CONGRESSWOMAN AYANNA PRESSLEY

Much of this vaccine hesitancy is rooted in the history of exploitation of Black folks. From the infamous “Tuskegee Study,”

Black America’s COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Rooted in Medical Community’s Exploitation of Blacks

Photos: YouTube In an op-ed published in the Boston Globe, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and National Medical Association (NMA) President Leon McDougle discussed the ...

Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) joined economists and advocates to introduce a historic resolution calling for a federal job guarantee.

Historic Federal Job Guarantee Resolution Unveiled by Rep. Pressley, Economists, Advocates

Photos: YouTube Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) joined economists and advocates to introduce a historic resolution calling for a federal job guarantee for all ...

The COVID-19 in Corrections Data Transparency Act, which was originally introduced in August 2020.

Democrats Reintroduce Legislation To Combat COVID-19 Crisis in Prisons, Jails and Detention Centers

Photos: YouTube Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia (TX-29), along with Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Cory ...

Anti-Racism in Public Health Act, a bicameral bill to declare structural racism a public health crisis and confront its public h

Democrats Reintroduce Legislation to Confront Structural Racism as a Public Health Crisis

Photo: YouTube Monday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) reintroduced the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act, a ...

end the federal death penalty and incentivizing states to end capital punishment across the country.

Pressley, Democrats Urge AG Nominee Merrick Garland to Stop All Executions

Photos: Wikimedia Commons Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) sent a letter calling on Attorney General-nominee Judge Merrick B. Garland ...

calling on President-Elect Joe Biden to end the use of the federal death penalty on his first day in office.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley Leads Call on Biden to End Death Penalty

Photos: YouTube\Twitter Tuesday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) led 41 of her House colleagues and three Representatives-Elect on a letter calling on President-Elect Joe Biden ...

GAO approving their request to investigate how COVID-19 relief funds have been distributed to disproportionately affected commu

COVID-19: Independent Watchdog Agrees to Investigate Racial Inequity in Pandemic Response

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a member of the Senate ...

Under the current system of mass incarceration, false notions of public safety have meant the brutal criminalization and over-po

Biden-Harris Presidency Must Address Racial Inequality in Justice System

Today, in an op-ed published in The Nation, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) called on President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris to respond ...

Their letter follows a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in prisons and jails across the Commonwealth.

COVID-19: Rep. Pressley Urges Massachusetts Gov to Release Vulnerable Inmates

[COVID-19 & Incarceration] Rep. Pressley: “The COVID-19 pandemic has manifested unprecedented challenges to the health and wellbeing of communities throughout the Commonwealth, including our ...

Tonight at 6:00 p.m. EST / 3:00 p.m. PST, The Collective will host the 2020 “Black Men Voting Forum”,

The Collective Announces “2020 Black Men Voting Forum”

[Black Men Voting Forum] The panel will focus on galvanizing the Black male vote in the upcoming election and strengthening support around the challenges ...