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  • March2Justice Brings Fight Against Police Brutality to US Capitol

    It was a march for the people when Justice League NYC’s March2Justice arrived in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, attracting activists, everyday citizens and even an actor from the hit Fox TV series Empire. Hundreds had set out from New York City to call for justice for those affected by police violence. “I feel like it’s my…

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  • Change Comes to Ferguson: 3 African Americans to Sit on City Council

    After Tuesday’s vote, the city of Ferguson, Mo., will have three black members on its City Council for the first time in Ferguson’s history.  Although it rained for much of election day, voter turnout was close to three times higher than what it was for the last City Council election in 2013. Many are saying that Tuesday’s…

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  • Ferguson Is Having an Election, but Will Ferguson Vote?

    “When people on the left get mad, they march. When people on the right get mad, they vote. From the standpoint of influencing government, voting beats marching,” said former Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank during a TV interview March 28.   In that interview, Frank was talking about the Occupy movement, but the sentiment could easily…

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  • Higher Heights Works to Harness the Rising Political Clout of Black Women

    Power, policy and mobilizing the political influence of African-American women. That was the focus of a lunchtime meeting of influential black women in Washington this week.   In the ornate parlor of the Dorothy Height Building, between the Capitol and the White House, more than 40 women met to discuss the role of black women…

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  • Black Women March to Senate Leader’s Office in Protest Over Loretta Lynch

    “We will not be moved, we will not go back, we will not stop,” said Dr. Barbara Williams-Skinner as she led a prayer outside the door of the U.S. Capitol office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as staff and U.S. Capitol police officers stirred nearby.   About 20 prominent black women arrived at…

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  • CBC Members React as Jesse Jackson Jr. Gets Out of Prison

    Today, former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. is scheduled to leave an Alabama federal prison after serving time for misusing $750,000 in campaign funds for personal use. The 50-year-old former congressman and son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson received a sentence of 30 months in prison in 2013. Jackson Jr.’s sentence was shortened by three months because he completed a substance-abuse program, and…

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  • 2 Mo. Congressmen Offer Reward in Ferguson Cops’ Shooting

    Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.), whose district includes Ferguson, and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) are offering a reward for the capture of the individual or individuals involved in the the shooting of two police officers in Ferguson early Thursday. Clay and Cleaver are offering $3,000 for information leading to the capture of the person or persons.…

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  • Secretary Moniz’s Energy Department Joins With Johnnetta Cole’s Art Museum to Focus on Minorities in STEM

    President Barack Obama’s administration is continuing a focused push to get more African Americans into the technology and energy sectors. The Department of Energy launched the Minorities in Energy Initiative in 2013 during National Hispanic Heritage Month, and on Wednesday the department sponsored a Minorities in Energy Initiative event at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum…

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  • Conyers and Rangel—Deans of the CBC—Honored for Their Work in Congress

    The two most-senior members of the Congressional Black Caucus—Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), 85, and Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.), 84—were honored at the CBC Foundation’s annual Avoice Heritage Celebration Dinner in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night. Both were presented with the Distinguished Pioneer Award as founding members of the CBC. Conyers came to Congress in 1965 and Rangel…

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  • CBC Offers Training and Support to Ferguson Activists

    (Correction: An earlier version of this article said activist Erika Totten was in attendance at the Ferguson meeting. She was not.) After a dinner meeting with 10 young activists in Ferguson, Mo., members of the Congressional Black Caucus are looking for ways to empower the Ferguson activist community. Eleven members of the caucus met with…

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Lauren is a political analyst and former Capitol Hill staffer. She appears every Mondays on NewsOneNow w/Roland Martin on TVONE and holds a B.A. in History from The American University.


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