CBC Foundation Gala Notes

First the THANK YOUS: I would not have been able to attend the CBC Foundation [...]

15.6% Black Unemployment, 1 of 7 in Poverty, See you at the Gala

The HILL, Christina Wilkie reporting on actor Denzel Washington’s WH visit: “Maybe I’ll get to [...]

Clinton to Obama: Start Campaigning

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Youth PROMISE Act Goes Viral on Twitter

YOUTH PROMISE GOES VIRAL ON TWITTER. Rep. Bobby Scott’s gang prevention youth crime legislation, the [...]

Schwerner, Goodman, Chaney Courthouse

Schwerner, Goodman, Chaney Tribute. Thanks to Mississippi Rep. Bennie Thompson, the House passed a bill [...]

Working-age Poor @ Highest Level Since 1965

And this is why the prom on Saturday, where we have the President appearing at [...]

Black Farmers: John Boyd Takes to a Tractor

BOYD TAKES TO THE TRACTOR. National Black Farmers Association President John Bod will ride a [...]

Michael Steele, a Gift for Dems that Keeps Right on Giving…

Crime Committee De-lists Craigslist’s Adult Ads

CRIME COMMITTEE SHUTS DOWN ADULT SERVICES. With one hearing the “adult services” arm of the [...]

CBC Legislative Conference

CBCF LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE. Every year the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation has their legislative conference.  I’m [...]

Charlie With Ease

Charlie Rangel 50% Adam Powell 23% Joyce Johnson 12% Rep. Charlie Rangel wins again for [...]

Goodbye to Adrian Fenty

GOODBYE MR. MAYOR. The Washington Post has a comprehensive blowout piece detailing why DC Mayor [...]

48 Days to Nov. 2, House Returns Today

48 DAYS TO GO. Tonight at 6 p.m. members of the U.S. House of Representatives [...]

Steele/Smith Fundraiser Suddenly Free

THE REALITY of BLACK GOP NUMBERS. Once upon a time in May 2010 there were [...]

Gingrich: Obama’s Kenyan-Anticolonial Behavior

Is this what we can expect during the 2012 election cycle? In the absence of [...]

Rangel Trial Inquisitor Has Ethics Problem

GOP MEMBER ON ETHICS HAS ETHICS ISSUE? No one expects the ethics trials for Reps [...]