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For many Americans, Black History Month is a time of reflection. For Rep. Ayanna Pressley, it’s a time of action. At a Feb. 13 press conference, she reintroduced a bill that would create a federal reparations commission.

The celebrations of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and President Donald Trump’s second inaugural provided a stark contrast on Monday with several Massachusetts politicians pointedly skipping the Washington, D.C., event to stay close to home.

The Biden administration has touted increased student debt loan forgiveness in recent months, but some advocates say that relief will only go so far.

Improved support for mental health, community space for Mattapan elders, public housing retrofits and long-awaited updates to the Massachusetts Turnpike — these initiatives are some of the recipients of federal funding that Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is funneling to the Boston area.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Vermont Sen. Peter Welch have introduced the Inclusive Democracy Act, a legislative breakthrough that would end felony disenfranchisement in federal elections by guaranteeing the right to vote for incarcerated citizens.

Mattapan has long been a childcare desert, where there are many more young children than there are child care centers to serve them. Now, Kiddies Corner, a new child care center in Mattapan, hopes to change that narrative.

After the murder of George Floyd sparked massive Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the country’s largest banks announced big financial commitments to help address racial inequality. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley wants to know how much money has been spent so far and where it has gone.

U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, a senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus by virtue of his age, 83, and 30 years in office, says he is worried, very worried.

Governor Maura Healey signed an executive order Monday protecting access to medication abortion statewide, following a ruling by a federal judge in Texas which would restrict access to mifepristone, a medication that has long been used to end pregnancies.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, along with colleagues in the House of Representatives, introduced legislation March 30 to federally codify protections for access to abortions nationwide. Keywords: Ayanna Pressley, women’s reproductive health, abortion access, environmental justice.

The Facial Recognition and Biometric Technology Moratorium Act, first filed in 2021, would bar federal agencies from using such technologies unless Congress passes an act that specifically authorizes such a use.

It’s Oscars time again. In advance of the March 12 ceremony, with Chris Rock finally speaking publicly about receiving Will Smith’s “slap heard around the world” on stage last year, it’s worth revisiting that incident and the larger issues it raised about how Black women are watched and how men try to protect them.