The Congressional Black Caucus: Racial Politics in the US Congress (Contemporary American Politics)
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Call it the $4 billion boycott. By boycotting a key House committee vote last week and threatening to abandon support for banking regulations, members of the Congressional Black Caucus got $4 billion added to legislation to overhaul government oversight of Wall Street.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Congressional Black Caucus should applaud the fact that the White House is treating them no different than their peers. After all, isn't that the type of equality they have worked so hard for our country to achieve?
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
A frustrated Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday ratcheted up its efforts to push the White House and congressional leaders to address African-American unemployment, which is higher than the national average and has reached nearly 50 percent among teens.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
A frustrated Congressional Black Caucus on Wednesday ratcheted up its efforts to push the White House and congressional leaders to address African-American unemployment, which is higher than the national average and has reached nearly 50 percent among teens.
Fox News (Free subscription) | yesterday
President Obama has been taking it on the chin lately from one of his most committed constituencies -- members of the Congressional Black Caucus who say Obama isn't considering race enough when he makes decisions on jobs, the economy, health care and other issues.
Jack and Jill Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
In African-Americans’ continuing & national efforts to get their brother Luther or cousin Marcus off their couch and into some kinda piece of a job, the Congressional Black Caucus has been representin’ of late. Their target? Well, it’s former CBC member — the ultimate HNIC — The New Godfather of Soul… yes, you know him [...]
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Congressional Black Caucus and President Barack Obama are at loggerheads over what to do about African-American unemployment, which is higher than the national average and has reached nearly 50 percent among teens.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Congressional Black Caucus and President Barack Obama are at loggerheads over what to do about African-American unemployment, which is higher than the national average and has reached nearly 50 percent among teens.
Facing South (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media The bad news is that the more than one out of three young blacks out of work matches the figure for joblessness at the peak of the 1930s Great Depression. The worse news is that the jobless figure for young blacks, especially young black males, is not much different from what it was even before the economic meltdown. During...
Anderson@Large (Free subscription) | yesterday
... infrastructure jobs will go to union workers and will have little, if any, impact on reducing black unemployment. The “cash for caulkers” program is no value to homeowners who are underwater or facing foreclosure. Homeowners who can afford to retrofit their homes will increase their property value on the taxpayer’s dime. In a statement, Congressional Black...
Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Filed under: News , Politics , President Obama , Race and Civil Rights President Barack Obama announced a broad proposal for job creation , targeting small business with more aid for the unemployed, but the jury is out on whether members of the Congressional Black Caucus , who have called for targeted efforts to help black Americans, will be satisfied. The jobs plan rolled...
BizzyBlog (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Or the other way around? Looks like the Congressional Black Caucus is moving their own king into check…”we want more money or else.” From Dick Morris and Eileen McGann: A civil war is breaking out within the left of the Democratic Party pitting the Congressional Black Caucus against the first African-American president. The battle began when...
Jack and Jill Politics (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Media Matters is on it. Time to dissect. Here are Limbaugh’s claims Black unemployment is terrible True. Black unemployment has always been higher than that of whites and in a deep recession, we suffer even more. With rates currently at above 15 percent “officially” it’s a sad state. I also want to take a moment to mention the [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 12/09/2009
Delegate Donna Christen-Christensen (D-U.S.V.I.) is a member of the 111th Congress, serving her seventh term. Christensen is the first female physician in the history of the United States Congress, the first woman to represent an offshore Territory, and the first woman Delegate from the United States Virgin Islands. She serves as an assistant Majority Whip and is the chairwoman of the Congressional...
The Hot Joints (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
The Marxist Congressional Black Caucus plays racial politics better than anyone. Now, they’re turning their race hustling guns on on their own president. Michelle has all the gritty details, but here’s a little taste: The Congressional Black Caucus is trying to shake down the White House — and taxpayers — by holding a Democrat financial...
