Obama Met With the Wrong Blacks
[see more on the Congressional Black Caucus at crewof42.com] I’m trying not to notice that, when it comes to White House visits, Reps. Elijah Cummings, Barbara Lee and Andre Carson are summoned for a...
View ArticleMore Blacks in "system" Than as Slaves in 1850?
"There are more African Americans under correctional control today — in prison or jail, on probation or parole — than were enslaved in 1850, a decade before the Civil War began."— from the book The New...
View ArticleOnly 103 Days Left for Obama
ONE HUNDRED AND THREE DAYS.The Obama Administration needs to get it together. There are only 103 legislative days left on the U.S. House calendar in 2010. To you and me that would be three months of...
View ArticleThe 5.3 million Who Can't Vote
Another jolting stat from Ohio State Law Prof. Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow:As of 2004, more African American men were disenfranchised due to felon disenfranchisement laws than in 1870,...
View ArticleCBC NYT Talking Points
I got a hold of the talking points given to members of Congress and staff of the Congressional Black Caucus regarding the Feb. 14 story that appeared in the New York Times. The piece was written by...
View ArticleFelons for Life
PRISONERS FOR LIFE? When a nation does not view incarcerating 2.3 million people as productive the issue of how much time we spend attempting to rehabilitate ex-felons becomes huge. It is very...
View ArticleBlack Caucus Chair on Jobs: "...We Were Ignored."
For the audio of this post go to CREW of 42 BLOGCongressional Black Caucus UNHAPPY WITH JOBS BILL. Yesterday the Senate passed a $15 billion jobs bill. With black unemployment at 16%, the Congressional...
View ArticleEducation Secretary Gets Rough Ride From Dems
For more on the Congressional Black Caucus see the blog CREW of 42While everyone was focused on the health care summit Arne Duncan faced tough questions at the House Budget Committee. From Rosa...
View ArticleFinally: The Dropout Crisis
If ever there is an issue people talk endlessly about yet nothing changes this is it: the dropout crisis. I wish Pres. Obama and Arne Duncan would talk endlessly on it. The folks at the Oprah Winfrey...
View ArticleLowest Moment of HC Debate? Diary of David Scott
From Crew of 42 blog on the Congressional Black CaucusSadly, Rep. David Scott of Georgia may be the most threatened member of Congress. Sadder: He has competition. Reps. Emanuel Cleaver, Jean Schmidt...
View ArticleIt Wasn't About Health Care It Was About Obama
Read more at the blog on the blog on the Congressional Black CaucusObamacare Take Back Our Country Restoring ValuesJohn Conyers: The whole health care issue was not about health care it was about Obama.
View ArticleThe Story That Will Never Die: Black Farmers
For more visit the unofficial blog on the Congressional Black Caucus CREW OF 42Sure, we worked on health care for 100 years. But there is another issue that never seems to die was well. Farmers win...
View ArticleBirthers, Deniers, Teabaggers
for more read CREW of 42 — the unofficial blog on the Congressional Black Caucus"How curious that a mob fond of likening President Obama to Hitler knows so little about history that it doesn’t...
View ArticleCan Michele Bachmann Keep Her Mouth Shut? Nah
For more read the blog on the Congressional Black Caucus CREW OF 42534 MEMBERS of CONGRESS HAVE MANAGED TO AVOID CALLING JOHN LEWIS A LIAR BUT ONE... At some point Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota...
View ArticleWake Up: There IS a Black Agenda
for more read the unofficial blog on the congressional black caucus CREW OF 42THE BLACK AGENDA IS RIGHT NOW. There was a meeting at the White House Tuesday of black religious leaders and the President...
View ArticleAFL-CIO's Trumka: I heard N-word hurled @ John Lewis
more at the unofficial blog of the CBC CREW of 42twitter : http://www.twitter.com/...This next post is for people who continue to contact me in an attempt to prove a conspiracy theory regarding the...
View Article9 Black Agenda Items, 9 American Agenda Items
see the (unofficial...) blog on the congressional black caucusNo black agenda?hehe... shhhh don’t tell anyone... come on y’all pass this stuff quiet before anyone notices... When people write there is...
View ArticleBlack Agenda? Congressional Black Caucus ZERO for 5 with 62 Days Left for...
More at CREW of 42 - the unofficial blog on the CBCSIXTY-TWO DAYS LEFT IN THE 111th CONGRESS. CBC is ZERO for FIVE. Good thing health care reform passed. Without that, the Congressional Black Caucus...
View Article3 Reasons Artur Lost
62% to 38%??? Say What? Three reasons why Rep. Artur Davis lost (and lost BIG 62% to 38%!) in his effort to become the first black member of Alabama.For more read CREW of 42!
View ArticleObama's Silence Stops at Charlie Rangel
SEE THE video of Pres. Obama re Rep. Charlie Rangel...click here"I think Charlie Rangel served a very long time and served-- his constituents very well. But these-- allegations are very troubling......
