All posts tagged "Congressional Black Caucus"

Environmental Justice Must Be a National Priority

By Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (N.J.-10) Too often missing in discussions on the challenges facing African Americans is any focus on environmental justice, the idea...

Black Caucus Analyzes Civil Rights in the Trump Era at Forum

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) As lawmakers, community stakeholders and activists protest against current White House policies, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)...

Remember the Chibok Girls

By Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) Three years ago, Boko Haram terrorists burst into dormitory rooms at the Government Secondary School in the northern Nigerian town...

CBC Report Calls for Economic Justice

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) This year has brought a number of significant developments. A new Congress, the 115th in our nation’s history and similarly...

CBC Delivers “We Have a Lot to Lose” Paper to President Trump during White House Meeting

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Carrying a 130-page document titled, “We Have A Lot To Lose: Solutions to Advance Black Families in the 21st...

CBC Opposes Nomination of Judge Gorsuch and the Senate Should Too

By U.S. Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-La.) (Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus) On January 31, President Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court....

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Mulls “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” for Trump

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) After just two months in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump has already proven to be a liability to...

The Cost of a Vote

By Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell (D-Ala.) Fifty-one years ago, on March 24, 1966, the United States Supreme Court struck down the last poll taxes in this...

President Trump Should Consider CBC Budget If He’s Serious about Helping Black America

By U.S. Congressman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.) A nation’s budget is a document that reflects its priorities. While President Trump has yet to submit his...

America’s Middle Neighborhoods: Neighbors on the Edge of Growth and Decline

By Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-02) Ever heard the term middle neighborhoods? If you haven’t, you have likely visited, lived in or driven through one more recently...

Speak Out to Protect Your Health

By Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) For six years, Republicans have repeated the same phrase in every conversation about healthcare: “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act...

LIVESTREAM: A Conversation with Cedric Richmond

Trump and the Black Caucus Plan to Meet for the First Time

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Following a bizarre exchange with American Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent April Ryan, the Congressional Black Caucus is...

Does the CBC Really Care about Black People?

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In last week’s column, I discussed the hypocrisy running rampant within the Democratic Party when it comes to the hiring...

PRESS ROOM: CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield and Rep. Robin Kelly Condemn Discriminatory Housing Practices of Facebook Advertising

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) condemn Facebook and CEO Mark...

CBC Members Join the Call for Payday Lending Reform

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Within days of the October 7 deadline for public comment on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed payday rule, 104...

CBC Members Push Justice Department to Investigate Police Shooting Unarmed Blacks

By William J. Ford (The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) On Thursday, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a news conference outside of the United States Justice...

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries: “Trump is Nothing More than a Two-bit Racial Arsonist”

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) On Friday, September 16, members of the Congressional Black Caucus Political Action Committee (CBC PAC) took a break from...

Rep. Charles Rangel Reflects on Stellar Political Career

By D. Kevin McNeir (The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) Charles B. Rangel, the celebrated dean of New York’s congressional delegation currently serving as a member of...

CBC Member Corrine Brown Loses Primary Battle, Facing Indictment

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida, who has been in Congress for 23 years, lost her primary battle, in late...

CBC Members Worry Proposed FCC Rule Could Hurt Black Media Companies

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) In an unpredictable, disruptive media environment featuring new ways for consumers to receive video content over Wi-Fi, apps...

U.S. Lawmakers, Mentors Reach Out to Young, Black Males at Recent Forum

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) hosted a recent summit on Capitol Hill focused on mentoring for African American males....

GAO Report: Segregation Increasing at Some U.S. Schools

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) A recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the segregation of African American and Hispanic...

Congressional Art Contest Winner Depicts Police Brutality and Protests

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School Senior David Pulphus won this year’s congressional art competition with a painting...