insert_link Health & Wellness FDA Delays Approval of COVID vaccines for Kids Under 5 until June Parents might have to wait until the summer before the federal government authorizes a COVID-19 vaccine for children. According to the Politico, the sources revealed it could be June before the FDA authorizes a COVID-19 vaccine for children under five years old. Politico added that delays are being attributed to regulators who want to promote two vaccines at the same time instead of pushing one out before the other. Vaccine […] todayApril 26, 2022
insert_link Girl Power ES Senado confirma a Ketanji Brown Jackson a la Corte Suprema El jueves, el Senado votó 53-47 para confirmar al juez Ketanji Brown Jackson a la Corte Suprema. Jackson, de 51 años, ahora se convertirá oficialmente en el juez número 116 de la Corte Suprema y la primera mujer negra en sentarse en su banquillo. “En los 233 años de historia de la Corte Suprema, nunca, nunca una mujer negra ha tenido el título de juez”, dijo el líder de la […] todayApril 8, 2022
insert_link Girl Power Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court On Thursday, the Senate voted 53-47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Jackson, 51, will now officially become the Supreme Court’s 116th justice and the first Black woman ever to sit on its bench. “In the 233-year history of the Supreme Court, never, never has a Black woman held the title of justice,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a speech before the vote took […] todayApril 8, 2022
insert_link Home Improvement President Biden Requests Historic Funding for Affordable Housing in 2022 Budget The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that President Joe Biden requested historic funding for housing supply in his federal budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins October 1, 2022. The proposal was released Monday, March 28 A requested 34% increase over last year for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) includes $50 billion in grants and loans to increase the supply of affordable housing. This amount […] todayApril 4, 2022
insert_link Girl Power “Jeopardy” Star Amy Schneider Invited to White House on Transgender Day of Visibility Thursday was Transgender Day of Visibility, and to honor the day, President Joe Biden invited Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider to the White House. Schneider, the first openly gay transgender winner on the show, joined second gentleman Doug Emhoff and assistant health secretary Rachel Levine, the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate, for a conversation with transgender kids and their parents. “[The bills affecting transgender people are] […] todayApril 1, 2022
insert_link Girl Power ES La estrella de “Jeopardy” Amy Schneider invitada a la Casa Blanca en el Día de la Visibilidad Transgénero El jueves fue el Día de la Visibilidad Transgénero, y para honrar el día, el presidente Joe Biden invitó a Jeopardy! campeona Amy Schneider a la Casa Blanca. Schneider, el primer ganador transgénero abiertamente gay del programa, se unió al segundo caballero Doug Emhoff y a la subsecretaria de salud Rachel Levine, la primera funcionaria federal abiertamente transgénero en ser confirmada por el Senado, en una conversación con niños transgénero […] todayApril 1, 2022
insert_link Health & Wellness If You’ve Been Wishing Daylight Savings Time would be Year-Round, Your Wish May Soon Come True Love it or hate it, Daylight Savings Time may just be here to stay. As Reuters reports, the U.S. Senate has just passed legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent starting in 2023, which would end, once and for all, the sleep depriving twice-annual changing of clocks in a move promoted by supporters advocating brighter afternoons and more economic activity. The Senate approved the measure, called the Sunshine Protection […] todayMarch 17, 2022
insert_link Girl Power Ketanji Brown Jackson Nominated By President Biden to be Next Supreme Court Justice Years ago, during his campaign as a presidential candidate, President Joe Biden made a promise to pick a Black woman to take Justice Stephen Breyer's place on the Supreme Court. Biden has recently fulfilled this promise, as he has just announced his formal nomination for federal Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the next Supreme Court Justice. “For too long, our government, our courts, haven’t looked like America. I believe it […] todayFebruary 28, 2022
insert_link Girl Power ES Ketanji Brown Jackson nominado por el presidente Biden para ser el próximo juez de la Corte Suprema Hace años, durante su campaña como candidato presidencial, el presidente Joe Biden prometió elegir a una mujer negra para ocupar el lugar del juez Stephen Breyer en la Corte Suprema. Biden ha cumplido recientemente esta promesa, ya que acaba de anunciar su nominación formal para que el juez federal Ketanji Brown Jackson sea el próximo juez de la Corte Suprema. “Durante demasiado tiempo, nuestro gobierno, nuestros tribunales, no se han […] todayFebruary 28, 2022
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