Our Head Start programs are impactful & life-changing for our babies. But Trump wants to eliminate this essential program, lower its quality standards, & deny our most vulnerable children a first-rate early education. Trump should keep his grubby little hands off Head Start.

The data doesn't lie & our report makes it plain: fare-free transit is essential to building more connected communities, improving mobility, & making life more affordable. Congress must pass my Freedom to Move Act with @markey.senate.gov to support fare-free transit everywhere.

From Worcester to the Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts knows what’s possible with fare-free transit. My new report with @pressley.house.gov shows that going fare free saves money, grows ridership & simplifies transit. We must pass the Freedom to Move Act so communities can go fare free.

After conducting critical oversight of the Dilley ICE detention center, our message is clear: Dilley must be shut down and ICE must stop family separation, medical negligence, & childhood trauma.

The layered attacks on Black folks by Donald Trump has deepened the economic inequities facing Black communities. But the consequences reverberate far beyond us. This @naturbanleague.bsky.social report affirms what we know to be true: this harm is coming for everyone.

Urban League report says Trump administration is harming Black Americans’ chances at American Dream - The Boston Globe

Released on Thursday, the annual “State of Black America” report grimly describes Black Americans ' economic and political prospects as having worsened due to policy changes from President Trump’s adm...

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Earlier this week, I conducted oversight of the Dilley ICE detention center. What every duly elected Member of Congress has a right to do, but the Trump Administration continues to obstruct. They’re trying to silence the harrowing testimonies coming from behind the walls of these detention camps.

I hear from constituents every day that housing is their first, second, & third priority. That’s why I’m proud to deliver $500K in federal funding to support Mattapan seniors' housing and their right to age with dignity. Everybody deserves a place to rest, dream, & call home.

I've been fighting to prevent the stealing of SNAP benefits for years & I'm thrilled to see Massachusetts lead the way. These first-of-its-kind EBT cards will make it safer & easier for folks to access their essential benefits to feed their families. TY Governor Healey for your leadership.

If you are outraged by the number of Black & low-income people that are incarcerated, the same for-profit system is driving the unlawful detainment & deportation of our immigrant neighbors. These are two sides of a very evil for-profit coin.

Families in the #MA7 are grappling with a housing & affordability crisis. That's why I'm proud to deliver $500K in federal funds to make the Brooke House Village Center in Mattapan a reality. This is an investment in healthy aging that will help our elders thrive with dignity.

61 years ago, Medicare & Medicaid became law & have helped provide care for elders, disabled & low-income families. Yet Trump & Republicans gutted these vital programs to pay for tax breaks for billionaires. I'll never stop fighting to save healthcare & affirm it as a human right.

Odyssey this. Odyssey that. We Odyssey ICE abolished.

Trump & Republicans know their policies and cruelty are deeply unpopular. That's why they're doing everything they can to suppress the vote and rig this year's midterm election. We must push back and defend our democracy using every tool available.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · last wk.

BREAKING: The Trump administration urges the Supreme Court to allow an order targeting mail-in voting to proceed for now, before the midterms.

What is happening inside the Dilley ICE detention center is state-inflicted trauma. Babies & toddlers caged for weeks. Children developing suicidal ideation. Families being fed expired food & denied medical care. We must close Dilley immediately & free our children.

I won’t mince my words from what I saw at the ICE detention center at Dilley. Today in America, babies and toddlers are imprisoned. Men, women, & children treated like numbers and confined without easy access to basic needs.

No family should be torn apart by this government. No family should be detained. No family should be separated. We must close Dilley and end family detention NOW.

On my way to the Dilley ICE detention center, where teenagers, babies, and families are imprisoned. I’m here to conduct critical oversight with @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social and demand Dilley be closed NOW.

This is another brazen attempt by the occupant of the White House to attack and whitewash American history. This is fascism, plain and simple.

NBC News@nbcnews.com · 2w ago

Trump orders the Smithsonian to add signs warning of “inaccurate information” in his latest bid to gain control over the history museum.

To be young, gifted, and Black is where it’s at. Congratulations to Harvard University's Black Graduated Class of 2026. Be righteous stewards of your gifts in today’s civil rights movement. We’ll make change with your righteous indignation and collective determination.

We deserve an America where everyone has control of their body & has access to the care they need, when & where they need it. Our America 250 Reproductive Justice Resolution affirms just that. Grateful to our movement partners fighting for a more just, more free America.

I rose on the House floor to honor the life of Pastor Byron Christopher Sumner, a beloved son of Roxbury who devoted his career to serving our community. As we grieve his loss, may we move forward in service. May he rest peacefully.

All Americans should be part of our democracy—but some states deny people with a criminal record their right to vote. While Trump—who also has a criminal record—attacks voting rights, our Inclusive Democracy Act would expand access to the ballot box for disenfranchised voters.

Headed to the Senate floor to urge Senators to extend TPS for Haiti NOW.

Protecting the safety, dignity, & humanity of our Haitian neighbors is the right thing to do. Our country is strengthened by their contributions to our communities, the economy, our healthcare workforce, & more. The Senate must pass the extension of Haiti TPS without delay.

Fascist attacks on museums are not just about history, they're an assault on truth itself. That’s why Trump is working overtime to turn our museums into instruments of MAGA propaganda. He’s pressuring the Smithsonian to remove, whitewash, & rewrite our stories. But we won’t allow it.

My statement on the tragedy in Mattapan.

On Black Women's Equal Pay Day, I partnered with @itsafronomics.blacksky.app to make plain that attacks against workers begin & end with Black women. Our op-ed explores the parallel crisis Black women are facing in low pay & high unemployment and what Congress & the Fed should do about it.

I’m glad CFPB Director Vought is on his way out. But he needs to know exactly the harm he has caused to families. He gutted consumer protections, dropped settlements against predatory companies, eliminated medical debt relief, & made life worse for everyday people.

Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. And now he’s trying to rig this year’s election with the SAVE America Act to make it harder to vote for millions of women, veterans, rural folks, & voters of color.

DEI policies have supported women in every aspect of their lives. That’s why Republicans are hellbent on emboldening greater discrimination & dismantling civil rights protections. Congress must codify gender equality & pass my bill to make the ERA the law of the land.