David C. Ruffin

The United States and seven other wealthy industrialized democracies are making good on claims of putting Africa at the top of their priority list for...

Despite a truce called in May, which led to the confirmation of five controversial judicial nominees, the struggle between Democrats and Republicans over the philosophical...

As the fight over the federal budget intensifies, policy analysts forecast that deficits and spending trends will force the White House and Congress to make...

When African American voters—and the rest of the electorate—go to the polls on Nov. 2, they will not merely engage in the quadrennial ritual of...

A report released by Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives says that the federal budget plan for fiscal year 2005 slashes spending for...

Carolyn Samora’s future is uncertain. After working 14 years as a teachers’ aide at the John Swett Elementary School in San Francisco, Samora was laid...

Money may be coloring American politics. As African American and Latino organizations gear up to generate strong minority turnout at the polls in November, the...

As the 2004 election approaches, the fates of most candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination may be decided in the critical electoral contests of January...

Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is the first woman to lead either party in Congress, but she has an even loftier goal — to become...

With the deteriorating Washington, D.C., home of Frederick Douglass as a backdrop, GOP congressional leaders announced on May 8 legislation to provide almost $1 million...