[NAACP\CAP\2020 Elections]
Expanding opportunities to vote by mail is a critical, commonsense step that states should prioritize in order to help protect the health…Unfortunately, some officials have coupled this call with efforts to reduce or even eliminate in-person polling places.
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[Immigration\COCID-19]
From agricultural workers to healthcare professionals, immigrant workers are again proving themselves as an indispensable, skilled part of our national effort to combat and contain COVID-19 – despite ongoing anxieties over their immigration status.
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[COVID-19\ PAID Leave Act]
The PAID Leave Act will fully and quickly reimburse employers for all paid sick days and paid leave in 2020 and 2021 to alleviate the financial ramifications of the pandemic felt by the small business community.
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[White Supremacy\Stephen Miller]
Democratic senators: Mr. Miller worked to advance white supremacist, anti-immigrant ideologies. In the letter, the senators connect the e-mails to specific immigration policies Mr. Miller has implemented in his current position.
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[Congress\Public Housing]
Rep. Omar: “Every American deserves access to a safe and stable place to live, but unfortunately, our current free-market housing system is not meeting the needs of working families. On a single night, over 10,000 people in Minnesota were homeless last year… And that’s just Minnesota.”
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[Education News]
Rep. Fredrica Wilson: When students make tough decisions about what college to attend, they trust that if a school is accredited, it will be able to provide them with the skills and knowledge needed for their chosen career path. It’s crucial that all schools meet the same high-quality standards to retain accreditation, and that if they’re not adequality serving all student populations, it’s clear to them and prospective students what they must do to improve. Given the skyrocketing cost of higher education and unprecedented levels of student debt, the stakes have never been higher.”
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[Education News]
Center For American Progress says if next president wants to make education work for “all America’s children” they must confront racial inequities…
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