Stories tagged: "Malcolm Kenyatta"

State FILE- In this file photo from Nov. 19, 2019, a man is silhouetted in the shade as he walks by the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
State State Democrats Keep Proposing Ideas to Help Pennsylvania. Republicans Keep Ignoring Them.

From pandemic relief to election laws, Republican leaders in the state Legislature continue to ignore Democrats.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla July 12, 2021 3:08 pm EDT
LGBTQ Protesters gather in Harrisburg in May 2020. (Shutterstock Photo/Jelani Photography)
LGBTQ Every House Republican Blocks Bill that Would Have Struck ‘Homosexuality’ from PA Criminal Laws

Apparently, every Republican in the the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is fine with homosexuality being considered “obscene” and “deviate.”

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla Ume Sarfaraz Ume Sarfaraz May 24, 2021 6:06 pm EDT
Race Pennsylvania State Sen. Sharif Street is one of the state legislators who discussed the Derek Chauvin verdict on Twitter. (AP Photo/Michael Perez)
Race This Is What State Legislators Had to Say About Derek Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict

Pennsylvania state legislators discussed the Derek Chauvin verdict on Twitter, many saying it was a rare moment of accountability.

Ume Sarfaraz Ume Sarfaraz April 21, 2021 6:44 pm EDT
LGBTQ Rachel Levine fist bumps Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., at the end of her confirmation hearing before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)
LGBTQ Senate Confirms Levine, Who is Now the Nation’s Highest Ranking Transgender Official

Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine has become the first openly transgender person confirmed to a government position in the nation’s history.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla March 24, 2021 6:48 pm EDT
National Rachel Levine, nominated to be an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services, testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)
National US Sen. Rand Paul Criticized for Transphobic Question of Dr. Rachel Levine

Pennsylvania’s former Secretary of Health could be the first Senate-confirmed transgender official in the nation’s history.

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla February 25, 2021 5:52 pm EST

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Elections State representative Malcolm Kenyatta, a Black man, wears a gray suit and tie, and holds his right hand over his heart as he sings the National Anthem.
Elections State Rep. Kenyatta to Run for US Senate in 2022

Kenyatta, the grandson of the late civil rights activist Muhammad I. Kenyatta, is the latest candidate to join what is likely to be a crowded race.

Associated Press Associated Press February 19, 2021 5:14 pm EST
National In this image from video, Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., speaks as the House debates the objection to confirm the Electoral College vote from Pennsylvania, at the U.S. Capitol early Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (House Television via AP)
National Democratic Leaders Call on US Rep. Perry to Resign Over Involvement in Trump Scheme

Gov. Tom Wolf called Perry's involvement a "disgrace."

Patrick Abdalla Patrick Abdalla January 25, 2021 5:44 pm EST