By Karen Stokes President Biden met with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Leader Chuck Schumer, and Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday afternoon at the White House to discuss the debt limit. The hour-long meeting in the Oval Office garnered little to show that they moved toward a deal to raise the debt ceiling. Republicans are […]
Biden-Harris Administration Calls on Colleges, Universities, and Schools to Partner in Addressing K-12 Learning Loss
On May 10th, the U.S. Department of Education released a Dear Colleague Letter calling on colleges, universities, and school districts to work together to use Federal Work Study (FWS) or other resources to increase the number of college students supporting school-aged children and youth in our nation’s K-12 schools and out-of-school time programs. With this […]
Republican Debt Ceiling Proposal Could Have a Detrimental Effect on Healthcare for Veterans
By Karen Stokes The amount of care and services VHA can provide is determined by funding that Congress appropriates each year. On Wednesday, House Republicans passed their debt ceiling proposal by the narrow margin of 217 to 215. The bill now heads to the Senate where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised it will be […]
Biden’s Re-election Announcement to Test Resolve of Black Voters
Even among Black voters, there’s a wide range of viewpoints about the question of whether Biden should be the nominee. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The news that President Joe Biden will seek re-election has many curious about how well he will perform among African American voters. According to the […]
President Biden Kicks off Investing in America Tour
By Karen Stokes Tuesday, President Biden kicked off a three-week long, Administration-wide ‘Investing in America’ tour with a visit to Wolfspeed, a manufacturer of semiconductors, that recently announced a $5 billion investment to expand their North Carolina operations and create 1,800 good-paying jobs. “Wolfspeed is making an investment that will further strengthen the supply chain. […]
Biden Unveils New Plan for Medicare
By Karen Stokes President Biden will seek to raise the Medicare tax on high earners and push for more drug price negotiations to help keep the federal health insurance program solvent through at least 2050 as part of his budget proposal this week, the White House said. “What the president is outlining in his budget […]
Eli Lilly Heeds President Joe Biden’s Call to Cap the Price of Insulin
By Karen Stokes As part of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, nearly four million seniors on Medicare with diabetes started to see their insulin costs capped at $35 per month this past January, saving some seniors hundreds of dollars for a month’s supply. President Biden made clear in his State of the Union address that […]
Even as Police Reform Remains Unfinished, President Biden Still Has Support of African Americans
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia By all accounts, President Joe Biden has forged an economy that even the naysayers have difficulty finding fault. In the two years since Biden took office, a record 12 million new jobs have been created, the unemployment rate is 3.4 percent, the lowest in more […]
Biden Signs Historic Marriage Equality bill
By Karen Stokes On Tuesday the nation celebrated President Biden signing the Baldwin-Collins Marriage Equality Bill into Law. U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) led the push to enshrine marriage equality in federal law. The law ensures that all married couples—including same-sex and interracial couples—are entitled to the rights and responsibilities of […]
President Biden invites 49 African Heads of State to Summit
By Karen Stokes The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, was held December 13–15, 2022 in Washington, DC, more than eight years after the first summit. China, Russia, the European Union, Japan and Turkey have held many similar gatherings with African diplomats, businesspeople and civil groups, this is only the second such summit the U.S. is hosting in […]
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