During this Asian American and Pacific Islander Awareness Month, we discuss the 2020 election and AAPI women’s participation in it. Many AAPI women reported voting for the first time in 2020, says Jennifer Wang from the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum.
Many people have had a nurse who touched their lives in some way, especially over the past year, whether it was those who contracted COVID-19 or expecting moms in labor or if they had to go to the emergency room with a hurt or sick loved one. Kris Sanchez reports.
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Nearly a year ago, Elizabeth Gilreath’s scalp was ripped from her head when her hair was caught on a Nebraska carnival ride, but today, the 12-year-old known affectionately as Lulu says she refuses to dwell on the accident, NBC News reported. “My scars don’t define me. Nobody’s scars should define them,” she said. Lulu was excited for her first-ever carnival. NBC Apr 28, 2017
Elizabeth “Lulu” Gilreath talks about her recovery from a carnival ride gone very wrong. Gilreath was scalped when her hair was caught on the King’s Crown ride in Omaha, Nebraska, but she does not dwell on the incident, saying “My scars don’t define me.”
President Joe Biden wants the U.S. to spend $1.8 trillion to benefit children and families as it recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. The American Families Plan, to be offset in 15 years by raising taxes on the richest Americans, would focus on child care, education from preschool to college, family leave and child nutrition. To pay for the spending, Biden.