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China Task Force]? "Many people have not heard of the China Strategy Working Group [China Task Force][3] According to the U.S. Department of Defense website, on March 1st, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued an action order to the China Strategy Working Group.[4] The group was set up by President Biden. He ordered the group to start working immediately. The group is mandated to give a complete and detailed strategy report in four months. "According to the Department of Defense spokesperson...

Deseret News The Equality Act would add sexual orientation and gender identity-based protections to federal civil rights law. Share this story Photo illustration by Alex Cochran In a largely party-line vote Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed landmark LGBTQ rights legislation, advancing one of the Biden administration’s key policy initiatives to the Senate, where observers say the Equality Act won’t pass without significant changes. Thebill, which would amend anti-discrimina...

Sexual Violence and the Disability Community Discussion Guide A Resource for Those Working at the Nexus of Reproductive Justice and Disability Justice For the companion column, see "Sexual Violence and the Disability Community." The disability rights and justice movement and the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements must come together for nuanced discussions of the silent epidemic of sexual violence against disabled people. Read the column This guide is ...

Biden's nominee to lead the OMB, Neera Tanden, was grilled by Hawley (R-MO) for her financial ties to Wall Street firms and tech corporations.

The Ben Carson Years at HUD: Did He Make a Difference? The Ben Carson Years at HUD: Did He Make a Difference? What will Ben Carsons legacy at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development be? Will history look upon Carsons HUD tenure kindly? Clare Trapasso, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail When Dr. Ben Carson took the helm of the nations top housing agency, the country was in the early throes of an affordable housing crisis. Four years, one pandemic, and a recession later, the secretar...

No Time to Celebrate: Progressive Politics in the Pandemic’s Wake Getty/Tayfun Coskun Sam Hananel Introduction and summary Progressives around the world are asking what lessons can be taken from Joe Biden’s presidential victory as they look to push back against populism and nationalism and set out an agenda to recover and rebuild following the COVID-19 pandemic. What were the decisive factors of Biden’s winning political strategy and agenda, and how do they overlap with more general co...

What a $600 Stimulus Check Can Actually Buy You in America GOBankingRates 12/21/2020 Yaёl Bizouati-Kennedy © Shutterstock / Shutterstock Mandatory Credit: Photo by Shutterstock (11598418c)Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (Democrat of California) makes her way past reporters at the US Capitol in Washington, DC,. Last night – after months of delay – Congress finally reached a deal to pass a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package, narrowly ...

by Kelsey Tamborrino (Politico’s Morning Enegy)  With the selections of New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland for Interior secretary and North Carolina regulator Michael Regan for EPA chief, the Biden administration has rounded out the top brass of its climate team. — … CLIMATE CABINET FILLED: President-elect Joe Biden will tap Rep. Deb Haaland for Interior, making her the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history, and Michael Regan, North Carolina’s top environmental regulator,...

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