Giorno: 26 Gennaio 2023

Democratic senators flock to swanky fundraiser held by Washington’s top lobbying firm

Post Content More than half of the Democratic Senate caucus attended a high-class fundraiser hosted by Washington’s top lobbying firm, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, on Wednesday. The firms founder, Norm Brownstein, hosted the 12th annual fundraiser for Senate Democrats alongside Nadeam Elshami, former chief of staff to Nancy Pelosi. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., […]

WA lawmakers hear testimony on 7 abortion proposals

Post Content Abortion rights proposals have been front and center in Olympia, Washington, this week as state lawmakers heard hours of public testimony on seven proposals that would reinforce abortion access. The emphasis on four legislative committees hearing testimony on abortion bills Tuesday was intended to demonstrate majority Democrats’ support for abortion rights following the […]

Ousmane Sembène 100 years later

Read More January marks the centenary of the birth of Ousmane Sembène, the Senegalese activist, filmmaker and writer called the “father of African film” by many in the film industry.  Through multiple novels and internationally acclaimed films, Sembène’s cinema depicts the cultural spirit of art from Africa and its diaspora in the 1960s. He was […]

Windrush inquiry head disappointed as Braverman drops ‘crucial’ measures

Read More The head of the inquiry into the Windrush debacle has expressed disappointment after Suella Braverman confirmed she has dropped three key reform commitments made after the Home Office scandal. The home secretary said she would not implement two changes that would have increased independent scrutiny of the Home Office’s immigration policies and a […]

Paul Pelosi attack video ordered to be released by California judge

Post Content A judge in California has ordered the release of video of the attack on Paul Pelosi – the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi – inside their San Francisco home. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Stephen Murphy denied a request by prosecutors Wednesday and declared that there is no reason to […]

NYC lawyer shot dead while vacationing in Chile, father says

According to his family a New York lawyer who had been missing for more than a week was shot dead during a vacation in Chile. Eric Garvin, 38, last seen on Jan. 14 in Santiago, the country’s capital city, was fatally shot on his way to dinner in what appeared to be a random attack, […]