Op Eds and Blogs
Each Veterans Day, our nation pauses to salute the service of our brave servicemen and women who fought for our nation, many of whom made the ultimate sacrifice.
Earlier this month the Supreme Court launched another in a series of attacks on the voting rights of all Americans.
The court allowed Texas’s controversial new voter ID law to stand, a decision that will restrict the voices of African Americans, Latinos, seniors, the poor and students.
This week, the first and largest U.S.-Africa summit is underway in Washington D.C.
Building on President Barack Obama's 2013 trip to Africa, the summit reaffirms what is becoming increasingly apparent to more business and policy leaders every day: that the African continent is a fundamental part of our interconnected world and global economy - Africa matters.
When I entered Congress in 1998, the AIDS epidemic was already devastating communities around the U.S. and the world. An HIV diagnosis was an eventual death sentence.
For millions of people living with the disease, the HIV-positive status was a shameful secret. The secret prevented treatment expansion and contributed to the epidemics growing numbers.
Tomorrow, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan will present his proposal to address poverty in the United States. We welcome any ideas that lift more Americans out of poverty and create pathways into the middle class, but we will oppose any plan that uses the sunny language of "reform" as a guise to cut vital safety-net programs.
Over the last year, I have urged my Republican colleagues to include the most important voices in the debate on poverty: the Americans that live the harsh realities of poverty, day in and day out.