In the News
Hello Neighbor,
With a heavy heart, I want to start by acknowledging the horrific violence we’ve seen in the past few weeks both here at home in Minnesota and globally. Firstly, I want to express my outrage and grief at the loss of my dear friend, Melissa Hortman, and her husband, Mark, both of whom were assassinated in a heartless act of political violence. Melissa was a force to be reckoned with, tirelessly leading with passion, integrity, and a deep love for her community.
Hey neighbor!
I came to Congress on a promise of co-governance – that, as a community, we could build the future we want together. To uphold this promise, I host at least one town hall every month, provide weekly and biweekly updates on my social media platforms and via my e-newsletter, and now will be recapping my work every month through this column in your local paper!
SEVENTY-FIVE HOUSE DEMOCRATS voted on Monday in support of a resolution that praised President Donald Trump’s deportation regime.
More than 1.3 million Minnesotans rely on Medicaid for their health insurance — children, families, people with disabilities and seniors. Yet, Republicans in the U.S. House voted to strip Medicaid coverage for the most vulnerable.
After four years living in a Kenyan refugee camp, where they had fled from the violence and oppression that had erupted in their native Somalia, members of the Omar family considered their options for making a new life in a distant land. Somali refugees were being resettled around the world in the mid-1990s, and the family had opportunities to go to Norway or perhaps another Scandinavian country, or to Canada. But the grandfather had other ideas.
More than one in ten Black people in the United States are immigrants. There are those fleeing violence and persecution in their homelands, including the Cameroonians, Haitians, Somalis, Sudanese and South Sudanese who are here under Temporary Protected Status, and the Liberians under Deferred Enforced Departure.
Fourteen members of Congress have signed a letter demanding the release of Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement last week, despite being a legal permanent resident.
Chris Wicker isn’t quite sure which emotions will bubble to the top when he walks into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday night for President Donald Trump’s speech before a joint session of Congress.
He knows he’ll be humbled. As a six-year Air Force veteran who has saluted the American flag more times than he can count, the 40-year-old Woodbury native will be in awe to stand amid history at the gathering of the joint session of Congress.
Two Democratic members of Congress are demanding that the acting secretary of Labor explain planned mass dismissals and the dismantling of an agency that was reviewing Elon Musk’s Tesla for suspected discrimination.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among African American women in the United States, at 47% according to the National Library of Medicine. Hypertension, a major risk factor for CVD, affects 56% of African American women, nearly 1.5 times higher than the rates in Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women.