Diversity Management, News and Updates
In a vote of 285 to 120, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have approved a measure to remove all statues honoring Confederate leaders from public display within the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. All “no” votes on the issue came from Republicans. Barbara Sprunt of NPR has reported…
On the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by former police officer Derek Chauvin, his family will be traveling to Washington D.C. for a special meeting with President Biden, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other top congressional leaders. Emma Newburger of CNBC has reported that “the Floyd family’s…
While the Mueller investigation dragged on for the first two years of President Trump’s time in office, it turned up nothing damning enough to warrant impeachment. But a phone call Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky just two months ago and a whistleblower complaint regarding it have even Speaker…
On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the Democrats’ new ambitious measure–controlling drug pricing and making healthcare concerns a priority for 2020. The bill would allow the federal government to negotiate the prices of up to 250 brand-name drugs in Medicare, according to The Washington Post. The measure is facing…
And so, the fight continues and expands. On Saturday, racially-charged conversations and tensions within the House Democratic Caucus reached new heights. At the liberal Netroots Nation conference, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) said the Democratic party doesn’t need “any more black voices that don’t want to be a black voice.” Rep. Ilhan Omar…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and now her chief of staff is going after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on the issue of migrant children in detention at the border. “Didn’t realize this needed to be said, but: you can be someone who does not personally harbor ill will towards a race, but…
