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Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are calling for the removal of Rep. Darrell Issa from the House Oversight Committee over a recent spat with Rep.…

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Nearly 2 dozen U.S. lawmakers were scheduled to be at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela, many of them members of the Congressional Black Caucus.…

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Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) are the only two African Americans in the Senate. With Booker being a Democrat and Scott a Tea Party-backed…

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Roland Martin spoke with Rep. Al Green, who shared his support of Attorney General Eric Holder’s efforts to protect Texans under the Voting Rights Act. Green also…

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBC) opened up its 43rd Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) in Washington this Wednesday with the usual fanfare expected of…

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Roland Martin returns with “NewsOne Now,” the only national daily news show that focuses on the issues African Americans are talking about.  It’s the water…

Click Above to Hear Full Interview. Runs 17 minutes ©2012 WTLC/Radio One. In an exclusive interview, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, talked with Afternoons with Amos about a wide variety of issues.  Cleaver, a four term Congressman and former Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri talked with Amos about attacks on voting […]

After a contentious summer, it seems the Congressional Black Caucus has found harmony with President Barack Obama. SEE ALSO: Could Maya Rudolph’s Movie Nab An Oscar? In August, CBC members like Rep. Maxine Waters of California and John Conyers of Michigan were declaring that they White House needed to do more to address high unemployment […]

Last week Loop21.com asked “Why Can’t the Congressional Black Caucus Be More Like the Tea Party?” Today they are responding. Congressional Black Caucus communications director Stephanie L. Young, part of a new breed among the caucus, there to inject some fire into the 41-year-old organization spoke to us exclusively. When Young isn’t getting the word […]

President Obama’s speech this Saturday night was controversial for more than just his call for African Americans to “stop complaining.” It has become even more of a hot topic for how the Associated Press spelled “complaining” in the headline of the story. The AP wrote “complainin” with a dropped g. Now, the debate amongst many […]