Photo illustration of Marcus Garvey, A&E Television Networks (Credit: Wikimedia Commons).
By Stacy M. Brown,
NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
@StacyBrownMedia
In one of his final acts in...
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has passed at age 74. In June, Lee revealed that she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
“Today, with incredible grief for...
By US Rep. Jonathan Jackson
In a country where wealth disparities persist, financial inclusion is still the road that leads to equity. Black Americans have...
Trayvon Martin’s Killer Profits from the Grizzly Killing
Rep. Jeffries Statement on Trayvon Martin’s Killer Being Able to Profit from the Grizzly Killing that Took...
WASHINGTON — Venerated Congressman John Lewis is taking some incoming fire after he publicly announced his endorsement of Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for…
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have accused President Obama of not caring about the plight nor prognosis of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU),…
In an historic move today on Capitol Hill, China’s highest-ranking government official overseeing education, awards scholarships to students in Congressional Black...
So far this year, 232 people have been killed in Chicago, about 9 percent below the 10-year average for this time of year, the Daily News reports. And the month of July has been particularly bloody: Over the July 4th weekend, 12 were murdered with more than 60 people injured, and just this past weekend, another 6 people were killed and 17 were injured in shootings that reportedly began on Friday and continued through Sunday. The rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire has decimated Chicago’s urban areas in recent years, sparking headlines across the globe as body bags pile up and police and elected officials grapple with ways to quell mounting gang violence. Now three Illinois lawmakers, along with other members of the Congressional Black Caucus, plan to hold a summit on urban violence on July 25th and 26th at Chicago State University, with the hopes of mapping out a concrete plan to address the critical issue. ...
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus pressed the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday to move swiftly to cut the costs that prison inmates...
