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Elsie Scott, interim president and CEO of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc., presents the Distinguished Champion for Global Black Empowerment award to Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass (D-Calif.) during the 2019 Avoice Heritage Celebration in northwest D.C. on Feb. 26. (Shevry Lassiter/The Washington Informer)

Black Experience

CBCF Hosts 10th Annual AVOICE Heritage Celebration

by James Wright Jr.February 27, 2019October 31, 2020

President Donald Trump announces that he will declare a national emergency in order to build a barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border without funding from Congress during a press conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 15, 2019. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Politics, Stacy M. Brown

16 States and Counting Sue Trump over ‘Vanity’ Wall

by WI Guest AuthorFebruary 22, 2019October 31, 2020

Terri Broussard Williams

Black Experience, National

Black History Month: Black Woman Remain the Backbone of the Struggle

by Stacy M. BrownJanuary 30, 2019October 31, 2020

A security guard stands on the observation deck of the Old Post Office Tower in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 11, 2019. While thousands of National Park Service employees are on furlough and parks and sites are closed across the country due to the partial federal government shutdown, the General Services Administration — which leases the building and tower to the Trump International Hotel — was able to find money to pay park rangers to stay on the job. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

National, Stacy M. Brown

Government Shutdown Hitting Blacks, People of Color the Hardest: CBC

by Stacy M. BrownJanuary 16, 2019October 31, 2020

James Clyburn

Black Experience, Politics

Clyburn Welcomes New CBC

by WI Guest AuthorJanuary 10, 2019October 31, 2020

Karen Bass

Austin R. Cooper Jr., Columnists, Op-Ed, Opinion

COOPER: CBC Always the Conscience of Congress

by Austin R. Cooper Jr.January 9, 2019October 31, 2020

Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with 4H member Rayan Bundy, 7, of Loudoun, Maryland, after the signing ceremony for the Agriculture Improvement Act in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Dec. 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C. Designed to go through the 2023 crop year, this farm bill is the first since 1990 that was enacted within the year for which programs were authorized. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

RICHMOND: Thanks to CBC, Farm Bill Includes Millions for HBCUs, Black Farmers

by WI Guest AuthorJanuary 2, 2019October 31, 2020

**FILE** Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., Congressional Black Caucus chairman, conducts a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center to discuss a resolution to censure President Trump for derogatory comments about African nations and Haiti on January 18, 2018. Also appearing are, from left, Reps. Karen Bass, D-Calif., Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, and Al Lawson, D-Fla. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Politics, Stacy M. Brown

CBC Poised to Have Great Influence Over 116th Congress

by Stacy M. BrownDecember 26, 2018October 31, 2020

Karen Bass

Black Experience, Politics

CBCF to Host Historic Swearing-In Ceremony

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior EditorDecember 26, 2018October 31, 2020

Karen Bass

Marc Morial, Op-Ed, Opinion

MORIAL: Congratulations to Rep. Karen Bass

by WI Guest AuthorDecember 19, 2018October 31, 2020