President Joe Biden Archives - Flux https://flux.community/tag/president-joe-biden/ A platform for change Wed, 14 Sep 2022 04:02:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Democrats urge Biden administration to use HIPAA to protect abortion rights and privacy https://flux.community/shefali-luthra/2022/09/democrats-urge-biden-administration-to-use-hipaa-to-protect-abortion-rights-and-privacy/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 13:00:21 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12296 Thirty Democratic senators led by Washington’s Patty Murray are calling on the Biden administration to use health care privacy laws to protect patients’ reproductive health information, specifically when it comes to abortion. In the letter sent Tuesday, first shared with The 19th, the senators ask the Biden administration to use the Health Insurance Portability and […]

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]]> Women — particularly women of color — stand to benefit most from Biden’s student loan relief plan https://flux.community/nadra-nittle/2022/08/women-particularly-women-of-color-stand-to-benefit-most-from-bidens-student-loan-relief-plan/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:00:44 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12138 President Joe Biden announced a highly anticipated plan Wednesday to offer student loan relief to more than 40 million people, a move supporters hope will have life-changing ramifications for borrowers, particularly women, who hold two-thirds of student loan debt, and women of color, whose loan debt is highest. Biden is forgiving $20,000 in student debt for […]

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]]> Two weeks before payments resume, progressives tell Biden ‘time to cancel student debt’ https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2022/08/two-weeks-before-payments-resume-progressives-tell-biden-time-to-cancel-student-debt/ Thu, 18 Aug 2022 13:00:06 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12090 With only two weeks before a pandemic-related pause on federal student loan payments expires, progressive lawmakers and organizations on Wednesday reiterated demands for U.S. President Joe Biden to finally take sweeping debt cancellation action. While Biden only campaigned on forgiving $10,000 per borrower and has reportedly considered setting an income cap for relief, activists and members of Congress […]

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]]> Progressives applaud as Biden signs ‘landmark’ Inflation Reduction Act into law https://flux.community/julia-conley/2022/08/progressives-applaud-as-biden-signs-landmark-inflation-reduction-act-into-law/ Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:00:49 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=12084 Economic and climate justice groups on Tuesday applauded as U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, with advocates hailing the $740 billion investment in climate action, corporate tax reform, and healthcare as “landmark legislation” while they pledged to continue working to secure more ambitious reforms. “It’s law,” Biden said as he signed the IRA, […]

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]]> In ‘critical step to fight monkeypox,’ Biden administration declares emergency https://flux.community/brett-wilkins/2022/08/in-critical-step-to-fight-monkeypox-biden-administration-declares-emergency/ Fri, 05 Aug 2022 18:00:14 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11951 Following growing activist pressure and criticism, the Biden administration on Thursday declared monkeypox a national public health emergency, a move that empowers federal agencies to better direct resources toward combating an outbreak that’s infected thousands of Americans. Speaking to reporters at an afternoon press briefing, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said the administration is […]

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]]> Student loan payments are set to resume Aug. 31, if Biden doesn’t extend the pause https://flux.community/laura-clawson/2022/08/student-loan-payments-are-set-to-resume-aug-31-if-biden-doesnt-extend-the-pause/ Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:00:11 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11934 The Biden administration’s pause on federal student loan payments expires on Aug. 31, and no one knows what’s going on with that as President Joe Biden continues to dither and delay on the issue of student debt. Biden campaigned on forgiving “a minimum of $10,000/person of federal student loans,” and he’s been pressured to do much more, but with […]

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]]> Biden administration renews deportation relief for Syrian immigrants https://flux.community/gabe-ortiz/2022/08/biden-administration-renews-deportation-relief-for-syrian-immigrants/ Wed, 03 Aug 2022 13:00:44 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11928 The Biden administration has announced that it is extending and redesignating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria, citing “ongoing armed conflict and extraordinary and temporary conditions in Syria that prevent individuals from safely returning.” Under the extension, eligible applicants will be protected from deportation and allowed to work legally for another 18 months, through March 2024. The […]

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]]> Climate coalition to Biden and Schumer: Reject ‘fossil fuel expansion’ in Manchin deal https://flux.community/kenny-stancil/2022/08/climate-coalition-to-biden-and-schumer-reject-fossil-fuel-expansion-in-manchin-deal/ Mon, 01 Aug 2022 18:00:51 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11908 A climate justice coalition sent a letter Friday imploring President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to reject any proposed fossil fuel expansion during negotiations over the latest iteration of the Democratic Party’s reconciliation bill. “Permitting new fossil fuel projects will further entrench us in a fossil fuel economy for decades to come—and constitutes a […]

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]]> House Dems and Shireen Abu Akleh’s Family Urge US to ‘Hold Her Killers Accountable’ https://flux.community/brett-wilkins/2022/07/house-dems-and-shireen-abu-aklehs-family-urge-us-to-hold-her-killers-accountable/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:00:06 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11892 Progressive U.S. lawmakers on Thursday joined relatives of Shireen Abu Akleh in demanding the Biden administration thoroughly and transparently investigate the Israeli military’s killing of the Palestinian-American journalist, with one congressman introducing a bill that would require such a probe. “We want to know who pulled the trigger, and why,” said Victor Abu Akleh, a nephew of […]

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]]> Disappointed by climate speech, activists say people are dying ‘while Biden dithers’ https://flux.community/jessica-corbett/2022/07/disappointed-by-climate-speech-activists-say-people-are-dying-while-biden-dithers/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 18:00:17 +0000 https://flux.community/?p=11789 Climate campaigners expressed frustration Wednesday after U.S. President Joe Biden announced new climate actions but refused to declare a national emergency, despite mounting public and political pressure. “Biden’s failure to declare a state of emergency today is an insult to the millions of working people and frontline communities living the devastating reality of global heating, environmental racism, and climate breakdown,” said People’s […]

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