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After killing a Republican-sponsored bill to restrict voting in the state, Democrats vowed to oppose any efforts to revive it. Republicans pledged to pass it in a special legislative session.

The letter details specific steps that were included in legislation introduced last year and authored by Speier, Castro and former Rep. Eliot Engel The bill, called the State Harassment and Assault Prevention and Eradication (SHAPE) Act, sought to enact stronger anti-harassment and discrimination policies and provide resources and better survivor care and accountability at the State Department. “For too long, pale, male, and Yale has been the ethos at the State Department,” Speier said in a...

The director of UCLA’s Chicano Studies Research Center is stepping down after nearly two decades Todd Cheney/UCLA Chon Noriega speaking during a tour of the Chicano Studies Research Center–organized exhibition “Home — So Different, So Appealing” at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2017. Noela Hueso | May 21, 2021 When Chon Noriega became director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, he saw it as an opportunity for him to take some of the things he was doing at...

The legislation makes no mention of Donald Trump, though many Democrats have warned that rhetoric from the former president and his allies, including the terms “China virus” and “kung flu,” have provoked many of the verbal and violent attacks against the Asian American community. Since the start of the pandemic, in March 2020, there have been more than 6,600 hate incidents against Asian Americans, according to the group Stop AAPI Hate. Nearly two-thirds of those incidents targeted women...

Local resident among DACA recipients that met with President Biden in the White House Coachella Valley resident Leydy Rangel was among a group of six DACA recipients invited to the White House on Friday to meet with President Joe Biden. #BREAKING: Today, Leydy Rangel, @UFWFoundation, Dreamer, and proud daughter of #farmworkers will be speaking with @POTUS about our urgent need for immigration reform. Si Se Puede, Leydy! #FarmworkerLegalization#SiSePuede#wearehomepic.twitter.com/C9R7tTNNu2— UF...

Back in Florida, deported military spouse takes on new mission Jennifer Holton reports TAMPA, Fla. - As cameras rolled inside Orlando International Airport three years ago, we saw the moment Alejandra Juarez was forced to return to Mexico. Today, we learned what was going through her mind. "I wanted to die," she recalled through tears. "I honestly thought that I wasn’t going to be able to make it." Juarez was deported after living undocumented in the U.S. for 20 years. She came here illegally...

View: India’s success in beating the pandemic is crucial for the worldwide fight against Covid-19 SECTIONS View: India’s success in beating the pandemic is crucial for the worldwide fight against Covid-19ET CONTRIBUTORS Last Updated: May 12, 2021, 10:47 PM IST Share Synopsis The outpouring is a reflection of India’s importance as a partner. Simply put, India’s success in beating the pandemic from next door is crucial for the worldwide fight against Covid-19. The international community ...

"The bipartisan group will share with the president some best practices on promoting access to vaccination, building confidence in vaccines and ensuring that everyone is reached in the vaccine response," press secretary Jen Psaki ADVERTISEMENT "He will also acknowledge the instrumental role Democrats, Republicans and independents have played in the vaccination efforts thus far, including helping deliver 220 million shots in the first 100 days of his presidency," Psaki added. Biden will also l...

The move comes about a week after Sen. Joe Manchin Bowser first made the announcement in a joint interview with New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ADVERTISEMENT Grisham said that while Bowser isn’t a governor, she is an “executive leader” who is “working on all of the things that Democratic governors are responsible” for, from fighting the coronavirus pandemic to protecting voting rights. “This partnership is an incredible announcement to really reinforce that’s what we’r...

The bill, which builds on legislation written by Rep. Judy Chu The monument was one of 24 covered by a 2017 executive order by then-President Trump ADVERTISEMENT “There was an attempt to undo [the monument] under the Trump administration. We couldn’t let that be taken away,” Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis (D) said at a news conference Monday announcing the bill, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. In addition to expanding the monument, the bill would protect 245,000 ac...