14 May 2021
Some Democrats have reportedly joined Republicans in urging Vice President Kamala Harris to travel to the U.S.-Mexico border to see the migrant surge fueling the crisis in the region firsthand.
However, the VP remains reluctant to visit the border, with a White House official telling the Los Angeles Times on condition of anonymity that going to the U.S.-Mexico line has nothing to do with addressing the “root causes” of migration, which Harris considers her mission.
President Joe Biden has charged his VP with leading the White House efforts to stem the influx of migrants, including unaccompanied children and families mainly from Central America, by addressing the “root causes” driving people to leave their home countries, including Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
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In just three short years at Principal, Adilla Arantika quickly distinguished herself as a leader not just in Southeast Asian and Indian markets, but organization wide.
AEG’s LA Galaxy recently donated soccer equipment to youth at the Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) in downtown Los Angeles in celebration of Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month on May 10.
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The American Federation of Teachers, which I lead, is committed to making this happen.
May 14, 2021
Melissa Ann Pinney
Schools must open this fall. In person. Five days a week. With the space and and health safeguards to do so. The American Federation of Teachers, which I lead, is committed to making this happen.
School is where children learn best, where they play together and form relationships and acquire resilience. It’s where many children who otherwise might go hungry eat breakfast and lunch. Parents rely on schools, not only to educate their kids, but so they can work. Nearly 3 million mothers have dropped out of the workforce during the pandemic.
LEAKED VIDEO: RIGHT-WING GROUP CLAIMS CREDIT FOR WRITING IOWA’S VOTER SUPPRESSION LAW
Progress Iowa demands public release of all communication between Republican legislators, Governor Reynolds, and the Heritage Foundation as they claim to have “helped draft” the voter suppression law after working “quietly with the Iowa state legislature”
Des Moines, Iowa Advocacy group Progress Iowa is demanding answers after a leaked video shows a right wing out of state group claiming credit for writing the widely criticized voter suppression law passed by the Iowa legislature and signed by Governor Reynolds earlier this year.
Heritage Action for America’s Jessica Anderson is seen in a leaked video reported by Mother Jones as saying that her organization “helped draft the bills” and that they “worked quietly with the Iowa state legislature.”