Durham County commissioner suggests public funding for reproductive health
Durham County commissioner Nida Allam says the county should investigate funding reproductive health services — including abortion — now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned.
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Following her own abortion, Durham County commissioner pushes for local health departments to provide options, access for abortions
As access to abortion care changes quickly across the United States, one Durham County commissioner is lobbying for the local health department to provide options and access for women. Her cause is rooted in her own personal choice to have…
Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam Determined to Flip State Senate Seat Despite Loss in U.S. Congress Bid
Why Bernie Sanders Is Endorsing Nida Allam In An NC Congressional Race
Sen. Bernie Sanders, a progressive Democrat who ran for president, has endorsed Nida Allam in a North Carolina congressional race. Allam, a Durham County commissioner and the first Muslim woman elected in North Carolina, previously worked for Sanders’ presidential campaign.…
Sunrise Movement Endorses Progressive Democrats Summer Lee, Nida Allam and Erica Smith for Congress
Washington, DC (CNN) — Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate activist group, on Thursday announced its endorsements of Summer Lee in Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional district, Nida Allam in North Carolina’s 4th Congressional district and Erica Smith in North Carolina’s 1st Congressional…
Allam’s Focus Is the Middle Class
Nida Allam was satisfied with carrying out her political involvement through grassroots-level organizing. She never expected get into politics as a candidate. “I studied Sustainable Materials and Technology at N.C. State,” Allam said. “My plan was to follow in my…
Nida Allam Wants to Be a Young, Progressive Voice in Congress
The 2022 midterm elections are right around the corner. In our new series Teen Vogue’s Top 10, we’re asking candidates 10 questions about the issues we know our readers care about the most, from student debt to climate change —…
On Seventh Anniversary of Muslim Friends’ Murder in Chapel Hill, NC Official Keeping Their Legacy Alive with Congress Bid
Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam said she is helping to keep her friends’ legacies alive in her current run for Congress. Seven years ago this Thursday, three Muslim college students — Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, Abu-Salha’s husband, Deah Barakat, 23, and…
South Asian Candidates Aim to Grow Congress’s “Samosa Caucus”
In 2020, Nida Allam was part of a wave of South Asian candidates running for office at the local, state, and federal level — and winning their races. Allam nabbed a seat on the Durham County Board of Commissioners and…
North Carolina Official Opens up about Undergoing Fertility Treatments While Running for Congress
A little over a week after Nida Allam announced her bid for a North Carolina congressional seat in November, the 28-year-old shared something deeply intimate with the public: She posted a photo on social media of herself and her spouse…