View ArticleReflective Jim Clyburn Wants Seat at Table for Minorities
CLYBURN TO CARVE OUT POWER SEAT AT THE TABLE... Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of South Carolina is in his 18th year as a member of the U.S. House. As he enters the land of minority status in less than a...
View Article24 Black Caucus Members Say NO to Obama Tax Deal
"We are headed towards fiscal disaster."— Rep. Bobby Scott, 12.17.10 "Obamanomics is more like Reaganomics."— Rep. Jessee Jackson, Jr. 12.10.10 "This measure does not create a single job or stimulate...
View ArticleWill Obama Notice 11th Hr Unemployment "99er" Bill?
REAAD THE UNOFFICIAL blog on the Congressional Black Caucus CREW OF 42!H.R. 6556: Reps. Lee + Scott Offer 11th hour "99er" Bill - "To provide for the further temporary extension of the emergency...
View ArticleBogus “48 Billion Earmark” Story a Study in Blog Misinformation
Read the UNOFFICIAL BLOG on the Congressional Black Caucus CREW OF 42"I think it would be hilarious if thousands of people did not believe it." — Rep. Emanuel Cleaver of MissouriThis is the story of...
View Article5 Biggest Low Points for the CBC During the 111th Congress
read the unofficial blog on the CBC CREW of 42!The 5 BIGGEST LOW POINTS for the CBC of the 111th CONGRESS. When the New York Times via Eric Lipton remember this? attempts to turn being a "fund-raising...
View Article"99ers" Forgotten in Tax Bill
read more on the UNOFFICIAL blog on the Congressional Black CaucusHere's a group that were forgotten in the massive $900 billion tax bill. Reps. Barbara Lee and Bobby Scott offered legislation on...
View ArticleTop 5 Congressional Black Caucus Victories of the 111th Congress
Read CREWof42 the unofficial blog on the Congressional Black Caucushttp://twitter.com/...111th: TOP FIVE CBC LEGISLATIVE VICTORIES. Something that no one can ever take away from the 42 current members...
View ArticleKhodorkovsky? We Have 7,225,800 in the System in the USA
read CREW of 42... the unofficial blog on the Congressional Black CaucusMikhail Khodorkovsky? How about focusing on one of the 7,225,800 "in the system" in the U.S? The United States jails more people...
View ArticleWhy Did the CBC Invite Allen West + Tim Scott? Let Me Tell You...
read the blog that covers the congressional black caucus: CREW of 42Dear brooklynbadboy, Why did the Congressional Black Caucus invite Rep-elects Allen West of Florida and Tim Scott of South Carolina...
View ArticleBreaking News: Sheila Jackson Lee is a Bad Boss
Read CREWof42 - A blog on black members of the US CongressHey everyone breaking news: Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas is a really bad boss. I’m so glad Jon Strong and The Daily Caller cleared up that...
View ArticleBombing Libya Costs $100M a Week. Obama Community Block Grant Cut: $300M for...
Read Crewof42, the blog on black members of the 112th Congress The cost of bombing Libya. The U.S. operation in Libya could cost the U.S. between $400 million and $800 million, according to the Center...
View ArticleMedicare: Two Black House GOPers Stand Firm
Black GOPers Allen West and Tim Scott Confident and Unwavering on Medicare. Democrats on the U.S. House are quite giddy after an upset win by Democrat Kathy Hocul in Republican upstate New York....
View ArticleBlack Problems Persist as Black “Leaders” Bicker
read the blog on the black caucus CREW OF 42!For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never." It...
View ArticleRising Tide Lifts Black Unemployment to 16.2%. Fourth Straight Month of Decline
Rising Tides? February 2011: 15.3% March 2011: 15.5% April 2011: 16.1% May 2011: 16.2%read CREWof42, the blog on the congressional black caucus
View ArticleBlack Members 10% of Congress, 100% of the Ethics Cases
Original article in POLITIC365Two years ago in November 2009, all the House Ethics investigations were on black members of Congress. There have been 12 House Ethics investigations on black members over...
View ArticleDems Plan 1-2 Punch on Voter Suppression
READ ORIGINAL ARTICLE at POLITIC365.COMDCCC Chairman Steve Israel announced a major Voter ID education initiative to be headed by House Assistant Leader Jim Clyburn (D-SC).“The DCCC will be announcing...
View ArticleBlack Mayors: Mitt Romney Had “Reverse Sister Souljah Moment” at NAACP
First published at Politic365.com Mayors Reed and Nutter on Romney at the NAACP. Speaking on a DNC conference call in reaction to Mitt Romney’s speech to the NAACP in Houston, Atlanta Mayor Kasim...
View ArticlePres. Obama 1st Dem Nominee in 36 Years to Skip NAACP in Election Year
First published at POLITIC365 By missing the NAACP Convention in Houston this week, President Obama became the first Democratic party nominee for president in at least 36 years not to attend the NAACP...
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