In the weeks leading up to the swearing-in ceremony of the 116th United States Congress, Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) shared a teaser of what her constituents could expect to see on that first day on Capitol Hill. “Sneak peek: This is what I am wearing when I am sworn into Congress,” she wrote on Instagram,…
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Rashida Tlaib has her new commute timed: It takes about an hour and a half to fly from Washington, D.C., to her hometown of Detroit. The pomp and polished marble of the U.S. Capitol might seem a world away from Michigan’s 13th Congressional District, one of the poorest in the nation. Yet when Tlaib—who won…
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Last week’s midterm elections resulted in so many firsts for women in this country. When Congress is sworn in for its 116th term, there will be a new set of faces who are younger, browner, and more female than ever before. And no, the excitement hasn’t worn off yet. So you’ll have to excuse the…
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Rashida Jones is no newcomer to social justice. She attended her first-ever protest as a teenager and, to this day, remembers what she was opposing (the Gulf War), what she felt (a sense of unity with other demonstrators), and even what she wore (her cheerleading uniform, having come straight from practice). Since then, she’s directed…
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