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Black leaders reflect on Juneteenth nearly 160 years after Galveston enslaved were freed
The Hill via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoBlack leaders around the nation are reflecting on the legacy of Juneteenth and the need for the...
Bob Menendez’s Lonely Effort to Keep His Senate Seat
The Wall Street Journal· 36 minutes agoSitting in the front row were leading Democrats: New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and his wife, Tammy; New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker ; and House Democratic...
It's Been 103 Years Since the Tulsa Massacre, And Here's Why Black Folks Still Don’t Know The...
The Root via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoHistory books are notorious for leaving out information, especially about racism in America. Have...
Booker leads opposition to private N.J. immigrant detention center
NJ.com· 6 days agoICE and Florida-based GEO Group are in talks to open a 600-bed facility.
Republican IVF bill fails in U.S. Senate
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Senate is set to take a procedural vote as soon as Thursday on legislation from Democrats that would bolster protections for IVF. The post Republican...
Double punishment: How a "war on drugs"-era SNAP ban contributes to recidivism and racism
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 hours ago“These Americans have paid their debt to society, so we should be helping them get back on the right...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 1 day agoCongress is in shambles right now, but that hasn’t stopped Senator Cory Booker and Representative Ayanna Pressley from working on big ...
Fusion energy bill authored by Senator Padilla awaits Presidential signature to become law
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 2 hours agoThe bill, authored by Sen. Alex Padilla of California, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, Sen. Todd Young of Indiana, and Sen. Patty ...
Adviser testifies about Menendez schemes to bully the press, blame the White House
The Record· 10 hours agoA political operative kicked off the sixth week of Sen. Bob Menendez’s federal bribery trial in...
This Juneteenth, it’s time for Biden to honor the federal holiday he created by ending forced labor
Salon via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoPresident Biden, who has called himself the most pro-worker president in U.S. history and committed...