Congressional leaders unveiled a new stamp Wednesday in a Capitol ceremony commemorating former Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights icon who served more than three decades in Congress and passed in 2020. The stamp features a photograph of Lewis taken by Marco Grob on assignment for the August 26, 2013, issue […]
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri took time to commemorate Juneteenth by strengthening the case for reparations for descendants of enslaved Black people. A $97 trillion case, to be exact. Bush introduced legislation in May, “The Reparations Now Resolution,” a 23-page document calling on the United States to address the “enslavement of Africans and its […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. State Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Carrollton, announced Tuesday she’s running to replace U.S. Rep.
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. WASHINGTON — Staff members in the Washington and district offices of U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia, D-Houston . . .
It is, on the surface, a modest proposal. Nearly 330 Americans are shot every day. Reducing that figure through the pursuit of meaningful gun control laws remains, even now, a third rail of U.S. politics. In the meantime, could policy makers at least ensure that Americans who survive being shot can obtain assistance to rebuild […]
Missouri Democratic Rep. Cori Bush has introduced a bill calling for $14 trillion in reparations for Black Americans to compensate them for the reverberating effects of slavery. “The United States has a moral and legal obligation to provide reparations for the enslavement of Africans and its lasting harm on the lives of millions of Black people,” Bush said on […]
A man who attacked U.S. Rep. Angie Craig in a Washington, D.C., elevator in February pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday, officials said. Kendrid Hamlin, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of assault on a member of Congress for the attack in the elevator of her apartment building, as well as two counts of assault […]
HOUSTON (KIAH)- U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Houston) announced in a press conference on Tuesday a program that provides $1.4 million in funding for the health of black mothers and infants. The black maternal & child health program directly addresses the pregnancy-related mortality risks among black women stemming among other factors from inadequate and inaccessible care […]
At Princeton’s Class Day ceremony Monday, May 29, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell ’86 issued a joyful, unequivocal directive to seniors to embrace the infinite ways service can help make a difference — in their own backyard and across the nation. She offered three wishes for them: “Bloom where you are planted, flourish where you are […]
Ex-U.S. Rep. Mark Walker formally entered next year’s race for North Carolina governor on Saturday, saying that he’s best suited to win the seat that has eluded Republicans for much of the past three decades, by attracting a diverse set of voters in the otherwise closely divided state. Walker, a former Baptist pastor who rode […]