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Ayanna Soyini Pressley is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party, serving as the U.S. Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since January 3, 2019. She made history as the first African American woman elected to the Boston City Council and the first African American woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts. Pressley is known for her progressive stances on issues such as criminal justice reform, healthcare, and immigration policy.
Being poor in America is expensive. Millions of families and workers are living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to make ends meet due to unlivable wages, a lack of affordable health care, the absence of paid leave, and many other policies…
The systemic evaluation of Black communities and homes adds up to around $156 billion in lost equity.
the fight to make Medicare for All a reality is intrinsically a fight to center people with disabilities once and for all.
Homes in Black neighborhoods are valued 23 percent less, on average, than those in comparable White neighborhoods.
We cannot separate the rampant appraisal bias against Black homeowners from our nation's history of segregation and redlining.
When we say, 'Black Lives Matter,' that must also mean that Black communities matter, Black businesses, Black homes, and Black wealth matters.
Congress must stop enabling a predatory health insurance system, one that repeatedly fails our most vulnerable communities.
These threats are entirely and wholly unacceptable. No one should have to live life in fear.
I think it is so important that we bring Congresswoman Adams' bill to the floor and support this IGNITE bill for HBCUs who have been under resourced but have been outsized in their contributions for generations.
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