presidency of joe biden
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Biden’s Nominees of Color Facing More Intense Republican Scrutiny Than His White Picks. If Only We Knew Why
It would be nice to live in a world where everything made sense. For example, I’d love to know why Taylor Swift is so popular in America, yet I don’t know one Black person who can sing three of her songs. I’d love to know why Colin Kaepernick doesn’t have a job yet a Trump-loving…
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Democrats Introduce Sweeping Immigration Legislation, Offering 3 to 8 Year Path to Citizenship for Undocumented Immigrants
Congressional Democrats are moving forward with the campaign promise of overhauling America’s problematic and oft-maligned immigration system. On Thursday, Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-Pa.) introduced the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, a measure that would provide the nation’s 11 million undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship. At least 619,000 undocumented Black…
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Joe Biden and the Lie of the Great Stimulus Check
Have you heard the story of President Joe Biden and the Great Stimulus Check? It goes like this: when President-elect Joe Biden wanted to push for two Georgia senators facing a difficult runoff election that would ensure that Biden would be backed by a Democrat-controlled Senate, he told America that they’d be getting $2,000 stimulus…
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Biden Administration Orders National Intelligence Office and FBI to Assess Threat of Domestic Violent Extremism
We can’t say President Joe Biden hasn’t hit the ground running. In his first week in the Oval Office, Biden has already directed federal law enforcement and national intelligence officials to complete an assessment of the threat posed by domestic violent extremism in America. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki made the announcement of the…
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Joe Biden’s Corn Pop Story Is a Parable About How White People See Us
I researched the poverty and housing crisis that enveloped the city.