Tag Archives: Tom Vilsack
Washington Report: Small Business Tax Credit Bill; USDA to Clean Up Discrimination; U.S. Hits Debt Ceiling
Small businesses get a boost, while Black farmers fight for equality and the US maxes out its debt
Small businesses get a boost, while Black farmers fight for equality and the US maxes…
By Joyce Jones
May 23, 2011
Tags: Allen West, black unemployment, Internal Revenue Service, John Boyd, Laura Richardson, National Black Chamber of Commerce, National Black Farmers Association, Shirley Sherrod, Small Business, Small Business Encouragement Act, Timothy Geithner, Tom Vilsack, Washington Report, William Lacy Clay
USDA Chief Offers Emotional Apology to CBC Over Sherrod
Tom Vilsack sought forgiveness, atonement for firing
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsak participated in an emotionally charged meeting with several members of the…
By Joyce Jones
July 22, 2010
Tags: naacp, racism, Shirley Sherrod, Tom Vilsack, USDA, Washington Report
