U.S. House Approves Debt Limit Package, Sending It to Senate With Just Days Until Default Deadline
By Jennifer Shutt The U.S. House took a broadly bipartisan vote Wednesday night on the debt limit package, sending it to the U.S. Senate where lawmakers are expected…
U.S. House Approves Debt Limit Package, Sending It to Senate With Just Days Until Default Deadline
By Jennifer Shutt The U.S. House took a broadly bipartisan vote Wednesday night on the debt limit package, sending it to the U.S. Senate where lawmakers are expected…
Representatives Escobar, Salazar Introduce Historic, Bipartisan Immigration Reform
Representatives Veronica Escobar (TX-16) and María Elvira Salazar (FL-27) on Tuesday, announced the Dignity Act of 2023, a historic, bipartisan immigration reform bill. This legislation has been over…
Migrants Waiting to Cross the Border Say Government’s App for Asylum-Seekers is a Mess
By Uriel J. García After spending days in overcrowded shelters, Joseline Decaires Jiménez sat in a charter bus station Monday night, waiting for a bus to take her…
Latinos Continue to Fight to Play Crucial Roles in Hollywood
By Daniel Ogas Whether it is quinceañeras or Dia de los Muertos, Latinos have plenty of occasions to celebrate. But in recent years, Hollywood has given the community…
U.S. Interior Secretary Unveils $125 Million for Local Climate Projects
By Jacob Fischler The U.S. Interior Department will send $125 million from the bipartisan infrastructure law to scores of local climate resiliency and conservation projects, Interior Secretary…
‘Heartbreaking and Unconscionable’: Administration Ignored Warnings of Migrant Child Labor
By Julia Conley The Biden administration received repeated warnings from both within and outside of the federal government in recent years about a rise in the exploitation of…
Lawmakers File Amicus Brief Urging Appeals Court Block Mifepristone Ruling
On Tuesday, 240 members of Congress – led by U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Barbara Lee (D-CA)…
Legacy of Wounded Knee Uprising Lives in Indigenous Resistance
By Brett Wilkins As many Native Americans on Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the militant occupation of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, participants in the 1973 uprising and…
DeGette, Cicilline Lead Effort to Ban Assault Weapons, High-Capacity Magazines
U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and David Cicilline (D-RI) introduced legislation on Feb. 1 to reinstate a nationwide ban on certain semi-automatic assault weapons and high-capacity gun magazines….