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The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the United States Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Friday expressed deep concern about plans by the Biden administration to limit migrants from the Caribbean. On Thursday, the administration announced that it was limiting migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti who enter the country to 30,0000 each month […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Federal judges ordered South Carolina lawmakers to draw new congressional maps, ruling Friday that the U.S. House district lines of a seat flipped by Democrats four years ago were intentionally redrawn to split Black neighborhoods to dilute their voting power. The state used the maps in this past November’s midterm elections after the […]
Following is a summary of current US domestic news briefs. South Carolina congressional map deliberately hurt Black voters, judges rule South Carolina’s Republican-created congressional map deliberately split up Black neighborhoods in Charleston to diminish their voting power and must be redrawn, a three-judge federal panel ruled on Friday. The Republican-controlled legislature adopted the […]
Jan 6 (Reuters) – South Carolina’s Republican-created congressional map deliberately split up Black neighborhoods in Charleston to diminish their voting power and must be redrawn, a three-judge federal panel ruled on Friday. The Republican-controlled legislature adopted the map last year after the 2020 U.S. Census as part of the once-a-decade redistricting process that all states […]
Over the past decade, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have received increased attention as a critical piece of the nation’s postsecondary landscape. As drivers of economic activity of nearly $15 billion annually, calls to support HBCUs at the state level have grown. However, this renewed attention has also renewed focus on the systemicÂ
The United States Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) elected Jamaican American Yvette D. Clarke, a Democratic Congresswoman who represents the 9th Congressional District in Brooklyn, New York, as its first vice chair. Clarke is the daughter of Jamaican immigrants and has been a member of the US Congress since 2007. She is a senior member of […]
Published 2022-12-22 07:22 7:22 December 22, 2022 am Jennifer McClellan, a veteran state legislator, could soon become the first Black woman to represent Virginia in the U.S. House in what would be a stunning first for a district that was home to the capital of the Confederacy. McClellan on Thursday handily defeated three opponents in […]
This episode of Louisiana Considered aired on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Here’s what it featured: At the end of November, Louisiana’s U.S. Rep. Troy Carter was elected to serve as the Congressional Black Caucus’ Second Vice-Chair – the body’s third-most senior position. He joins Louisiana Considered’s Managing Producer Alana Schreiber to discuss taking on this […]
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — There’s an urgent effort to find thousands of the first Black U.S. Marines or their families. They are supposed to receive a Congressional Gold Medal for their service, but out of 20,000, the vast majority have not been found. Sonia Smith Kang was scrolling through Facebook when she stumbled upon a […]
By Doug Donovan / Published Dec 7, 2022 The Johns Hopkins Changemakers Profile is a monthly feature spotlighting the impact of Johns Hopkins alumni in positions of influence in Washington, D.C. policymaking circles. Kweisi Mfume began his second and current stint in Congress in 2020, nearly a quarter century after he finished his first tenure […]