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Inequity is the common thread between the emergence of the omicron variant and public housing in the US.

What do the battle against omicron and HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge have in common?

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted December 1, 2021 at 4:01pm
“The right to vote is essential to who America is,” says Marc Morial, CEO of the National Urban League.

‘What has come of America?’

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted November 17, 2021 at 9:57am
A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback uses the reins as he tries to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on September 19, 2021.

‘U.S. immigration policy is racist’

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted November 4, 2021 at 9:27am
Law enforcement has been advocating for investment in policies and programs that provide early education.

Why universal pre-K may help stem crime

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted October 20, 2021 at 3:03pm
The bipartisan push for police reform legislation recently died, though it had the support of major police groups including the Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

‘What has come of America?’

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted October 7, 2021 at 4:19pm
Climate change affects people in a variety of ways, but one way that is often overlooked is the affect climate change has on our ability to vote.

‘It’s always urgent when it’s about vote, voice and power’

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted September 23, 2021 at 3:36pm
Even with the option of passing sweeping legislation through budget reconciliation, infighting in the Democratic Party between progressives and moderates is threatening the passage of the budget resolution and the infrastructure bill.

Reconciliation, infrastructure and the social safety net

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted September 9, 2021 at 1:30pm
Martin Luther King III stands alongside Yolanda King, granddaughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., as she speaks during last year's March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.

MLK III: ‘Listen with your ears, hear with your heart’

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted August 26, 2021 at 8:00am
House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., conducts a news conference on the coronavirus relief bill, the American Rescue Plan Act, in the Capitol Visitor Center on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

‘This is about whether or not we will have a democracy or an autocracy,’ Clyburn says on voting rights

By Mary C. Curtis, Evan Campbell and Jinitzail Hernández
Posted July 29, 2021 at 9:44pm
The Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church is seen after a mass shooting that killed nine people on June 22, 2015. 21-year-old Dylann Roof was convicted on 33 federal charges for the murders in the church in Charleston, which is one of the nation's oldest Black churches.

‘The flag would still be flying today’

By Mary C. Curtis, Gillian Roberts and Evan Campbell
Posted July 29, 2021 at 8:00am