On Dec. 17, 2020, Democrat Deb Haaland was selected by then-President-elect Joe Biden to join his Presidential Cabinet as the United States Secretary of the Interior. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held Haaland’s confirmation hearings on Feb. 23 and 24 and voted 11-9 on March 4 to advance her nomination. The Senate confirmed Haaland on Mar. 15 with a 51-40 vote, making her the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history. As the U.S. Secretary

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In the summer of 2020, the Cleveland Indians announced a major change to their baseball team.  Their name would be changing for the 2022 baseball season.  This change comes amidst increasing calls around the country for racial equality. The Cleveland baseball team thinks this name change is a necessary step in “improving as an organization on issues of social justice.” Over the years, Cleveland’s professional baseball team changed its name from the ‘Cleveland Spiders,’ to ‘Cl