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Kamala Harris slams ‘incompetent’ and ‘unhinged’ Trump during CBC speech

Former Vice President Kamala Harris did not mince her words in her searing speech against her 2024 presidential opponent, Donald Trump. While accepting an honor at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference’s Phoenix Awards on Saturday night, Harris slammed the 47th president of the United States, who has used the power of the White House to bend the federal government to his will and dominate over various industries. “We are witnessing a president who has lined his own […]

todaySeptember 29, 2025 1

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Rep Marc Veasey is first CBC member to call for Biden to exit race

WASHINGTON (AP) — A crack emerged in Black Democratic support for President Joe Biden on Capitol Hill as Rep. Marc Veasey of Texas on Friday became the first Congressional Black Caucus member to call for Biden to end his campaign and make way for a new generation of leadership. Ending his campaign, Veasey said in a joint statement with three other Democrats, is the “responsible and patriotic thing to do” amid widespread concerns that his age, fitness and debate performance […]

todayJuly 20, 2024

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Marcia Fudge to step down, CBC members remember her legacy 

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are reacting to United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge’s retirement announcement. U.S. Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, congratulated Fudge in a statement and added that “President Biden’s cabinet is going to have enormous shoes to fill because there is only one Secretary Fudge.”  U.S. Secretary of Department of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge testifies before the House Committee on Financial Services hearing on Capitol Hill, Jan. 11, 2024, in Washington. […]

todayMarch 12, 2024

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CBC aims to protect Black Americans from divisive AI technology

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus aim to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion are at the forefront as artificial intelligence technology continues to advance. On Wednesday, CBC Chairman Steven Horsford, D-Nev., held a virtual press conference with Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., to announce that the caucus is launching an artificial intelligence policy series in an effort to prevent Black Americans from experiencing injustice at the hands of AI systems that play a role in areas such as the health […]

todayFebruary 29, 2024 2

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Exclusive: Rep. Barbara Lee and CBC members’ letter addresses layoffs of Black tech employees 

Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California and several other Congressional Black Caucus members have written a letter to Julie Su, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, to address the disproportionate layoffs of Black tech employees.   An excerpt from the letter reads, “We write to express our concerns with recent reports highlighting the impacts of widespread layoffs within the tech industry and its disproportionate impacts on the African American community and women.” “Tech companies who previously agreed to […]

todayDecember 20, 2023 1

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CBC members turn attention to the crises plaguing Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

While many are focused on the Israel-Hamas conflict and the Russia-Ukraine invasion, members of the Congressional Black Caucus call attention to the crises that are taking place in Sudan and the Congo. U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., told theGrio, “We always uplift and talk about and center the western hegemonic imperial power structure, which tends to be white nations like Israel and Ukraine and others.” People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, on June 19, 2023. A leading […]

todayDecember 19, 2023 1