elizabeth warren
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Democratic Lawmakers Ask HHS to Allocate Portion of COVID-19 Relief Funds to Grassroots Groups in Communities of Color
In the midst of a vaccine rollout plagued by slowdowns as well as lingering suspicions from Black Americans and others about trusting the government’s response, Democrats are calling on the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to direct funds from the recently passed $900 billion COVID relief bill to grassroots organizations in communities of…
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Every Argument Against Student Debt Forgiveness, Explained (and Dismissed)
What happens to a student loan deferred?Does it dry uplike Donald Trump’s skin?Or draw interest—Do payments ever end? Does it grow into a mountain of debt?Until an unknown numbercalls you up to collect? Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Until someone forgives it… And white people explode. For most Americans not named Ivanka and those…
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Government Accountability Office to Investigate Claims of Systemic Racism in Veteran Affairs
The revelation that nearly 80 percent of workers surveyed at Veterans Affairs believe there is widespread racism throughout the federal agency has prompted an investigation by the U.S. Government Accountability Office into the reports of discrimination. The GAO is a non-partisan congressional watchdog body charged with auditing federal institutions. Democratic Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Maas.) and…
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Trump Is Willing to Defund Real Soldiers to Protect Statues of Racist Generals
President Donald Trump, the man voted most likely to rub soft carrots all over his flaccid body, has weaponized Twitter once again by threatening to veto a national defense bill if an amendment from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (It should’ve been you and not Joe Biden!) demanding that military bases honoring the losers that are the…
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Lawmakers and Advocates Grow Increasingly Frustrated With Lack of Comprehensive Racial Data on COVID-19 Cases
Nearly three months after the first confirmed COVID-19 case in the U.S., more than 1.1 million people have been infected with the coronavirus, with at least 92,000 deaths recorded. But despite the clear and pervasive toll the virus has had on Americans and American life, a substantial number of states and territories are still not…