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'This will go a long way to helping survivors be free': Advocates laud 'boyfriend loophole' fix in senate gun reform bill Taurean Small - Spectrum News WASHINGTON — The deal reached by a bipartisan group of senators on federal gun reforms would allow authorities to take guns away from more perpetrators of domestic violence. Survivors are living in fear on a daily basis if the… Read more »

‘I Really Needed to Reclaim My Life’: Rep. Gwen Moore Shares Her Abortion Story Madison Feller - Elle Magazine Over the course of Gwen Moore’s 17 years in Congress, she hasn’t shied away from talking about difficult issues. The Wisconsin representative has spoken openly about being a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault; she’s explained what it’s like to be a… Read more »

Home retrofits are a burgeoning business in the campaign against climate change Gaby Vinick - PBS Wisconsin The bungalow-style house wasn't built to conserve energy. With its archway entries, wood trim and "unique character," Gisela Ortega believes it belongs in a fairytale. It may have been built in Milwaukee's Washington Heights neighborhood in 1924, but nearly a century later it is… Read more »

Rep. Gwen Moore: This won't stop at eviscerating a woman's right to choose Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., joins Way Too Early to discuss the leaking of the Supreme Court draft memo on Roe v. Wade. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore focuses congressional attention on Milwaukee's challenges Talis Shelbourne - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore led a bus tour Tuesday through Milwaukee, during which those aboard commented how the community, once regarded as the “Harlem of the Midwest," has evolved into one of the most segregated cities in the country. The city is sometimes… Read more »

'We're going to have to be creative': Milwaukee officials, advocates explore challenges to replacing the city's lead pipelines Taurean Small - Spectrum News WASHINGTON, D.C. — Richard Diaz, chair of the Coalition on Lead Emergency (COLE), said Milwaukee data shows poisoning from lead exposure is also a social justice issue. What You Need To Know Five years ago, Milwaukee… Read more »

Rep. Moore presides as House debates bill to ban job discrimination against natural Black hair Henry Redman - The Wisconsin Examiner Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Milwaukee) presided over the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives as it debated a bill Friday that would ban workplace discrimination based on the texture or style of a person’s hair. The measure passed the… Read more »

‘Long-overdue’: all-Black, female second world war battalion to receive congressional gold medal Maya Yang - The Guardian The only all-Black, all-female second world war battalion will be awarded the congressional gold medal after Joe Biden signed a bipartisan bill on Monday to honor the women’s efforts. The 6888th central post directory battalion, also known as the “six triple eight”… Read more »

The only all-Black women’s unit sent to Europe during WWII is awarded a Congressional medal Mariel Padilla - 19th News Rep. Gwen Moore remembers the day a constituent called her office with a “fantastic, jaw-dropping story” about Black women’s contribution to the Second World War. The constituent’s mother, Anna Mae Robertson, was one of six surviving members of the country’s first and… Read more »

Black Female Unit That Served During WWII Will Receive The Congressional Gold Medal BET Staff The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was an all-Black woman unit that served during  WWII in Europe. They will now receive the Congressional Gold Medal. According to USA Today, the Senate passed the legislation last year and now the House voted 422-0 on Monday (Feb.… Read more »