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Student Debt Loan Forgiveness Eligibility Changes - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor The ink wasn’t even dry on my column last week, when the U.S. Department of Education made a major change to the student loan forgiveness eligibility rules. Shortly after pressing send, my email was flooded with stories about the six Republican
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It’s Getting Hot in Here! Ok, Everywhere! - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor You would have had to have been under a rock to have missed all the news stories about unprecedented heat waves. Domestic and international life-threatening temperatures have consumed communities. Many climate scientists believe that July has been
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From a health perspective, what is the ideal retirement age?
Average life expectancy has risen by 16 years since the US national retirement age was set at 65. We asked health experts when they think people should stop working now.
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Veteran’s Day Is A Perfect Time To Make Black Soldiers Whole | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor How many of you are familiar with the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944? What if I say the “G.I. Bill?” Well, they are one in the same. This historic and life changing legislation was a “game changer” for some and another “closed door” for
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Texas Abortion Ban: Women Are Ready for This Fight | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor There are days that I have asked the question: Am I Black first or am I a woman first? The reality is that the world sees my skin before it notices my gender. I think Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor, Rosa Parks, Claudette Colvin, Sojourner Truth would
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The Give and Take of Police Reform | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor It’s Not Perfect But It’s Progress Last year, I came across a report entitled “The Evolution of Modern Use-of-Force Policies and the Need for Professionalism in Policing” written by Arthur Rizer and Emily Mooney. The first paragraph of the report
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Pin Curls and Protest: Women as Activists and Leaders - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor I’d be less than honest, if I didn’t say that I don’t still feel the sting of the 2016 presidential election. It’s not so much the partisan gridlock, resulting control of the U.S. Supreme Court, or the unraveling of faith in our election system, that
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Honey Pot CEO Beatrice Dixon Fights Back Against Claims Of Selling Out
Beatrice Dixon, CEO and co-founder of The Honey Pot accused of replacing natural ingredients in her products with synthetic
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“Baby Blues” or Something More - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Next week is Black Maternal Health Week. It is a lead up to International Maternal Mental Health Month, which is observed during the month of May. And if I am honest, as a young mother I don’t know if I ever thought about either. My only child is
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The “Colorblind Constitution” Ruse - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Be Careful What You Ask For Reeling from the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, on the use of affirmative action in college admission decisions, I have thought hard about which angle I wanted to discuss this landmark ruling. As scholars debate whether
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Haiti and American History: There’s More to the Story | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Scenes of thousands of Haitians immigrants, seeking asylum in the United States and camped out near the international bridge in Del Rio, Texas, have jolted and exacerbated the continued fault line of race in this country. Images of white U.S. Federal
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Texas maternal mortality report shows continued disparities
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. For 24/7 mental health support in English or Spanish, call the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s free help line at 800-662-4357. You can also reach a trained crisis
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More adults than ever have been seeking ADHD medications | New Pittsburgh Courier
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, social media was awash with promotions for ADHD as an explanation for people’s overwhelmed state of mind. useng/iStock via Getty Images Plus – an ADHD expert explains what could be driving thetrend by Margaret Sibley, University of Washington As a woman
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Congress Must Act So that Others Can Live - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor On April 28, 2021, President Joe Biden took to the floor of the U.S. Capitol. In an address to a Joint Session of Congress, Biden reflected on the response to COVID-19. In his opening remarks he said, “One hundred days ago, America’s house was on
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor These days, I can barely catch my breath. One far reaching legislative decision or policy proposal after another has been introduced/passed. Whether at the state or federal level, many of these initiatives have far reaching consequences, with harmful
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Comstock Act revived in FDA abortion drug case news
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In an Amarillo courthouse last week, lawyers seeking… The post Comstock Act revived in FDA abortion drug case appeared first on The Black Chronicle.
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Texans Are 'Scared, Confused, Angry' As Extreme Abortion Ban Goes Into Effect
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Women’s Health Protection Act Works to Promote Health Equity for Women. | Chicago Defender
For years, black and brown communities have lived with limited healthcare protections within both policy and practice. On June 16th, 2021 health equity advocates spoke on the importance of protecting the rights of women to access abortions across the United States through the Women’s Health
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Black History is American History | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Anyone that knows me has heard me utter the name Ezekiel Gillespie. You can’t talk about the history of voting rights in Wisconsin and not discuss this African American legend. Gillespie was born into slavery in 1818, in Canton, Mississippi. At some
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Podcast Gives Platform for Black Women to Talk About Their Health and Highlights Black Women in Health Care | The Madison Times
By Josephine Reid Newfound wellness, long term health, and protecting kids’ health during the pandemic were the topics of conversation during the two podcast episodes hosted by the Women’s Missionary Society and the “We Can Do This” COVID-19 public education campaign. The mission of the podcasts is
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The Fight Goes On: Student Loan Debt Relief Updates - The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Recently, I had constituents ask for an update on the status of the federal student loan debt relief proposal. Confusion has surrounded President Biden’s pandemic-connected proposal ever since six Republican-controlled states filed
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‘No Matter What, You Can’t stop’: Milwaukeeans Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day | The Madison Times
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Martin Luther King Jr. Day is always a busy day in Milwaukee. For many, it is a day of reflection and celebration, a time to look back on what has been achieved, while acknowledging the work that still needs to be done. This year’s celebration included the renaming the
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Guns At School Are Okay, But Not A Mask | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor In the middle of my committee meeting this week, the absurdity of the mask mandate was on full display. Funny thing is that the word “mask” or “mandate” were never uttered. The issue was not a part of the bills being discussed in the Senate Committee
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To Filibuster or Not to Filibuster? | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Should This Still Be A Question If you turn on any local or cable news show right now, you’re likely to hear people talking about the “filibuster.” The word, which is derived from a Dutch term for “freebooter” and the Spanish “filibusteros,” which is
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We Need to Take Care of Our Workers | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor During most of 2020 and half of 2021, many Americans around the nation were told to basically, shelter in place. COVID-19 was ravishing our country, hundreds of thousands were dying and millions more were becoming infected. Public spaces emptied
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A Texas abortion clinic moves out of state
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. SAN ANTONIO — Abortion clinics are closing across Texas after the state banned the procedure, with few exceptions, at any point in a pregnancy. At Alamo Women’s Reproductive Services, office
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Why Women Should Start Checking Their Own Breasts
Data related to breast cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths among women, and more fatally among Black women, points to both racial and ethnic disparities within the health system. The post Why Women Should Start Checking Their Own Breasts appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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Precedent v. History: Reproductive Control Has Always Been A Thing | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Since the leaked draft of a pending decision by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the future of Roe v. Wade, there has been much discussion about precedent or constitutional rights. Justice Samuel Alito, a hyper conservative judge, appointed by
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Policing Reform Bills | The Madison Times
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor A Chance to Get It Right on the Front End It’s estimated that more than 90% of law enforcement agencies in the U.S. require psychological screening of their applicants, either before or after receiving a conditional offer of employment. The Wisconsin
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Wayne County Women’s Commission Hosts Women’s Resource Fair On April 27 | The Michigan Chronicle
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