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Thanks, But No Thanks: CBC Rejects Second Meeting With Trump
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Cedric Richmond (D-La.) rejected an offer from the White House to meet with all 49 members of the caucus, citing steps that the Trump Administration has taken, “that will affirmatively hurt Black communities.” In a letter addressed to President Trump, Richmond wrote that, “Your…
Read MoreRecovered Crack Addict, Tonier Cain, Hopes Drug Treatment Success Stories Stop Senators From Making Drug Epidemic Worse
During her 19-year crack addiction, Tonier Cain racked up 83 arrests and 66 convictions. She turned to prostitution to pay for drugs, lost custody of four children, and, when she wasn’t locked up, she slept under a bridge. Today, 12-years after completing treatment, Cain penned an open letter to the Senate Health Committee urging them…
Read MoreFor-Profit Bail Bonds Industry and Insurance Corporations Trap People in Cycle of Debt
A report released today by Color Of Change and the American Civil Liberties Union’s Campaign for Smart Justice shows how the bail bonds industry deprives people of their constitutional rights. Every year millions are forced to pay money bail after arrest, but the insurance corporations that make money bail possible operate with little oversight as…
Read MoreCBC Lists 100 Trump Actions in 100 Days – To the Detriment of Black Progress
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The Congressional Black Caucus has released a list of 100 actions taken by President Donald Trump during his first 100 days that the CBC says have been detrimental to the country – especially the Black community. “People of all ages and races, including many young people of color, are…
Read MoreNew PACs Focus on Getting More Blacks into Politics
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In the aftermath of former-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s crushing defeat last November, a number of groups were launched to encourage greater political participation among young people, women and minorities. Recently, the Milk River PAC hosted a dialogue on the impact of women in politics that featured…
Read MoreBlacks have a lot to lose with Trump’s new budget
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA – President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, titled “America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again,” targets a number of programs for severe cuts or outright elimination—programs that often help poor, working-class and Black families. The budget plans to cut almost $4 billion in Pell Grants. More then half…
Read MoreOmarosa Shocks, Angers Some NNPA Publishers as She Walks Out of ‘Black Press Week’ Breakfast
Omarosa Manigault, President Donald Trump’s director of communications for public liaison, walked out of a breakfast meeting she had requested to attend, hosted by the National Newspaper Publishers Association last week after disputing the accuracy of a story written by this reporter in January. The sudden move by the minister and reality star clearly shocked…
Read MoreNew Report Calls for the Elevation of Black Women’s Leadership in Progressive Organizing and Social Justice Movements
To close Women’s History Month, the Los Angeles Black Worker Center, and affiliate of the National Black Worker Center Project (NBWCP), released a pilot project report, “Black Space for Women: From LA Practice to National Model for Sister Empowerment,” that reveals what Black women experience as barriers to leadership in progressive organizing. The report also offers a…
Read MoreNew Study: Blacks Feel Ignored By The Democratic Party
Cornell Belcher, the CEO of Brilliant Corners Research, said that it’s no surprise that Black voters have presented a very clear mandate to the Congressional Black Caucus to oppose the Trump Administration, because 92 percent of African Americans voted against President Trump. “However, to maintain this broad level of support among African American voters, Democrats…
Read MoreThe CBC Places Blacks in Power on Capitol Hill
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In early December, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies led by Spencer Overton, released a devastating report on staff diversity in the United States Senate. “African-Americans make up 13 percent of the U.S. population, but only 0.9 percent of top Senate staffers,” the report found. The…
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