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The article profiles influential men and women for 2019, including actress Sandra Oh, playwright Lynn Nottage, and author Tara Westover.

Pressley, a Democrat, is a Congresswoman for Massachusetts PHOTO (COLOR) Brings her entire self to the work of public service, and she shattered a concrete ceiling last November when she became the first woman, first Asian American, and first person of color elected mayor of Boston. I've had the privilege to work closely with Michelle for nearly a decade. [Extracted from the article]

AYANNA PRESSLEY "WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL." even as a fifth-grader, with my hand held over my heart, I knew those emphatic words were an aspiration, not yet an affirmation, in America. As this administration prepares to take office, the People's Justice Guarantee offers a bold and expansive framework to transform our criminal legal system, meet the scale of the crisis before us, and finally make good on America's promise of justice for all. The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any country on the planet, with Black Americans incarcerated at over five times the rate of white people. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on U.S. Senator Kamala Harris who is an Indian American to be nominated for Vice President by political party and mentions efforts to stand together against discrimination in response to COVID-19.

In my approach to legislating, I have always prioritized intersectionality, but my dialogue with disability activists illuminated new ways in which the disability community has been systemically marginalized in public policy. The philanthropic sector is beginning to recognize disability inclusion as a core element in its justice work and acknowledges that each grantmaking organization is at a different stage in its disability inclusion journey. [Extracted from the article]

AYANNA PRESSLEY (D-MA) took the stage at the 2020 March on Washington, August 28, in D.C. gl On the one-year anniversary of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-Massachusetts) introducing The People's Justice Guarantee - a sweeping criminallegal reform resolution created to dismantle a system that disproportionately targets, incarcerates and kills members of Black, Latin X and Indigenous communities - Pressley sat down with Kirsten West Savali, ESSENCE Executive Producer of News and Politics, to discuss her vision for the nation; the Black Lives Matter mandate for the incoming Biden-Harris administration; and why The People's Justice Guarantee will fundamentally redefine what justice looks like in America. The rallies and cries of activists and organizers in the early chapters of the Civil Rights movement were also calling for an end to police brutality. Alfred Bourgeois, 56, was executed on December 11, 2020.] One of the bills that I introduced, to support the tenets of The People's Justice Guarantee, is called the Counseling not Criminalization in Schools Act; another bill is called the Ending PUSHOUT Act. [Extracted from the article]

Last week, Congresswoman Pressley joined her congressional and senate colleagues in calling on President Joe Biden to use his authority under the Higher Education Act of 1965 to forgive $50,000 of student debt for every federal borrower. It feels good to be with my family and virtual community to have a chance to discuss such a critically important issue: the future of our higher education system and the need to finally set the course for a New Deal for Higher Education. We are joined today by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. [Extracted from the article]

The article features Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin, activists and progressive organizers who helped Democrats win in the 2018 midterms, included in the 2019 TIME 100 list.