NNPA NEWSWIRE — Named after the late Congressman John Lewis, the Georgia Democrat who spent his life fighting for civil and equal rights, the bill has...
By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Legislation that would retool and restore the Voting Rights Act was introduced in Congress...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A very public spat between the No. 2 and No. 3 Senate Democrats is dashing the party’s hopes for...
(The Washington Post) – Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) invoked a famous African American woman to make a point about the delay in confirming an African...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A lesson from President Barack Obama’s brief trip home, straight out of Shakespeare: What’s past is prologue. While his...