By Kate Abbey-Lambertz, 05/21/2017 10:31 am ET U.S. Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) received voicemails threatening to lynch him and calling him racial slurs after he called for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, he said Saturday. Congressman Green, who is black, played the recordings for about 100 attendees at a town hall in
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Fiza Pirani, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 6:15 p.m Friday, March 3, 2017 Since its inception in 1952, the Emory Law Journal has never elected a black editor-in-chief—until now. Emory University School of Law student Janiel Myers, who was born in Jamaica and recently naturalized as an American citizen, was named to the
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Bob Bryan, Business Insider Americans are learning to love the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. As the law faces possible repeal and replacement by Republicans, a new poll from the Pew Research Center shows that the ACA’s popularity is soaring and has hit its highest point since it was
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In 1892, Mr. George E. Taylor was positioned as an Independent Republican. He, along with Frederick Douglass and Charles Ferguson carried recommendations from Black Independent Republicans to the Platform Committee of the National Republican Party. That committee rejected ALL of their recommendations. Mr. Taylor's 1904 campaign was unsuccessful. The National
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Spencer Wiggins 2:02 p.m. CT Feb. 11, 2017 Donald Trump’s swearing in as the 45th president reminded me that with each new person who assumes this position of being the elected leader of the free world, especially after such a tumultuous election season, we as a nation must move forward and
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01/28/2017 09:08 pm ET Dave R. Jacobson Huffington Post, Democratic Strategist, Campaign Consultant and Political Analyst based in Los Angeles, California. Co-Authored by Maclen Zilber, Democratic Strategist and Campaign Consultant based in Hollywood, CA Under the less than ten day old Trump presidency, it seems that every day there’s a
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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., accused President Trump of repeatedly lying to the American people and using propaganda to stir confusion and mislead the public. In a Thursday night interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, Booker said the media coverage of Trump should resemble reporting on any other politician. He argued that
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By Leinz Vales, CNN Updated 9:23 PM ET, Wed January 25, 2017 (CNN) It’s only been five days since the inauguration of President Donald Trump and it’s been a week filled with executive actions and demonstrations. In the CNN series “The Messy Truth,” airing Wednesday night, host Van Jones asks
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By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press Washington, Jan 8, 2017 For almost eight years, the members of the Congressional Black Caucus existed in the shadow of the first black president. They praised President Barack Obama’s achievements while at the same time pushing him to do more for their constituents who
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Deborah Barfield Berry , USA TODAY 4:47 p.m. CST November 18, 2016 WASHINGTON — Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond is considering a bid to run for chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. Richmond, the lone Democrat in Louisiana’s congressional delegation, has been a key player in the caucus pushing for criminal justice reform
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