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The History of Black History Month

Tributes to Henry “Hank” Aaron & Cicely Tyson Bernie Sanders selected to helm powerful Committee

Hillary Rodham Clinton

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I’ve consistently said throughout the course of the past year that the American people have never shied away from being able to deal with the truth. From big cities to small towns, too many Americans are barely scraping by, Olawale,

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Contents

JOHN E. SMITH JR. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Celebrating the 2021 Inauguration

In this issue we are celebrating Hillary Clinton contributions, & the inauguration of Joe Biden And Kamala Harris. We embraced moving forward, and with truth, justice, and freedom for all people to honor and celebrate the American dream. During these times we need to uplift our own spirits and attitudes. We hope you are making the most of your time to renew.

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The Book of Gutsy Women | Book by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

About The Book Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them—women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. She couldn’t have been more than seven or eight years old. “Go ahead, ask your question,” her father urged, nudging her forward. She smiled shyly and said, “You’re my hero. Who’s yours?” Many people—especially girls—have asked us that same question over the years. It’s one of our favorite topics. HILLARY: Growing up, I knew hardly any women who worked outside the home. So I looked to my mother, my teachers, and the pages of Life magazine for inspiration. After learning that Amelia Earhart kept a scrapbook with newspaper articles about successful women in male-dominated jobs, I started a scrapbook of my own. Long after I stopped clipping articles, I continued to seek out stories of women who seemed to be redefining what was possible. CHELSEA: This book is the continuation of a conversation the two of us have been having since I was little. For me, too, my mom was a hero; so were my grandmothers. My early teachers were also women. But I grew up in a world very different from theirs. My pediatrician was a woman, and so was the first mayor of Little Rock who I remember from my childhood. Most of my close friends’ moms worked outside the home as nurses, doctors, teachers, professors, and in business. And women were going into space and breaking records here on Earth. Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinished business of the twenty-first century. While there’s a lot of work to do, we know that throughout history and around the globe women have overcome the toughest resistance imaginable to win victories that have made progress possible for all of us. That is the achievement of each of the women in this book. So how did they do it? The answers are as unique as the women themselves. Civil rights activist Dorothy Height, LGBTQ trailblazer Edie Windsor, and swimmer

COVER STORY

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Hillary Rodham Clinton | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

Hillary Rodham Clinton is the first woman in US history to become the presidential nominee of a major political party. She served as the 67th Secretary of State after nearly four decades in public service advocating on behalf of children and families as an attorney, First Lady, and US Senator. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother.

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The Book of Gutsy Women | Book by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster

Chelsea Clinton is a champion for girls and women through her advocacy, writing, and work at the Clinton Foundation. She is also an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailman School of Public Health. She lives in New York City with her husband, their children, and their dog. AFRICA USA TODAY 9

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Politics

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Bernie Sanders selected to take the helm of the powerful Congressional Senate Budget Committee

Atop the Powerful Budget Committee at Last, Bernie Sanders Wants to Go Big - The New York Times

Republicans have long feared the prospect of Mr. Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist from Vermont, taking the helm of the powerful committee given his embrace of bigger government and more federal spending with borrowed money. With Democrats reclaiming the Senate, that fear is about to become a reality. Mr. Sanders, the most progressive member of the chamber, will have a central role in shaping and steering the Democrats’ tax and spending plans through a Congress that they control with the slimmest of margins. Mr. Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats and twice ran unsuccessfully for the party’s presidential nomination, said he would move quickly in his new role to push through a robust and deficit-financed economic stimulus package soon after President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. takes office. “I believe that the crisis is of enormous severity and we’ve got to move as rapidly as we can,” Mr. Sanders said in an interview. “Underline the word aggressive,” he said. “Start out there.” Despite Democrats’ narrow control of the Senate, Mr. Sanders is expected to exert heavy influence over taxes, health care, climate change and several other domestic issues. That is because his role as budget chairman will give him control over a little-known but incredibly powerful congressional tool that allows certain types of legislation to win Senate approval with just a simple majority. That tool — a budget mechanism called reconciliation — allows Congress to move some legislation without gaining 60 votes. It has become the vehicle for several major legislative efforts this century, including tax cuts under President Trump and President George W. Bush, and the final version of President Barack Obama’s signature health care bill. The reconciliation process begins with lawmakers adopting a budget resolution, originating in the House and Senate Budget Committees, which can include directions to congressional committees on how much to increase federal spending or taxes. The nature of the process effectively gives Mr. Sanders a leading role in deciding how expansive — and expensive — Mr. Biden’s ambitions for new taxes and spending will be. 12 AFRICA USA TODAY

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