In 2015, the CBC launched Tech 2020 to ensure that Black Americans would be better represented in the industry by 2020. However, Lee says those tech companies that pledged...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “On December 9, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, told Victor Blackwell, Anchor and Correspondent of CNN,...
“World AIDS Day is an opportunity to celebrate the incredible progress we have made toward becoming an AIDS-free generation. In the past two decades we’ve saved...
Recognized as the largest one day ‘free’ street festival on the West Coast, the 18th annual Taste of Soul took place on Sunday on Crenshaw Boulevard,...
A friend of mine who writes for the New York Times recently called me “cynical, but insightful.” I took it as a compliment, though I’d rather...
Two days after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that Laphonza Butler would fill the U.S. Senate seat of the late Dianne Feinstein, the new senator was...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Butler has been serving as the President of EMILY’s List. The fundraising platform supports and funds women candidates and amplifies issues that disproportionately...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Recognizing the challenges faced by Black journalists and reporters, Horsford highlighted the importance of acknowledging their dedication and hard work in the field....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Reginald Jones-Sawyer, a member of the reparations task force, illustrated the urgency of the matter with a compelling analogy: “If you were to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The original March on Washington, a cornerstone of the civil rights movement, drew approximately 250,000 participants in 1963. Its influence paved the way...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While the Rolling Sea Action Fund will be aligned with the all-Democratic Congressional Black Caucus, it will operate as a "hybrid PAC." This...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Vice President Kamala Harris, a force during her years in the U.S. Senate and as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, has...
In a big blow to health insurance in the U.S., a federal judge has ruled that insurers no longer have to pay for preventive care services...
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA12), the highest-ranking African American woman serving in the U.S. Congress, announced on February 21, that she will enter the race to replace...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Rep. Steven Horsford, a Democrat from Nevada, and Rep. Yvette Clarke of Brooklyn, NY, said that the government’s policy, which is very similar...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Over the last 50 years, the CBC has served as the ‘conscience of the Congress,’ helping guide the legislative priorities that have shaped...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuit against Idaho-based company, Kochava, brought to light the severe lack of regulations and guidelines surrounding data...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While crucial races like the Georgia Senate race between Republican Herschel Walker and Democratic Incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock remained too close to call,...
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) is the first woman and first African American chair of the powerful House Financial Services Committee, said Roderick Wright, former California state...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The federal government spends billions of dollars a year in paid advertising. However, the federal government’s process for allocating advertising dollars fails to...
In a bi-partisan vote of 61-36, Shalanda Young becomes the first Black woman to head the department that oversees the government’s budget. Before her appointment Young...
CBC members Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), Chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations; Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH-03), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus;...
Today, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) joined Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) and other progressive colleagues in calling on President Biden to live up to his campaign promises...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) applauded the announcement that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) will...
Joined by members of the Congressional Black Caucus and cosponsors of H.R. 2116, the CROWN Act, the signers request FINA evaluate how barriers to participation, like...