"Azerbaijan's unprovoked and ongoing attacks on Artsakh are reprehensible and must be condemned in the strongest possible terms.These acts of aggression have already claimed the lives of civilians...
Public Radio of Armenia: Support continues to grow for Armenia and Artsakh resolutions
Two resolutions in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.Res.452 and H.Res.190 regarding U.S.-Armenia and U.S.-Artsakh relations, continue to garner support, reported the Armenian...
Roll Call: Capitol bids goodbye to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
As the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday became the first woman to lie in state in the Capitol, it was fitting that most of the members of Congress gathered for her intimate...
Armenian Weekly: ANCA Welcomes Bipartisan Calls on the Library of Congress to Adopt Armenian Genocide Subject Heading
WASHINGTON, DC -US Representative Dina Titus (D-NV) has sent a bipartisan Congressional letter, signed by more than 50 of her US House colleagues, calling on the Library of Congress to revise its...
South Coast Today: Massachusetts lawmakers say Fort Hood has ‘toxic culture of fear, intimidation, harassment and indifference’
Fort Hood soldiers told members of a congressional delegation that suicides are treated as an inconvenience, they aren't provided resources to live safely and in healthy conditions and victims who...
WBUR: Mass. Congressional Delegation Pushes For Reforms At Fort Hood After Death Of Brockton Soldier
Massachusetts Congressional lawmakers are still pushing for answers, and reform, at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas after the death of a Brockton soldier who was stationed there.In...
Boston.com: ‘This is a very bad situation’: Mass. lawmakers paint grim picture of Fort Hood, after death of Sgt. Elder Fernandes
Three members of Massachusetts's congressional delegation have significant concerns about how U.S. Army officials at Fort Hood handled a sexual assault allegation filed by Sgt. Elder Fernandes and...
Boston Globe: Massachusetts representatives recount dismaying Fort Hood visit
Walking the path where Fort Hood Pfc. Vanessa Guillén took her final steps — and talking to soldiers who experienced sexual assault on the same base where Sergeant Elder N. Fernandes of Brockton...
Lexington Wicked Local: Clark, Pressley express concerns about racial inequity in schools
U.S. Reps. Katherine Clark and Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley, along with Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey and Reps. Richard Neal, James McGovern, Stephen Lynch, William Keating, Joseph...
NBC Boston: ‘Justice Is Demanded’: Mass. Politicians React to Indictment in Breonna Taylor Case
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is among the local politicians reacting to news Wednesday that no police officers are facing criminal charges in direct connection to Breonna Taylor's death.While one...
Roll Call: House Democrats’ leadership races reflect coming generational change
Only one House Democrat in the caucus's 14-member elected leadership team is exiting the chamber next year, but that opening has created a competitive race for assistant speaker and cleared...
Refinery29: The House Just Passed A Bill That Could End Natural Hair Discrimination Nationwide
The United States House of Representatives just passed The CROWN Act, which would legally prohibit discrimination based on a Black person's hairstyle or texture nationwide.The House Judiciary...
The Hill: Democratic leaders: Supreme Court fight is about ObamaCare
House Democratic leaders on Tuesday hurled charges that President Trump and Senate Republicans are racing to seat a ninth Supreme Court justice for a virtually singular purpose: to repeal...
WBUR: The Rise Of Katherine Clark: From Small-Town School Board To Contender For Assistant Speaker Of The House
In 2004, a little-known member of the Melrose School Committee ran for state Senate. She lost by double digits.That candidate was Katherine Clark, now a congresswoman and...
Ms. Magazine: The Ms. Back to School Special
With Guests:Randi Weingarten is the president of the 1.7 million-member American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO; and creator of AFT Innovation Fund, a groundbreaking initiative to...
Framingham Source: Senate President, Attorney General, Senator Warren & Congresswoman Clark Release Statements on Late Justice Ginsburg
WASHINGTON DC - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, died yesterday, September 18, 2020.Nominated by President Bil Clinton she served on the Supreme Court of the United States from...
NECN: ‘A Fearless Trailblazer’: New England Politicians Remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg
As news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death swept across the nation Friday night, New England politicians were quick to react on social media, calling the Supreme Court Justice a "hero," a "legal giant"...
Statement from Congresswoman Katherine Clark on the Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"I am profoundly grateful for the life and legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was a hero for women and a warrior for justice. As a student, mother and litigator, she faced and overcame...
Boston.com: Ayanna Pressley, Katherine Clark urge Charlie Baker in letter to address racial disparities in school discipline
Massachusetts Reps. Ayanna Pressley and Katherine Clark are urging urgent action at both the state and federal level to address the racial inequities and disparities in school discipline,...
Clark, Pressley, Mass. Lawmakers Press Governor Baker and Secretary DeVos on Racial Inequities and Disparities in School Discipline
Discriminatory and Overly Punitive School Discipline Policies Often Criminalize and Push Black and Brown Students Out of SchoolRecent Report Found Black Girls in MA are Disciplined and...