Ayanna Pressley

Rep. Pressley talks student debt cancellation as repayment deadline looms

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Democrats slam presidential candidate Ramaswamy for racist remarks toward Rep. Pressley

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Bush, Pressley push bill to end police brutality against Black Americans in mental health crisis

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Black lawmakers call on Transportation Secretary Buttigieg to condemn biased traffic stops

Several Congressional Black Caucus members are demanding the Biden-Harris administration address racial disparities in traffic enforcement. 
/ April 13, 2023

Video of US Border Patrol mistreating Haitian migrants continues to draw outrage

The video shared by Al Jazeera Monday shows horses coming close to trampling children and agents harassing the Haitian migrants.
/ September 21, 2021
Rep. Cori Bush Sleeps Outside Capitol Building In Push To Extend Federal Eviction Moratorium

Rep. Cori Bush sleeps outside U.S. Capitol in protest of eviction moratorium expiration

Rep. Cori Bush stayed on the Capitol steps overnight to protest the end of the eviction moratorium saying she’s experienced homelessness.
/ July 31, 2021

Beyond Gorilla Glue: The politics of Black women’s hair

OPINION: The attention that Tessica Brown’s story received is yet another example that for Black women, hair is not simply hair.
/ February 8, 2021

Ayanna Pressley felt ‘ancestral’ terror during Capitol riots

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass) appeared on CNN to reflect on her harrowing experience during the Jan. 6 attacks on Capitol Hill.
/ February 7, 2021

Ayanna Pressley’s panic buttons ‘torn out’ from Congressional office

Sarah Groh, her chief of staff, said she, Pressley and Pressley’s husband barricaded her office entrance “with furniture and water jugs.”
/ January 13, 2021

Dems use Trump’s call for $2K stimulus against Republicans in Georgia runoff

Jon Ossoff tweeted just three words — “$2,000 checks now” — and the Rev. Raphael Warnock pressed his Senate runoff opponent for action.
/ December 24, 2020