Can Obama's 'fully paid for' jobs plan work?
theGRIO REPORT - There is still hope in the black community the speech will not continue the Obama administration theory, 'a rising tide lifts all boats.'...
Allen West should stay in the Black Caucus
OPINION - If he quits the CBC, then 1 in 5 black Americans will have no representation within Congress's only black institution...
theGrio: CBC should show us their jobs plan
OPINION - The inconvenient truth about black joblessness is that it didn't start on January 20, 2009, with the inauguration of Barack Obama as president...
Satire: Top 10 ways the CBC should be more like Allen West
(KatieHalper.com) West was disturbed by comments by CBC members like Andre Carson, who said "some of them in Congress right now of this tea party movement would love to see you and me ... hanging on a tree." ...
Ind. lawmaker's lynching reference riles Tea Party
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A black Indiana congressman used a lynching metaphor to describe tea party policies he says would turn minorities into 'second class citizens,'...
CBC covers up failures with Tea Party attacks
OPINION - Rep. Andre Carson's blast constitutes one of the most egregious examples of race-baiting politics has seen in some time...
Did the CBC jobs tour work for black America?
OPINION - While it will take some time to determine the exact number of people actually hired, it is evident that the tour was not an empty publicity stunt...
Allen West considering leaving Black Caucus
Rep. Allen West (Fla.), the lone Republican in the Congressional Black Caucus, said Tuesday morning that he is considering leaving the group in light of comments by Rep. Andrè Carson...
Carson: Tea Party wants blacks 'hanging on a tree'
POLITICO - Carson also said the Tea Party is stopping change in Congress, likening it to 'the effort that we're seeing of Jim Crow.'...
Final Black Caucus jobs town hall held in LA
theGRIO REPORT - The tour is intended to promote a CBC-sponsored jobs resolution (H. Res 348) calling for a comprehensive national initiative to create jobs in struggling communities...
