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Posted By Austin Counts on Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 7:23 AM "Serving Arizonans has been my absolute honor and joy, but after much consideration, I have decided not to seek re-election in 2022. I will continue the good fight through this Congress, and when the term is up, I will hand over the baton." https://t.co/jBuB85SeHH— Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (@RepKirkpatrick) March 12, 2021 Fresh on the heels of the signing of the $1.9 trillion COVID relief package, Arizona Rep. Ann Kirkp...

Kirkpatrick, a Democrat who represents Arizona's 2nd congressional district in the southeastern corner of the state, says she "will continue the good fight through this Congress, and when the term is up, I will hand over the baton."

Coming of Age Day needed in US Other countries, cultures and religions have “coming of age” days and celebrations, and that includes informal traditions in the United States. Written By: By Sharon Cox, Art Voices | 7:00 am, Jan. 6, 2021 × Every country has holidays that are unique to that culture. Japan’s “Seijin-no-Hi,” or “Coming of Age” day this coming Monday is one we’d do well to endorse for ourselves. The holiday is on the second Monday of the first...

Everywhere. we have people from the apache nation in arizona to el paso, texas, to new york, to california, and its people who have decided, don, were not going to just be mad and depressed. but were going to stand together and put our bodies on the line to drive this narrative and to change the direction of the nation. dr. king was killed trying to do it. we would dishonor him not trying to live and finish it. >> i know you live your life by helping the least of these. i know the collar around ...

Because we have a moral malady and such a moral deficit in this country right now that we have to reshape this narrative. you know, since dr. king, we had the defunding of the war on poverty. we had a diminishing narrative, and weve had a deconstruction of voting rights. when you put those three things together, you end up with what we have now, a broken democracy. but its not that it cant be fixed. so people are joining from everywhere. we have people from the apache nation in arizona to el pas...

We dont hear a lot from them. we dont see them on tv. we dont see them out with signs saying native lives matter. theyre not as visible. what do we need to know about the struggles that they are dealing with that people like matt can connect with? >> well, as you know, weve been in confinement for over 500 years. and whats happening in indian country with our youth today, this is prophesied that our young children will began to have their voice and spread the word. and its important because the ...