Diversity, Equality, Inclusion Legal News Politics Mitch McConnell Won’t Support Ketanji Brown Jackson’s ConfirmationDerek MajorMarch 25, 2022March 25, 2022 by Derek MajorMarch 25, 2022March 25, 20221177 Mitch McConnell announced Thursday he will oppose Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court nomination....
Politics Watergate Reporter Names 21 Republican Senators Who Expressed Extreme Contempt For President TrumpDerek MajorNovember 23, 2020November 23, 2020 by Derek MajorNovember 23, 2020November 23, 20202532 Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein named 21 Republican senators who he says “repeatedly expressed contempt for Trump and his fitness” for office....
News Politics Republican Sen. Tom Cotton Writes That Slavery ‘Was the Necessary Evil Upon Which the Union Was Built’Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 28, 2020July 28, 2020 by Cedric 'BIG CED' ThorntonJuly 28, 2020July 28, 20206141 Sen. Tom Cotton described the enslavement of Africans in the United States as "the necessary evil upon which the union was built."...
News Nuclear Option: Contemporary Ideological WarfareJohn BurnettApril 8, 2017November 3, 2017 by John BurnettApril 8, 2017November 3, 2017165 Republicans invoked the nuclear option to advance Trump's nominee by taking two votes. So, why is this happening? And, what does this all mean?...
Education The All-Important ESEA (No Child Left Behind) ReauthorizationBlackEnterprise.comJuly 6, 2015July 7, 2015 by BlackEnterprise.comJuly 6, 2015July 7, 2015160 A Politico analysis says Republicans gut funding for programs they say they support, including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act....
Money The Effects of the Minimum Wage Block on African AmericansCourtney ConnleyMay 1, 2014September 29, 2017 by Courtney ConnleyMay 1, 2014September 29, 2017676 An increase in minimum wage can raise the income of African Americans by $5.2 billion...
News Politics Obama Defies Congress With Appointment of Consumer Protection ChiefJoyce JonesJanuary 5, 2012January 12, 2016 by Joyce JonesJanuary 5, 2012January 12, 2016272 In a bold move destined to further strain his relationship with congressional Republicans, President Obama on Wednesday announced he would install Richard Cordray as director...