Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Donald Trump is like a dog with a bone when it comes to immigration. Not only will he not let it go, but he has started gnawing at how we determine citizenship in this country. Specifically, Trump would like to use the power of an executive order to […]

Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor This week a number of suspicious packages containing potentially explosive devices were mailed to former government officials as well as the headquarters of CNN at the Time Warner Center in New York. The packages were addressed specifically to former President Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-California), […]

Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Harvard goes to court to defend its University’s admissions practices “I don’t want nobody To give me nothing Open up the door I’ll get it myself.” When James Brown recorded the lyrics to his B-side single, “I Don’t Want Nobody To Give Me Nothing” in 1969, he had […]

Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor In 2018, could you imagine a public school mandating that female students be required to take a pregnancy test twice a year? Can you also conceive that a positive pregnancy result would cause her to be kicked out of public school for good? This is exactly what is […]

Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Recently, employees of Amazon.com learned that the company would be raising the starting wage to $15 an hour. Joining the ranks of other companies like Walmart (increased their starting pay to $10 an hour) Costco (average pay is $22.50 an hour), Amazon.com was under immense pressure to provide […]

Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Treatment of principles in Kavanaugh Hearings is Unconscionable Last year, in large part as a result of the #MeToo movement, the focus of how allegations of sexual misconduct are dealt with inside legislative bodies, at primarily the federal and state levels of government gained a lot of attention. […]

Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Senate Judiciary Committee Unfair to Blasey Ford If you are like most folks, you are watching the Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination process play out. You may be struggling with recent information that has been introduced into the fray regarding allegations of a sexual assault that has been […]

Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Lately there’s been a lot of talk about the things that make our country great, and just as importantly the things that don’t. Although I’ve had doubts about the direction we’re going in, and past decisions we’ve made, I’ve always looked back on certain moments in our country’s […]

Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Young people around the country sharpened their pencils and strapped their backpacks on for the start of another exciting school year. As I joined others in greeting students at Maple Tree Elementary School this week, the significance of the day was not lost on any of us. I […]

Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor In the 242 years of this country’s history, we have only seen four African-Americans hold the seat of Governor. Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback was the first African American to become governor of a U.S. state. He won election to the Louisiana State Senate in 1868 and became the […]