(RNS) Joe Biden’s Cabinet is set to make history in a number of ways.
If all the nominees the president-elect has chosen are confirmed, the Cabinet including the vice president, the heads of 15 executive departments and eight other key positions will be the most racially and ethnically diverse ever. Among them are six African Americans, four Hispanics, three Asian Americans and one Native American. Half the nominees are women the most ever nominated for a presidential Cabinet.
In terms of their religious backgrounds, the Cabinet nominees are also diverse. Like the president-elect, the majority at least eight are Catholic. But five Jews have also been nominated, two Black Baptists and, if the surgeon general is included (often not), two Hindus. (A handful of Cabinet picks do not appear to identify with any religion.)
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Walsh says Boston âis not just my hometown, itâs my heartâ in likely final State of the City address
By Danny McDonald Globe Staff,Updated January 12, 2021, 7:40 p.m.
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âNo city is better prepared than Boston to meet this moment,â Walsh said Tuesday evening in what is likely his final State of the City address. (Photo by Erin Clark/Globe Staff)
In what was likely his final State of the City address, Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh said Tuesday night that the city is well-positioned to rebound from an unprecedented pandemic, while imploring people to continue to fight racism, calling it âour deepest moral obligation.â
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