Voices
- Created on 17 October 2011
The Plot to Dilute the Black Vote
After decades of trying to ease voting restrictions that suppress voter turnout in the U.S., already among the lowest among industrialized nations, Republican-led state legislators and GOP governors have quickly implemented or proposed a series of changes
- Created on 17 October 2011
Jobs, Race and Herman Cain
Democrats and Republicans chant in unison jobs, jobs, jobs. President Obama offers an American Jobs plan, but Republicans use the filibuster in the Senate to kill it and a Republican majority will not consider it in the House. House Democrats offered a
- Created on 28 September 2011
CBC gathering shows complexity of Black America
I don’t know how many African American people came to Washington for the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference, but there were more than 5,000 gathered at the dinner that featured President Obama as a speaker.
- Created on 04 October 2011
Omaima Aree Nelson: The best way to a man's heart
One of the most bizarre things about the United States of America is the variability of our legal system. You steal $100.00 and you go to jail, you steal a $100,000 and you have a congressional hearing and keep your fortune.
- Created on 27 September 2011
10,000 small businesses: Want to be in that number?
To hear African American small business owners talk about access to capital in 2011, one could get the impression that not much has changed in modern times. Capital access historically has been blocked for minority business owners due to credit challenges
