The IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act has 25 endorsing organizations and over 90 cosponsors. WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) announced the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) under the leadership of Chairwoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) endorsed the bipartisan IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act. Chairwoman Beatty issued the following statement endorsing the landmark legislation: “As the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and as a graduate […]

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — The debate of whether or not to mandate masks for students and staff as they return to school is heating up. By the numbers, when it comes to school-aged children not eligible for the vaccine, cases rose dramatically last month in the region. On Friday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy made masking […]

For millions of Americans, July 31 was a day filled with uncertainty. That’s because this was the day that the federal moratorium on evictions from rental homes expired. In Pennsylvania, that impacts 340,000 households that owe an estimated $2,700 in back rent. On Aug. 1, the Centers for Disease Control and the Biden administration issued […]

A REPRESENTATIVE in Congress would like to see all Americans get $1,200 a month of guaranteed income in the future. Rep Ilhan Omar of Minnesota proposed a bill that would see monthly payments of up to $1,200 for adults and $600 for children go out after studying pilot programs testing out the process across the country, FOX32 reported. The Sending […]

WASHINGTON—Today, Rep. Ilhan Omar introduced the Sending Unconditional Payments to People Overcoming Resistances to Triumph (SUPPORT) Act and the Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) Act, legislation designed to build a 21st century economy that is reflective of Americans’ everyday needs. The bills will create a grant program to fund local income pilots and implement a national guaranteed income program and establish a […]

A bill for a guaranteed income program proposed by progressive Democrats in Congress is calling for ongoing $1,200 monthly stimulus checks for adults plus $600 for each child in the household. The program, called the Sending Unconditional Payments to People Overcoming Resistances to Triumph (SUPPORT) Act, was introduced in the U.S. House by Minnesota Democratic […]

Representative Ilhan Omar, along with other progressive Democratic lawmakers, proposed legislation that would dole out regular stimulus checks—or guaranteed income—through monthly payments of up to $1,200 for adults and $600 for children. The Minnesota congresswoman announced the proposal on Friday, saying that “poverty is a choice” in a press release and a Twitter post about the proposed legislation. […]

ILHAN Omar is pushing a bill that would give Americans monthly $1,200 payments worth following calls for a fourth stimulus check. The Democrat tweeted on Friday: “For too long we have prioritized endless growth while millions are homeless, hungry or without healthcare.” Under the plan, American adults who qualify would receive $1,200 monthly checks, while children would […]

Millions of Americans may receive monthly stimulus checks worth $1,200 by 2028 after Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., proposed two income bills Friday. Rep. Omar and other progressive Democratic lawmakers introduced the SUPPORT Act which would allocate $2.5 billion to fund local guaranteed income pilot programs across the country. Findings from the pilot programs, which would be conducted between […]

WASHINGTON, July 30 (Yonhap) — More than a dozen U.S. lawmakers have signed a bill seeking to formally end the Korean War and establish liaison offices between the United States and North Korea, an activist group said Friday. Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA) signed the bill, “Peace on the Korean Peninsula Act,” this week, becoming the […]