former president of the national women's studies association and professor of women's studies at spelman college. democratic senator raphael warnock calls frothe senate floor for the conservative members of the democratic party to stop obstructing voting rights legislation and support ending theilibuster. >> when colleagues talk to be about bipartisanship, which i believe in, i just have to ask, at whose expense? who been asked to foot the bill for this bartisanship? amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president biden warned thursday of an imminent surge of covid-19 cases as the omicron coronavirus variant continued to spread around the world and across the u.s. at an unprecedented pace. pres. biden: for unvaccinated, we're looking at a winter of severe illne and death for unvaccinated. for themselves, their families, and the hospitals that will be overwhelmed. amy: u.s. covid-19 hospitalizations continue to rise, with nearly 1300 people dying of the disease each day. amid the surge, many prominent uni

in atlanta only spelman college sees that and they are all girls ' college.ked with tennessee state this last year to help increase their black male population by sending them 12 black boys to tennessee state from jacksonville, florida and miami-dade county, florida to help incentivize other black males to attend college. and you've got to do that from beginning in the third grade. thank you so much for that. that is just write down my alley. our next member is down his alley. we are both former principals, mr. bowman of new york. rep. bowman: thank you. i rarely if ever disagree but i am going to slightly disagree that we need to begin the college-bound process in pre-k. [laughter] just to plant the seeds before they even start kindergarten. first i want to thank our witnesses for being here today and express a special thank you to the hbcu caucus founder and cochair congresswoman adams and chairwoman wilson for their continued relentless advocacy and leadership over the years and making this hearing happened today. while there are no hbcus in my district of

students have had to engage in hunger strikes in order to get help elsewhere, too, including at spelman and morehouse. a community in new hampshire recently began providing free daily breakfast and lunch, and one dinner per week, to all enrolled students. and this month, another community college in missouri expanded its free breakfast program to all of its campuses. bottom line, the science suggests that these efforts work. the hope center evaluated a meal voucher program and found it boosted payments, likely improved student's well-being, and reduce the severity of food insecurity. emergency cash assistance is another promising approach. it offers students the dignity of choice, while helping them address their basic needs. our latest survey that having more or better food to eat was one of the top five most cited cases of emergency thought. in partnership with the american federation of teachers, the nonprofit operates a fast button, engaging faculty to distribute emergency aid in a compassionate and rapid manner. compton college, dallas coverage -- college, western governors univers

students have had to engage in hunger strikes in order to get help elsewhere, too, including at spelmannd morehouse. a community in new hampshire recently began providing free daily breakfast and lunch, and one dinner per week, to all enrolled students. and this month, another community college in missouri expanded its free breakfast program to all of its campuses. bottom line, the science suggests that these efforts work. the hope center evaluated a meal voucher program and found it boosted payments, likely improved student's well-being, and reduce the severity of food insecurity. emergency cash assistance is another promising approach. it offers students the dignity of choice, while helping them address their basic needs. our latest survey that having more or better food to eat was one of the top five most cited cases of emergency thought. in partnership with the american federation of teachers, the nonprofit operates a fast button, engaging faculty to distribute emergency aid in a compassionate and rapid manner. compton college, dallas coverage -- college, western governors universit

students have had to engage in hunger strikes in order to get help elsewhere, too, including at spelman and morehouse. a community in new hampshire recently began providing free daily breakfast and lunch, and one dinner per week, to all enrolled students. and this month, another community college in missouri expanded its free breakfast program to all of its campuses. bottom line, the science suggests that these efforts work. the hope center evaluated a meal voucher program and found it boosted payments, likely improved student's well-being, and reduce the severity of food insecurity. emergency cash assistance is another promising approach. it offers students the dignity of choice, while helping them address their basic needs. our latest survey that having more or better food to eat was one of the top five most cited cases of emergency thought. in partnership with the american federation of teachers, the nonprofit operates a fast button, engaging faculty to distribute emergency aid in a compassionate and rapid manner. compton college, dallas coverage -- college, western governors univers