The world watched as the U.S. midterm elections happened yesterday.  Although the Republicans maintained control of the Senate, the Democrats took over the House.  States like Michigan went entirely blue.  And there were a lot of firsts.  Alexandria Ocasia-Cortez is now the youngest woman ever elected to Congress.  The first Muslim women were elected to Congress when Ilhan Omar, a refugee who fled the war in Somalia, was elected in Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American, was elected in Michigan. Continue reading