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Alexis Herman, First Black Secretary of Labor, Dies at 77
A social worker, she became a Democratic Party insider and joined President Bill Clinton’s cabinet during his second term.
Rubio’s State Department scale-down: efficiency or global retreat?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s announcement of a major reorganization of the State Department this week was meant to signal ...
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Alexis Herman, the first Black secretary of labor in U.S. history, dies at age 77
Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights ...
Alexis Herman, first Black Labor Secretary, dies at 77
Former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman died on Friday at the age of 77. Herman made history as the first Black person to hold ...
Alabama native and first Black US Secretary of Labor dead at 77: ‘True hometown hero’
Alexis Herman, a native of Mobile, served as the labor secretary in President Bill Clinton’s administration in 1997 until 2001.
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State Department plans to eliminate ‘redundant’ offices as it launches reorganization
Under the draft EO, the State Department would create a new Government Efficiency Division that's overseen by the Office of Personnel Management.