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Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Hobby Lobby almost three weeks ago, Senators Patty Murray (D-WA) and Mark Udall (D-CO) and Representatives Diana DeGette (D-CO), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Louise Slaughter (D-NY) introduced the “Protect Women’s Health

Yesterday began the three-week period leading up to Tisha B’Av (August 4-5 this year), the darkest, saddest day on the Jewish calendar.

Yesterday evening, I had the privilege of testifying at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in support of theClean Power Plan, a proposal to limit carbon emissions from existing power plants. I’m pleased to share the full testimony below.

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Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the White House event, Champions of Change: Re-Entry and Employment.

A week ago today, the Supreme Court came down in what will be noted as one of the most important decisions in recent memory.

As I think back on my years of service and involvement in Jewish communal life, I marvel at the key role the Reform Movement played in advancing and achieving civil rights, both in the lead-up to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and in the years

Embroiled in the very idea of Medicare is the question of, to what extent is each person responsible to take care of and protect others?  Medicare is a federal program that American taxpayers pay into—the resulting pot of funding is used to pay for the medical

By now, you’ve probably heard about the Environmental Protection Agency’s new rule regulating emissions from coal-fired power plants.