Obama Holds First Meeting with Black Lawmakers
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held its first meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama on Thursday. Most of the group’s 42 members...
Roland Burris
A Woman With a Cause: Reparations
Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely, the community mayor of Harlem, New York, is clearly a woman on a mission, and that mission is reparations to...
Congress Now in Session—Without an Obama Replacement
As returning and newly elected lawmakers in both chambers of Congress were formally sworn into office, there was much celebration and controversy on Capitol Hill....
Burris Is Rejected by Senate
Roland Burris announced he was rejected for President-elect Barack Obama's former Senate seat....
Blagojevich Names Obama’s Senate Replacement
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich picked former state Attorney General Roland Burris to fill President-elect Barack Obama’s vacated Senate seat. Blagojevich announced the appointment at a...