At 6 p.m. April 16, Rep. Katherine Clark will host a telephone town hall discussion about how individuals and families can support the mental health needs of themselves and their loved ones during...
Chicago Defender: COMMENTARY: COVID-19 — Even During a Killer Pandemic Trump Tests Positive for Racism
The FBI assesses hate crime incidents against Asian Americans likely will surge across the United States, due to the spread of coronavirus disease … endangering Asian American communities," read a...
USA Today: Coronavirus is closing day cares; child care providers worry they may never reopen
MaryLou Beaver loves her job. She's spent her 35-year career teaching and advocating for young children. Today, she directs her own child care center."I'm home," said Beaver, who directs the...
Boston Herald: Claps for Massachusetts medical workers, first responders battling coronavirus
Open your window, stand on your balcony and clap.The rounds of applause for health care workers, first responders and grocery store employees that have echoed through cities across the globe came to...
Marijuana Moment: Congresswoman Wants Ban On DC Marijuana Sales Lifted Through Coronavirus Legislation
A congresswoman is calling on the government to end a policy prohibiting Washington, D.C. from legal marijuana sales, arguing that the jurisdiction is in particular need of tax revenue from cannabis...
Boston Globe: Clark criticizes GOP’s ‘dangerous’ resistance to coronavirus aid package
Representative Katherine Clark of Melrose criticized Republican House leaders Thursday for opposing the coronavirus aid package unveiled by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi."These are not partisan issues....
Cheddar TV: Dem Rep ‘Very Discouraged’ by GOP Rhetoric on Coronavirus Aid Package
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on an emergency aid package related to the growing coronavirus outbreak, with a focus on relief for employees and protections for...
SAMPAN: Clark, Slotkin, Mckinley, Thompson, Cisneros, Stivers celebrate passage of Veterans Apprenticeship bill
Yesterday, Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Congresswoman Katherine Clark (D-MA-5), Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-08), Congressman David McKinley (R-WV-1), Congressman Glenn Thompson...
WBUR: House Democratic Leadership Lays Out Coronavirus Aid Proposal
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., about the aid package that Democrats are working on in response to coronavirus...
Hudson Wicked Local: Coronavirus reaches Massachusetts: Here’s what we know, latest updates town-by-town
There are 41 Massachusetts residents who have tested positive for the new coronavirus, COVID-19.Gov. Charlie Baker will hold a briefing Tuesday to update the preventative steps the state is taking...
New York Times: Sesame’s Count Wants to Get Young Children Counted in Census
ORLANDO, Fla. — No age group was undercounted as much during the last once-a-decade census as children under 5, researchers say. Sesame Street is hoping to use Count von Count to change that.The...
News@Northwestern: ‘How do we achieve the goal of a woman in the White House?’ Nancy Pelosi wants to know.
It's only a matter of time before we see a woman in the White House, Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, told an audience of students, staff, and faculty at Northeastern...
Our Time Press: Jeffries: As Trump Admin. Attempts to Dismantle ACA and Underfund Medicare and Medicaid, Dems Fight to “Protect Health of All the People.”
WASHINGTON?-?This week, Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Vice Chair Katherine Clark (D-MA) [far right] held the House Democratic Leadership's weekly press conference?where they...
Armenian Mirror-Spectator: Rep. Clark Issues Statement on 30th Anniversary of Anti-Armenian Pogroms in Baku, Azerbaijan
WASHINGTON — On February 28, the Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Representative Katherine Clark (MA-5) issued the following statement which was entered into the Congressional...
Sampan: Clark votes to stop youth tobacco epidemic
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Representative Katherine Clark (MA-5) joined the U.S. House of Representatives in passing the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act, a strong legislative...
The Hill: Democratic lawmakers rip Carson over cuts to housing budget, policies
Democrats on a House Appropriations Committee subpanel pressed Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson Wednesday on his department's proposal to slash funds for...
The Armenian Weekly: Congressional Remembrance of the 30th Anniversary of Baku Anti-Armenian Pogroms Continues
WASHINGTON, DC - A dozen U.S. House members condemned the brutal massacres of Armenians in the Azerbaijani cities of Baku, Sumgait, and Kirovabad from 1988-1990, urging the Aliyev regime to end its...
Newsweek: Democratic Rep. blasts Betsy DeVos’ ‘appalling’ inability to say she’d stand up for kids, says she ‘should resign’
On Thursday, Democratic Representative Katherine Clark slammed Education Secretary Betsy DeVos at the President's 2021 Education Budget Request hearing, telling DeVos that she "should resign.""Your...
Ms. Magazine: Activists and House Lawmakers are Demanding That Women Workers BE HEARD
Several women's rights groups delivered signatures earlier this month to the House of Representatives on a petition demanding that elected officials pass legislation preventing harassment and...
Arlington Advocate: Rep. Katherine Clark votes to strengthen worker protections
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus Rep. Katherine Clark joined the U.S. House of Representatives in passing H.R. 2474, the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which will empower...