Confirmation

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Deserves to be Appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court – Right Now! 

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court and after a grueling three days of questioning – and in some cases badgering – by Republicans, she has finally cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee and appears to be headed towards confirmation as a justice with support from a united Democratic Party and she even managed to pull a small group of Republicans in along the way. 

 

ELECTION 2020: For Millions of Americans, the Future of Health Care is What’s on the Ballot

“Right now, under the Affordable Care Act, it is your right to have access to lactation support and counseling without cost-sharing for as long as you are breastfeeding. If the ACA gets struck down, then insurers will not be required to cover it, which could have devastating impacts on new parents,” noted Andrea Ippolito, a health tech expert and founder of SimpliFed, a company that assists mothers who breastfeed.