Ayanna Pressley Unveils Jobs Guarantee Resolution
Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks during a campaign rally at Kohawk Arena on the campus of Coe College on February 1, 2020, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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With the backing of civil rights organizations, labor unions, and economic experts, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on Thursday morning unveiled a jobs guarantee resolution demanding that “meaningful, dignified work” at a livable wage be made an enforceable legal right in the United States.
Presenting her resolution as an effort to build on the work of generations of civil rights leaders who have connected the cause of racial justice with the fight for full employment, Pressley said in a statement Thursday that “it’s long past time to pursue bold, intentional policies that affirm equity and recognize the dignity and humanity of all people” an objective that requires sweeping legislative action, not mere tinkering by the Federal Reserve.
Vintage photos that show the beauty of America s national parks
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Vintage photos that show the beauty of America s national parks
America’s national parks have a storied history that rivals their stunning beauty. The formations in these lands range from windswept caves and river-forged valleys, to savage coastlines and some of the world’s highest peaks. There are glaciers and deserts, and a myriad of flora and fauna that thrive amidst these wild expanses of Earth.
Stacker compiled a list of 50 vintage photographs that show the magic of these areas and the wonders which greeted early American explorers. Stretching from sea to shining sea, America’s national parks have been protected through a series of laws, which ensure they will be available for all future generations to enjoy. Though easily accessible in the modern age of fast-paced transport, many of these wild lands were only accessible by foot when early explorers d
PANDEMIC POLITICS-In June 1990, future South African President Nelson Mandela addressed a joint session of Congress only months after being released from 27 years in a South African apartheid prison.
He reminded the political leadership of the United States that “to deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity. To impose on them a wretched life of hunger and deprivation is to dehumanize them.”
Three decades later, Congress would do well to finally heed that warning. In a moment of unprecedented crisis, when 140 million people in the richest country on the planet are poor or low-income, when tens of millions of them are on the verge of eviction and millions more have lost their healthcare in the midst of a pandemic, at a moment when Congress and the president are debating the next COVID-19 relief package, isn’t it finally time for human rights and guarantees to become the standard for any such set of policies?
The housing barracks, built by the U.S. Army engineer corps, at the internment center where Japanese Americans are relocated in Amache, Colo., are shown on June 21, 1943.
Times of war are historically hostile to civil rights. Even U.S. President Abraham Lincoln arguably the most beloved president in history took liberties with the Constitution during the Civil War. For one, he suspended the writ of habeas corpus to allow prisoners to be held without trial. Historians argue whether this was justified, and even many of his supporters are willing to admit that Lincoln s actions are ethically gray. Eighty years later, another president was faced with a similarly difficult decision when the United States was pulled into war.
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February 19, 2021 - 8:54 am
How does US government mandated incarceration of tens of thousands of families have long term impacts on communities?
Today is the Day of Remembrance. On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, authorizing the forcible removal and incarceration of 110,000 people of Japanese descent. The Densho Project collects oral histories of those impacted by this act. Densho Project Founding Member, Tom Ikeda shares some takeaways of what he has witnessed.
This is an excerpt of a KBCS interview recorded in February of 2020.