U.S. Rep. Cori Bush testified before Congress this week, sharing personal experiences about the failures and “racist treatment” she and other Black “birthing people” have endured from the health care system. On Thursday, the House Oversight and Reform Committee held a hearing to review the Black maternal mortality crisis afflicting Black birthing people, a gender […]
Rep. Maxine Waters went to Twitter on Tuesday to speak out on the killing of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, describing the incident as “hard to believe.” “How could a trained officer make a mistake shooting an unarmed man with a gun instead of a taser? Hard to believe,” the congresswoman said, posting a side-by-side photo to […]
The officer who arrested Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon on Thursday said that her actions reminded him of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. As Blavity previously reported, Cannon was arrested after protesting Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to sign SB 202, a controversial 98-page omnibus bill that will propagate voter suppression. According to the Atlanta […]
Nsé Ufot, the founder of the advocacy group New South, said the bill “is a direct attack on our democracy and on Georgians, who deserve to have their votes counted and voices heard.” “Republicans know that their only hope to win our state is to silence the voices of Georgians of color. That’s why they are […]
The bill made national news this week with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaking about the dangers it presents. “Since 2012—the GA GOP has closed more than 200 polling places. Voters in mostly Black precincts now wait 8X LONGER to vote than voters in mostly white precincts. Now the GOP makes it a crime to give […]
Megan Thee Stallion and House Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee are joining forces to help Houstonians recover from Winter Storm Uri, which devastated the state last month and left millions without access to power or water for days, according to People and Variety. CBS News reported last month that the storm could cost Texas up to $295 […]
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has called for the firing of Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough after MacDonough blocked the Democratic Party’s attempts to raise the federal minimum wage at a hearing on Thursday, The Guardian reported. MacDonough, who’s held her bipartisan role as Senate parliamentarian since 2012, ruled that raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour should […]
Pennsylvania Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta will be running for U.S. Senate in 2022 to replace outgoing Republican Sen. Pat Toomey, according to The New York Times. The 30-year-old made the announcement last week in appearances on MSNBC and a video released by his campaign. “I know what it’s like to see an eviction notice, to work a […]
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) is among a group of progressive politicians calling for President Joe Biden to cancel the crippling student loan debt affecting millions. She recently shared that she sympathizes with the plight of American students because she once borrowed and then defaulted on repayments. In a virtual press conference hosted by the American Federation of Teachers, […]