View as Webpage June is Pride Month, celebrated at this time each year to honor not just the many roles and contributions of LGBTQ individuals, but the 1969 Stonewall Uprising that was a turning point in the fight for LGBTQ rights.  NEA was among the first to recognize Pride Month. According to the Library of Congress, […]

View as Webpage President Biden and Speaker McCarthy finally reached a deal. Officially called the Fiscal Responsibility Act, it easily passed the Senate and the House by wide bipartisan margins and became law on Friday.  The product of divided government—like the U.S. Congress since January—the bill is replete with compromises.  The debt ceiling is suspended […]

View as Webpage May 24 was the first anniversary of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that cost 19 children and two teachers their lives. In a somber speech, President Biden implored Congress to “please do something” even as he acknowledged the gun lobby and other barriers to progress.  “But there will come a point […]