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[[link removed]] The State of Women's Leadership Kamala Harris is a lot of firsts: She is the first woman, the first Black
person, and the first Indian American person to become vice president of the
United States. With her historic inauguration, Vice President Harris has risen
higher in national leadership than any woman in U.S. history.

Harris will bring to the White House a strong track record of commitment to
women's equality, as demonstrated by her progressive proposals on equal pay,
paid family and medical leave, reproductive rights, and Black maternal health
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are women's issues.

However, even with the strides made in 2020—and the promise of progress in
2021—women are far from reaching gender parity in political leadership. There
are 118 women in the U.S. House of Representatives (27 percent), 24 women in the
Senate (24 percent), and nine women governors (18 percent); 49 out of 50 state
legislatures are made up of less than 50 percent women.

For the past four years, Harris was the only Black woman serving in the Senate
and only the second Black woman ever to do so. With her departure, the Senate
now has no Black women within its ranks.

In order to ensure that the United States becomes a reflective democracy,
policymakers and advocates must address the significant inequities and barriers
that women face when pursuing elected office.

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[[link removed]] In the Spotlight The United States Could Be In the Early Days of a Domestic Insurgency
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[[link removed]]The storming of the U.S. Capitol building—which left at least five people
dead—was not a protest gone awry. It was violence with a political goal in mind:
preventing the lawful certification of presidential election results to disrupt
the peaceful transition of power.

Once an insurgency has momentum, it is difficult to stop it—and the pro-Trump
extremist movement will endure even now that Trump is out of office. This is
especially true, considering some of those who incited the attack remain in
Congress.

Left unaddressed, this movement could become a full-fledged insurgency that
poses an enduring threat to Americans. The way our government responds now is
crucial.

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Major Stories

[[link removed]] Centering Racial Equity in a New Administration

[[link removed]] With the pandemic raging on, the current economic crisis will continue to
exacerbate centuries of underlying disparities and have a disproportionate
impact on Black Americans. The new administration must meet this moment with a
full-scale plan to tackle racial inequality.

[[link removed]] Protecting Undocumented Workers on the Pandemic's Front Lines

[[link removed]] The pandemic has exposed how essential the 10.4 million undocumented immigrants
and their jobs are. Providing a path to legal status for these undocumented
immigrants is a key tool to fight the coronavirus and rebuild the country and
its economy.

[[link removed]] The Need for a White House Office of Democracy Reform

[[link removed]] The United States has just emerged from an election that was, as incoming
Director of the Domestic Policy Council Susan Rice said, " our democracy's near-death experience.

[[link removed]] " One way that the Biden administration can help address this crisis of
democracy is to create a new office within the Domestic Policy Council that
focuses specifically on democracy reform.

[[link removed]] 20 Steps for a New Ocean and Climate Agenda

[[link removed]] Global ocean-based climate solutions have the potential to provide up to
one-fifth of the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. This column outlines 20
steps for the administration's first 100 days to recommit to climate leadership
and action. From The @POTUS Desk

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President Biden

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The time to move forward is now.

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