Rachael Rollins, the first woman of color to hold the office of district attorney in the state of Massachusetts, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to become the state’s leading federal prosecutor, WCVB reports. Rollins, pending confirmation by the U.S. Senate, will be the first Black woman to serve as U.S. District attorney for Massachusetts. Sens. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) who both gave Rollins their recommendation for the position, said they are “certain that she will be a tremendous U.S. attorney” and pledged to work to make sure she’s confirmed as quickly as possible. “District Attorney Rollins is a national leader on transforming the criminal justice system and shifting away from an approach based on punishment and penalization to one that combats the root causes of injustice, whether it be poverty, substance use, or racial disparity,” they said in their joint email statement. As the top federal law enforcement official in Massachusetts, Rollins will...