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Lena Taylor
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Gun Violence Continues to Take a Toll
Legislatively Speaking Last week, I was checking my calendar for upcoming events, when I noticed a reminder: Remember to wear orange on Friday…… If Hadiya Pendleton were alive today, she…
Climbing The Hill
Legislatively Speaking The Problem of Undiversified, Inequitable and Exclusionary Policies In 1940, George Orwell wrote: “Almost certainly we are moving into an age of totalitarian dictatorships – an age in…
These Last Two Dollars: Pushing Against the Debt Ceiling Deadline
Blues legend Johnnie Taylor sang about what’s it’s like to be down on your luck… “Just loan me two dollars, Until the next time I see you.” Released in 1997,…
A Down Payment on A Promise
Legislatively Speaking In the Spring 2020 election, many Milwaukee voters went to their polling locations to find nearly 97% of them closed. For those lucky enough to see a news…
Leveraging Debt to Do More Harm
Legislatively Speaking Never kick a man when he is down. Yet, on both the state and national level, there are Republican-led policy proposals poised to do just that. Whether the…
Same Facts, Different Outcomes
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Does Expanding the U.S. Supreme Court Really Change Anything? Just the facts, mam. This is a movie line I remember all too well…
“Baby Blues” or Something More
Legislatively Speaking Next week is Black Maternal Health Week. It is a lead up to International Maternal Mental Health Month, which is observed during the month of May. And if…
Tennessee Is Our New Old Normal
Legislatively Speaking Race. Power. Money. Writer and philosopher George Santayana said “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Well, it seems like Tennessee’s Republican state legislators…
We’ll Take the Wins, But They’re Bittersweet
Legislatively Speaking There have been some undeniable wins in the past week. You can’t ignore the fact that for the first time in 92 years, the U.S. Men’s National Soccer…
A Composite Nation: Then and Now
Legislatively Speaking In 1867, Frederick Douglass used a debate about immigration to make the following point: “We are a country of all extremes, ends and opposites; the most conspicuous example…