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September 8, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke’s Statement on Delay in Reforming Deportation Procedures

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement of the delay in an executive order that will remove the threat of deportation for Americans…
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September 4, 2014

Mas in sweltering heat!

“Amid the sweltering heat and humidity, tens of thousands of masqueraders and revelers and millions more from around the world converged on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway on…
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September 4, 2014

Progressive Caucus Stands with Striking Fast Food Workers

Washington, D.C. – Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN), along with Progressive Caucus members Sen. Bernie…
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September 3, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke’s Statement on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Wilderness Act of 1964

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement in honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Wilderness Act of 1964, which protected 9.1 million…
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September 3, 2014

New York Mas

“Barbadians and other Caribbean people “tore up” Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, ​New York, yesterday when they took part ​in the annual West Indian Carnival ​on Labour Day.”…
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September 3, 2014

Congresswoman Clarke’s Statement on the Opening of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade to LGBT Organizations

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke released the following statement on the decision by organizers of the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Manhattan to allow lesbian,…
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