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Congressional Black Caucus

  1. politics
    What Cori Bush Taught the LeftTo move the Democrats, you have to humiliate them.
  2. power
    What the Congressional Black Caucus Lost When It Won PowerThe CBC’s campaign to stop Nina Turner from entering Congress reveals a lot about its priorities.
  3. voting rights
    The John Lewis Voting Rights Act Picks Up SteamWith a broader bill stalled, the Congressional Black Caucus pushes Democrats to restore the original Voting Rights Act.
  4. 2020 elections
    Eliot Engel Regarded Himself As a Congressman-for-LifeEngel’s resentment of colleagues who endorsed his primary challenger for his ultrasafe seat betrays a sense of aristocratic entitlement.
  5. police reform
    Competing Police-Reform Bills Quickly Emerge in CongressThe biggest potential deal-breaker is the Democrats’ call for stripping police officers of “qualified immunity” against lawsuits.
  6. police reform
    Trump Signs Police Reform Executive Order, But Calls for More ‘Law and Order’The president’s rambling remarks about his modest police reform executive order left the impression that his heart wasn’t quite in it.
  7. george floyd protests
    Congressional Democrats Unveil Police Reform BillThe bill doesn’t try to “defund the police,” but Democrats do offer modest steps toward preventing police misconduct.
  8. Report: Congressional Black Caucus Members Calling on Conyers to ResignTwo lawmakers have publicly called for his resignation.
  9. Congressional Black Caucus Declines Invite to a Trump Photo OpThe president won’t get the meeting he asked for, chairman Cedric Richmond wrote in a letter.
  10. tea time
    Diversity Coming to the Congressional Black CaucusTwo black Republicans are welcome to join, the chairwoman says.