PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — About 200 people protested Monday outside of the Philadelphia ICE office on North Eighth Street. The rally was against what immigrant rights advocates see as an attempt to use the threat of raids as leverage to push lawmakers to pass reforms. “When our communities are under attack, we fight back,” said […]

Originally published in The Philadelphia Tribune By Ayana Jones A group of state and national legislators is striving to combat poverty by taking a multifaceted approach. U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Pa.), state Sen. Art Haywood (D-4), and state Reps. Jason Dawkins (D-179) and Isabella Fitzgerald (D-203) are working together to address poverty by expanding job […]

Originally published in Merion West “I have no differences when people produce outcomes.” After previously serving in the Pennsylvania state legislature, Dwight Evans was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2016. A Democrat, Rep. Evans has been active on issues from criminal justice to education, and he has formed a number of […]

Originally published in the Philadelphia Inquirer By Dwight Evans Recently The Inquirer covered the plight of several thousand current and retired ACME employees, whose pension plans may dry up in eight years, if not sooner. I want them and everyone to know that I and other leading Democrats in the U.S. House are working to […]

Originally published by the Pennsylvania Capital-Star By Robin Bravender WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is slated to hold a hearing Wednesday on legislation that would establish a commission to consider reparations for the descendants of slaves. U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans, D-3rd District — the only African American in Pennsylvania’s Capitol Hill delegation — as well […]

154 years ago today, word finally reached Galveston, Texas that the cruel and dehumanizing practice of slavery had been abolished in the United States once and for all. Although the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued over 2 years prior, many slave owners continued to hide that information from the slaves who were now free men […]

Originally published by the Philadephia Tribune  By Michael Coard It was precisely 47 years ago on Saturday, June 17, 1972 at 1:47 a.m. that Frank Wills, an unknown 24-year-old Black security guard at the posh Watergate office/apartment complex in Washington, D.C., uncovered the biggest domestic political scandal and crime in American presidential history. It happened […]

Originally published in East County today Legislation Would Repeal Liability Shield Protecting Gun Sellers and Manufacturers WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) reintroduced the Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act to ensure that the gun industry, including manufacturers, sellers and interest groups, is not shielded […]

By Brakkton Booker | NPR House and Senate Democrats introduced legislation Tuesday they say will allow victims of gun violence to have their day in court. The Equal Access to Justice for Victims of Gun Violence Act aims to repeal federal protections blocking firearm and ammunition manufacturers, dealers and trade groups from most civil lawsuits […]

Originally published on King County Politics on June 10, 2019 By Denise Ladji Gentrification and lack of affordable housing, the 2020 census, and criminal reform were the topics discussed as U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Sheepshead Bay, Park Slope) brought Washington’s Congressional Black Caucus’ State […]