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Rep. Jackie Speier on how surviving Jonestown gave her a "second chance" at life
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter spending over a decade in Congress, Rep. Jackie Speier, a California Democrat, will be...
How Congresswoman Jackie Speier Survived
Elle via Yahoo News· 1 year agoShe survived a shooting, a miscarriage, and unfathomable loss—channeling it all into public service. Now, after 15 years in Congress, Rep. Jackie Speier...
Column: California lawmaker who survived Jonestown, Jan. 6 reflects on Trump, Jim Jones and Congress
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCalifornia Rep. Jackie Speier said the dysfunction and glacial pace of Congress could be...
Dems are waging entrenched fights on guns and abortion. Jackie Speier is at the center of both.
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRep. Jackie Speier was fuming that Congress’ celebrated gun bill did nothing to restrict the weapon that nearly killed her 44 years ago. That doesn’t mean she opposed it. “Sometimes we oversell ...
Revisit the Jonestown Massacre in Trailer for New Docuseries About Final Hours of Jim Jones’ Cult
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoCult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown, from Nat Geo and Hulu, features new interviews with survivors...
Feinstein Blazed Path in Senate, With Legacy of ‘Feminist Life’
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 8 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Long before she became a symbol of an aging Senate, Dianne Feinstein was California’s...
Inside Nancy Pelosi’s Fight For San Francisco
Politico via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSAN FRANCISCO — Speaker emerita Nancy Pelosi was riding through Chinatown here last month when she seemed to make the case for why she should run again and extend her emeritus status another ...
Pete McCloskey, antiwar candidate who took on Nixon, dies at 96
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoPete McCloskey, a veteran who wanted U.S. troops out of Vietnam, was the first congressman to urge...