Melanie L. Campbell Among Equal Pay Advocates to Meet with President Obama
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation President & CEO and Convener of Black Women’s Roundtable, Melanie L. Campbell was among a small group of advocates for women and girls that met with President Obama to discuss the Senate vote on the Paycheck Fairness Act and the Administration’s ongoing efforts to promote equality and economic security […]
Senate Passes Black Farmer Lawsuit Legislation
Atlanta -Two years after the provision in the 2008 Farm Bill that provided the opportunity for late petitioners in the Black farmer lawsuit to file their claims against the United States Department of Agriculture, the Senate has finally passed an appropriations bill that will fund the lawsuit. It was a vote of unanimous consent. While […]
Democrats are going all out to get black voters into the booths. Will it matter?
At a town-hall meeting on the economy held on September 20th, Velma Hart, the chief financial officer for a veterans’ advocacy organisation, told Barack Obama that she was “exhausted of defending you…and deeply disappointed with where we are right now.” A month later, at another meeting the president had convened with young voters, a college […]
Black voters to the rescue, again?
by Sonya Ross, AP – BOWIE, Md. – On the corner of Collington Road and Route 301, a bright blue poster screams the Democratic Party’s wishful thinking at passing cars: “We’ve got your back President Obama.” The poster, not quite big enough to qualify as a billboard, reflects an unspoken bargain between Obama and Black […]
Rahm Emanuel to End Controversial Tenure as White House Chief of Staff
By Peter Nicholas, Tribune Washington Bureau — A president’s chief of staff tends to be discreet, low-key and anonymous. Rahm Emanuel was none of these. He drove his staff with warlike intensity and a message that failure was unacceptable. During the past 20 months Emanuel insulted allies. Sparred with colleagues. Practiced an arm-twisting, old-school politics […]
Obama Issues Education Message
By Erica Werner, Associated Press WASHINGTON – Barely into the new school year, President Barack Obama issued a tough-love message to students and teachers on Monday: Their year in the classroom should be longer, and poorly performing teachers should get out. American students are falling behind some of their foreign counterparts, especially in math and […]
Are African-Americans ‘exhausted’ with defending Obama?
Congressman Rangel fires back at President Obama for his dignity remark
All I can say is GO CHARLIE! Why is President Obama weighing in on Congressman Rangel’s situation? More importantly, who is President Obama to say that someone should give up and leave with their dignity? What happened to innocent until proven guilty? The Obama administration should have learned something from the Shirley Sherrod debacle, or […]