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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
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Obama, Wright, and How the Post-Civil Rights Generation Will Rise to Power
07 May 2008
by Nikki Ayanna Stewart When the Black Freedom Movement withered away from disuse and neglect, it left a generation of enthusiastic young activists-to-be with unprecedented "access" to white…
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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…
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Four Worst Black Congresspersons Revealed by CBC Monitor
26 Sep 2007
Latest Report Card Also Evaluates non-Black Reps. with Large Black Constituencies by Leutisha Stills, CBC Monitor Legislative Analyst As tens of thousand of party-goers flock to Washington…
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The Tavis Smiley Presidential Forum: "Showtime At The Apollo!"
04 Jul 2007
by Leutisha Stills, senior correspondent, CBC Monitor Tavis Smiley's presidential forum, before a black audience, with questions by black journalists, focusing on the issues ignored or bypassed in…
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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…
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“Black Leaders…or Leading Blacks?”
14 Feb 2007
by Leutisha Stills, CBC Monitor "Are you empowered by this conversation?" Tavis Smiley asked the thousands drawn to the annual State of the Black Union conference. The crowd roared back in the…
Leutisha Stills , CBC Monitor
Burying the CBC's Mel Watt
01 Nov 2006
Representative Mel Watt of North Carolina is stepping down after 2 years as chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. CBC Watch correspondent Leutisha Stills evaluates his tenure, an
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CBC Fall 2006 Report Card: The Good, Bad & Ugly of the Congressional Black Caucus
25 Oct 2006
by Leutisha Stills "This year’s capitulation to corporate power was an even greater retreat from the CBC’s legacy than the debacle of April, 2005." CBC Fall 2006 Report Card: The Good, the Bad…
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Why Is Tavis Smiling -- And Why Are We Watching?
02 Mar 2006
by Leutisha Stills How do you explain the career of Tavis Smiley? Is he a journalist? Some new kind of black leader? A celebrity? A marketer? BAR correspondent Leutisha Stills reports from the…