by Savannah Harris Special to the NNPA News Wire from HU News Service WASHINGTON – Leaders of the nation’s major Black churches — representing nearly 13 million African-American members — presented over 10,000 pastors’ signatures to Congressional Black Caucus members in support of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. The leaders said they are making the […]
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Talks Criminal Justice Reform at National Conference
by Bria Grant The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) 45th Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) took place Sept. 16-20, 2015 in Washington, D.C. With this year’s theme being, “With Liberty and Justice for All?” it was clear that CBCF’s desire was to advance the national conversation on criminal justice reform. Milwaukee was well represented at the […]
Poverty Still Major Affliction for Blacks
By Stacy M. Brown June 5, 2015 Congressional Black Caucus Chair G.K. Butterfield said Republicans must help Democrats fight poverty in African-American communities. (Courtesy Photo) Stacy M. Brown is Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer. Black America is in a state of emergency, and what’s happened in Baltimore, Ferguson, […]
Don’t Disrespect Our President, Black Lawmakers Tell Netanyahu
February 20, 2015 Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., sits behind President Barack Obama at a memorial ceremony for the late former Speaker of the House of Representatives Thomas S. Foley at the Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The audience for Israeli Prime Minister […]
Civil Rights Leaders Upset Over Non-Voting Rights Act Hearing
By James Wright February 13, 2015 President Lyndon Johnson (left), Martin Luther King (right) and Whitney Young in 1965 (AP Photo) Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, he sparked controversy on Jan. 14 saying that, “The Voting Rights Amendment Act” […]