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Kristine Bonds, the daughter of longtime WXYZ-TV anchor Bill Bonds, is making the opioid epidemic the centerpiece of her campaign to try to succeed retiring GOP Rep. Dave Trott of Birmingham. Bonds, 52, of West Bloomfield Township says she is running for Congress as a Republican largely because of the opioid crisis, which she says took the life of her stepson, Drew Swan, nearly four years ago.
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition founded and led by Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. will at 4:30pm on Monday, January 15 2018 at the Atrium of Cobo Center in Detroit honor four remarkable individuals with its Let Freedom Ring Awards in recognition of their outstanding commitment to freedom, justice and equality in the exemplary tradition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Rev.
Even as a bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement that would provide young undocumented immigrants a pathway to citizenship, House Democrats are worried a final deal will concede too much to the White House on the issue of diversity visas.
Next Saturday brings the anniversary of the inauguration. Over the first year, a fixation on the chaos and churn inside the West Wing has often overshadowed the less-sexy decay and neglect at the departmental level. There are a striking number of big jobs that have not been filled.
As we mentioned yesterday, some female members of Congress are planning to take a cue from #Time’s Up and wear black to this month’s State of the Union address. Now it seems that they are also working to bring activists, writers and victims of misconduct to the president’s address. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has invited civil rights activist Tarana Burke, founder of the #MeToo movement.
In a bid to keep the sexual harassment debate at the forefront on Capitol Hill, some female members of Congress are working to bring activists, writers and victims of misconduct to this month's State of the Union address.
In a bid to keep the sexual harassment debate at the forefront on Capitol Hill, some female members of Congress are working to bring activists, writers and victims of misconduct to this month’s State of the Union address.
House Democratic women plan to wear black when President Trump addresses Congress at his first State of the Union this month. But Rep. Jackie Speier hopes that more people would wear the color in a symbolic stand against sexual harassment.
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, center, joined by Rep. Brenda Lawrence, second from left, and Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham gives his support to “dreamers,” people brought to the U.S. illegally as children, and supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 10, 2018.
President Trump inflamed already precarious negotiations over protecting young immigrants Thursday by denouncing immigrants from “shithole countries” such as Haiti and African nations during a White House meeting with lawmakers.