President Biden held his first Cabinet meeting today, remarking on the historic diversity and appointing five members to support him in “selling” his American Jobs Plan to Congress and their constituents.

With just a month’s worth of days left in President Biden’s first 100, the Wisconsin Supreme Court repealed Governor Tony Ever’s statewide mask mandate. Localities — cities, counties — may still impose their own orders.

Washington, D.C.’s historic cherry blossoms are in full bloom as President Biden announces new actions to combat anti-Asian hate crimes. The rise in violent discrimination against women and elderly, especially, has given rise to concern across borders.

The trial about the death of Minnesota resident George Floyd began today. He was handcuffed and pinned to the ground in the prone position for more than nine minutes, on May 25, 2020, after he was arrested for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill at a local convenience store.

In a continued battle for access to America’s promise of freedom, Representative Park Cannon (D-GA) was arrested in her state’s Capitol. She later said she was “fighting voter suppression,” when she was handcuffed after knocking on Governor Brian Kemp’s door.

In his first press conference since taking office, United States president Joe Biden expounded on his new mantra, “it’s never a good idea to bet against the American people.” He maintained his diplomatic stance on foreign and domestic policies, accelerated his vaccine goal by 100 percent and announced that the economy is on a stronger trajectory than expected.

Whilst spring breakers are the latest population to drive concerns over spiking Covid-19 cases in the U.S., the White House is staying the course of delivering vaccines, responding to domestic emergencies and celebrating symbolic days.

Ten people are dead and a 21-year-old in custody after he went on a shooting spree with an AR-15 in a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. It is the seventh mass shooting in as many days in the United States. With the investigation ongoing, President Biden moved quickly to call for gun reform.

Reconciling the right to “no taxation without representation” is under continued construction in the United States, as members of the House of Representatives sat for a hearing today on HR 51, the DC Statehood bill.

Self-determination is at the core of United States ideology and it was all that could get the nation through this week of highs, like historic confirmations and reaching President Biden’s goal of 100 million vaccines in 100 days, along with the lows of domestic violence and foreign tension.

As Congress ushered in more change, United States president Joe Biden ordered flags on federal property to fly at half staff today in respect to the victims of the attack on Asian businesses Tuesday evening and in solemn reminder of the country’s significant immigration history.

The United States House of Representatives passed the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act and the Senate confirmed Katherine Tai as the first Asian American woman U.S. Trade Representative today, on the heels of a shocking attack on three Asian-owned businesses in Georgia.

Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the United Nation’s 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women today, virtually as she’s on the road to promote the American Rescue Plan. It was the first time someone from the newly inaugurated Administration spoke before the UN.

Indigenous peoples have long protected this land and idea of democracy and today the United States Senate voted 51-40 to confirm Debra Anne Haaland the first Native American Secretary of the Interior and the first to serve in the Cabinet.

The American discourse has changed towards hope, as United States Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen announced that stimulus checks are to be distributed beginning this weekend and as President Biden surpasses his goal of 100 million vaccinations within his first 100 days.

On this, the one year anniversary of when the World Health Organization declared a pandemic, President Biden delivered his first primetime address. Flanked by flags, he called for unity and recognized the more than 520,000 deaths the nation is mourning. “That's more deaths than in World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War and 9/11 combined,” he said.

Since 1990 with the passing of Public Law 101-252, the nation has celebrated Harriet Tubman Day. The holiday recognizes the day of her death, March 10th, 1913 and her life, which she dedicated to anti-slavery and voting rights.

The nation continues to temper the stress of the pandemic and insurrection with heated debates and lifting restrictions. Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) added to the states rolling out reopening with a plan effective this Friday.

With women disproportionately affected by the pandemic the call to resist gender-based oppression resonated this International Women’s Day. The official theme: #ChooseToChallenge.

After a more than 10-hour reading of the 628-page American Rescue Plan on the Senate floor and a day’s worth of amendment debates, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called for a pause on the vote-a-rama and requested that they reconvene Saturday morning. Alas, the vote did not sway in his favor.