On January 17, 2025, just days before leaving office, President Joe Biden declared the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, calling it the “law of the land.” This historic proclamation aimed to enshrine gender equality into the nation’s foundational document, a goal nearly a century in the making. However,…
On July 21, President Joe Biden announced the end of his candidacy and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for president. This comes after a historically chaotic campaign season, which included an assassination attempt on Republican nominee Former President Donald Trump and calls from Democratic lawmakers for Biden to end his campaign…
“I introduced this to make Juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate the end of chattel slavery, America’s original sin, and to bring about celebration, crushing racial divide down to a point of unity,” said Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, Democrat of Texas, a lead sponsor of the legislation to designate Juneteenth as a national holiday, commemorating…
