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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Building on his proven leadership as a member of the House Committee on Financial Services, U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15) today announced he...
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This week U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Bobby Scott introduced the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act in Congress. EPI has long supported this...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (NY-15) today announced he is filing legislation to establish a new grant program incentivizing state and local...
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President Joe Biden’s December summit on U.S.-Africa trade presents an opportunity for Black political and economic leaders to make the most of the moment, and create new...
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WASHINGTON — Thursday the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released a proposal to restore a regulation implementing the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (...
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I am proud to be assuming the chairmanship of the US Senate’s health, education, labor and pensions committee (HELP), a committee with wide jurisdiction over some of the most...
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The following are New Year's resolutions the Economic Policy Institute is promoting that Congress address as we enter into 2023.
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This week, Congress announced that Emmet Till, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, would be awarded posthumous Congressional Gold Medal awards. Till was only 14-years-old, in...
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Thursday was a day of both victory and defeat on the floor of the Senate as we addressed the looming crisis in the rail industry. The good news is that we took on the...
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Brooklyn, NY (December 1, 2022) - The Haitian American Caucus vehemently condemns the ongoing mistreatment of Haitian migrants by federal officials, and the lack of action...
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NEW YORK CITY – In response to Mayor Adams’s announcement that the NYPD and FDNY will begin detaining and forcibly hospitalizing people with perceived mental...
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“Even though we think first of those we were directly elected to serve, we cannot, in good conscience, think only of them—for what affects one black community, one poor community...
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Mr. Lindsey “Rob” Robinson, from the www.BlackEconomics.org website, released this response regarding the recent commentary: 'Democrats Should Push Reparations Bill Before...
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WASHINGTON — On Monday, Free Press urged the Federal Trade Commission to exercise its authority to prohibit data brokers and other commercial entities from abusing the online...
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In late 2021, the Biden agenda was being pushed forcefully through the US Congress. In full control of a closely divided government, the Democrats felt powerful and sought to...
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