Biden revokes Trump order banning some diversity training
By ALEXANDRA OLSON January 21, 2021 GMT
FILE - The entrance to the Labor Department is seen near the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 7, 2020. Civil rights groups on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 celebrated President Joe Biden’s swift revocation of a Trump administration order that had banned federal agencies, contractors and recipients of federal funding from conducting certain diversity training. The Department of Labor had already suspended enforcement of the order after a California federal court granted a preliminary injunction against it in response to a lawsuit filed by Lambda Legal, an organization that advocates for the rights of LGBT people. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
New Jersey Bill Would Allow Raw Milk Sales, Reject Federal Prohibition Scheme
TRENTON, N.J. (Jan. 20, 2021) – A bill filed in the New Jersey Assembly would allow raw milk sales in the state and take a step toward nullifying a federal prohibition scheme in effect.
Assembly bill 585 (A585) is a carryover of 2020 Assembly Bill 502, both introduced by John DiMaio (R), with several co-sponsors. The bill would establish a raw milk permit program, and allow raw milk to be sold by those who acquire a permit – at the farm or property where the raw milk is processed. Specific labeling (and property signage) would be required, informing consumers that “Raw Milk Is Not Pasteurized and May Contain Organisms that Cause Human Disease.” Under current law, raw milk sales are prohibited in the state.
Kamala Harris Sworn In Using Thurgood Marshall Bible to Honor Personal Hero
On 1/20/21 at 11:58 AM EST
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Kamala Harris is sworn as U.S. Vice President by U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor as her husband Doug Emhoff looks on at the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington, DC. During today s inauguration ceremony Joe Biden becomes the 46th president of the United States. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Kamala Harris, 56, was sworn in as the 49th vice president of the United States today by associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor using two Bibles that hold great personal significance for her. On Tuesday Harris tweeted, When I raise my right hand and take the oath of office tomorrow, I carry with me two heroes who d speak up for the voiceless and help those in one.
Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund says that voting rights should be one of the top priorities for the incoming Biden Administration: "We have to recognize that this country is still on the path to democracy. Voter suppression did not start with Trump, it's been around for quite a long time. And we have to get on with urgency to the democracy issues that have left us so vulnerable."