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Although national politics may take the cake when it comes to glamour and prestige, some of the most rewarding and effective advocacy work can come from engaging on a meaningful, personal level with your state representatives and local officials.
But we shouldn’t have to wait until a global pandemic or an economic crisis to feel galvanized about local politics.
Haitian president Jovenel Moïse’s refusal to step down eerily echoes the recent transition in the U.S., when many were unclear whether the former president would hand power over to his successor.
Like many Haitians these days, my father’s unrelenting faith and optimism are waning.
Weekend Reading on Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: the value of women leaders; Ngozo Okonjo-Iweala is the first woman and first African national to lead the World Trade Organization; Zimbabwe, Switzerland and The Netherlands’ progress toward gender parity; Boston’s nearly 200-year streak of white, male mayors is officially over; what to watch; and more.
As the historic second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump continues to unfold, District Attorney Fani Willis of Fulton County, Ga., is working to hold the former president accountable in her own jurisdiction.
“I’ve had to double my security. We’ve gotten a lot of comments. And they’re always racist. I don’t think it’s an insult to remind me I’m a Black woman. It’s a waste of their time.”
Despite an impeachment trial happening down the street, President Joe Biden is operating full steam ahead in building his administration. On Wednesday, Feb. 10, he nominated deputy secretary of labor Julie Su, who currently serves as secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform is calling on the FDA to lift the in-person requirement for medication abortion care—”in light of the clear danger the requirement poses to people seeking reproductive health care at the height of the coronavirus pandemic.”
Since 2003, Rep. Rosa DeLauro has been a voice—sometimes the lone one—in a push to expand the child tax credit to the nation’s poorest children. With President Joe Biden’s support, the plan is likely to pass.
President Biden has nominated a more diverse cabinet than any other president. But a slow or difficult confirmation hearing process does more than impact the operations of the government. It has an impact on the mentoring and support of diversity inside the government. I know because I was one of them.
Biden must use his executive power and influence to immediately uplift the essential workers who have kept our country going amid this pandemic and political upheaval.
Women have played crucial roles in laying the groundwork for the landmark social justice programs of the New Deal and the Great Society. Today, with voting rights under attack, women are still fighting to defend this vital right.
