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In this week’s edition of the CBC Message to America, Congressman Donald Payne, Jr.  (NJ-10) discusses how African-American owned small business are vital to the…

PolitickerOne: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced her decision as the field of contenders grows. Plus, Bernie Sanders meets with members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson’s mother, Helen Burns Jackson, passed away Monday. Since the news of her death, Jackson and his family have received an outpouring of…

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Rep. Charles Rangel delivers this week's Congressional Black Caucus Message to America on the policy prescriptions for the effects of racism.

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Former U.S. Rep. Louis B. Stokes, Ohio’s first Black congressman and a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died at the age of 90,…

Politicker One: The trip marks the first time a sitting U.S. president has traveled to those nations. Plus: Clinton talks Sandra Bland.

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On the heels of the release of the latest American employment numbers, South Carolina Congressman David Scott of Georgia’s 13th Congressional District delivered this week’s…

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Everyone is familiar with the disaster that was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress earlier this month—which, coordinated with the Republican leadership and executed…

Addressing poverty and reforming the criminal justice system were among the topics that came up at a White House meeting Tuesday between President Obama and…

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Democrats in the House of Representatives have proposed a change to seniority rules. The proposal could marginalize the political power of the Congressional Black Caucus at a…

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Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair G. K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) issued a stern rebuke to members of the Republican Party Wednesday after a top leader said…

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After promising to dismantle the Congressional Black Caucus from the inside out, Mia Love (pictured, center), the first Black female Republican elected to Congress, has…