US Politics

Leutisha Stills , CBC Monitor
Obama Charges Rightward, Five CBCers Earn Bush Loyalty Points
25 Jun 2008
A hardcore handful of Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members who last week embraced George Bush's Iraq occupation policies, were joined by six others in support of a phony "compromise" over the a
Nikolas Kozloff
The Congressional Black Caucus Fails Afro-Colombians
07 May 2008
by Nikolas Kozloff Sometimes it seems the bigger the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) becomes, the worse it gets. Gone are the not-so-long-ago days when the CBC could be counted on to present a…
James Thindwa
Where is the Dream? Black Progressives Face Challenges in Organizing
13 Feb 2008
by James Thindwa Despite the fact that a remarkable 90 percent of African Americans oppose the Iraq War, Black "leadership" is in full flight from the progressive agenda. "This retreat," says the…
Leutisha Stills
Congressional Black Caucus Grades Plummet on War, “Terror” and Trade Bills
06 Feb 2008
by Leutisha Stills, CBC Monitor Votes on three bills have plunged the Congressional Black Caucus to their lowest collective grades yet, according to the watchdog group CBC Monitor. For the first…
Mark P. Fancher
Somebody Needs to do Some Time for Katrina Crimes
22 Aug 2007
The United States rejects the rule of international law, refusing to subject itself to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, while claiming moral authority to pronounce unilateral…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Barack Obama & Voter Supression: Where's Joshua's Horn When We Need It?
11 Apr 2007
by Bruce A. Dixon Republicans have developed and deployed an arsenal of tactics, strategies and tools aimed at suppressing the black and Latino vote, according to recent report by the Brennan…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Fox News Rents the Congressional Black Caucus
04 Apr 2007
by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon Why would the Congressional Black Caucus co-sponsor presidential debates with Fox News? How much does it really cost to rent the CBC Institute? What…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Heroes and Hypocrites: Black Caucus Shattered on Iraq
28 Mar 2007
by BAR Managing Editor Bruce A. Dixon More than two-thirds of the Congressional Black Caucus signed on as members of the Out of Iraq Caucus, but when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her Democratic…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Andrew Young’s Nobel War Prize
21 Mar 2007
by BAR Editor and Senior Columnist Margaret Kimberley Andrew Young, the former ambassador, mayor, congressman and aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, "is now nothing more than a whore for corporations…
Leutisha Stills
Congressional Black Caucus: Divided on Trade, Immigration
14 Mar 2007
CBC Monitor Report Card, Second Session 109th Congress by Leutisha Stills, CBC Monitor There is still reason to believe that the Congressional Black Caucus can be rescued from its slide into…