Ayanna Pressley

House Women Honor Migrant Girl Who Died In U.S. Custody At SOTU

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and more commemorated 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin in a quiet but powerful way.
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House Women Wear White To State Of The Union

Dozens of female House leaders are wearing white at the State of the Union in the name of gender equality and women's rights.
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley Wants Back Pay For Contractors Out Of Work In Shutdown

Federal government workers have gotten retroactive pay after previous shutdowns. But contract workers have not.
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Congressional Black Caucus Swears In Largest Member Group In History

Ilhan Omar, one of the country's first Muslim congresswomen, is among the CBC’s new members.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reveals Powerful Portrait Of A New Wave Of Congresswomen

Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Deb Haaland, Veronica Escobar, Sharice Davids and Ocasio-Cortez all made history during the 2018 midterms.
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Ayanna Pressley Will Get The Old Office Of Shirley Chisholm, First Black Congresswoman

Massachusetts’ first black woman elected to Congress said Shirley Chisholm is her "shero."
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Harvard's Bipartisan Congressional Orientation Under Fire For Being Too Corporate

Progressive members of Congress publicly took the university's confab to task, saying it needed more representation from the left.
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Progressive Lawmakers Hold Health Care Rally Outside Centrist Harvard Conference

“I was not sent to Washington to play nice,” said Rep.-elect Ayanna Pressley.
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Rashida Tlaib, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Post 'Squad' Pics Of Diverse New Members Of Congress

The new representatives are in D.C. for the Congressional Progressive Caucus new member orientation.
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Historic Win For Ayanna Pressley

Ayanna Pressley is Massachusetts’ first black representative in Congress.
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