To protect abortion, we must expand the court
The extreme right-wing majority of the Supreme Court made clear our most fundamental rights under attack. Congress has the ability to stop the court from imposing their minority views on the entire country. Our job as members of Congress is to serve the people — and the majority of people in this country regardless of political affiliation or state of residence want to protect a woman’s access to an abortion. Democrats were elected to
Read MoreGOP-controlled states sue over LGBT- inclusive policy to get school lunch funds
Twenty-two states sued the Biden administration over a rule that would cut federal meal funding for schools that don't include LGBT friendly policies. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III lead the law suit, arguing that the guidelines are unlawful, in part because they are “based on a misapplication of U.S. Supreme Court precedents,” according to an Indiana AG office press release Tuesday. “We all know the Biden administration is dead-set on imposing an extreme left-wing agenda on Americans nationwide. But they’ve r
Read MoreLawmakers ask watchdog to step aside from probe into 'erased' Secret Service texts
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Read MoreAmerican workers are retiring later and later
Story at a glance A new Gallup survey shows that the average person in the United States is retiring at 61. In 1991, the average age that U.S. workers retired at was 57. The new survey also shows that the workers are expecting to be able to retire later, at 66.
Read MoreWe need all hands on deck to preserve US civil rights
There was a sense of urgency in the air during this year’s National Urban League annual conference. The pandemic, the ongoing murders of Black Americans post-George Floyd and a constant assault on democratic values, voting rights and reproductive freedom have put civil rights on notice. Despite this, we have also made great strides. The recent
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