President Obama’s State of the Union address as prepared for delivery on Jan. 20, 2015: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: We are fifteen years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our shores; that unfolded with a new generation fighting two long and costly wars; … Continue reading
BREAKDOWN: 46 Senators 19 Democrats & 27 Republicans 5 states are split Republican/Democrat 11 states are all Republican 7 states are all Democrats ALABAMA Jeff Sessions (Republican) Class II 326 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 Phone: (202) 224-4124 Contact: http://www.sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ConstituentServices.ContactMe Richard Shelby (Republican) Class III 304 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 Phone: (202) … Continue reading
A city is more than a massing of citizens, a layout of buildings and streets, or an arrangement of political, economic, and social institutions. It is also an infrastructure of ideas that are a support for the beliefs, values, and aspirations of the people who created the city. In City Water, City Life, celebrated historian … Continue reading
Is lobbying good, bad, or amoral? Individuals, businesses, and organizations use lobbying to influence the direction of policy in the country to serve their interest. The HBCU community has largely been absent in the use of this tool as a means to garner more resources for its social and economic development. Perhaps it is simply … Continue reading
114th Congress, 1st Session The United States Senate has released its tentative schedule for 2015. The schedule list below identifies the Senate’s potential non-legislative periods. Given the nature of government, the senate body can always be summoned even during non-legislative times if needed. Continue reading
The American public for the next two years has decided the country needed a gigantic shift to the right of the aisle. Republicans will control both the house and senate for the next two years in the run-up to the elections of 2016. Where does that leave the HBCU Nation? In HBCU states/territories, Republicans picked … Continue reading
By William A. Foster, IV “Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” – James Bovard In the 1985 movie Brewster’s Millions, Richard Pryor’s character Montgomery Brewster attempts to spend $30 million in 30 days. As part of his spending spree he decides there is no … Continue reading
The 2013 Roll Call’s 50 Richest Members of Congress came out recently. So we decided to see what HBCU states were present and who was the richest in each HBCU state. They are in order by their Roll Call ranking. HBCU states who did not have a member congress present among the 50 richest were … Continue reading
HIGHLIGHTS: 17 out of the 43 Congressional Black Caucus are HBCU alumni Only 3 out of the 17 HBCU are women 9 out of the 17 earned their HBCU degree in the state they currently serve as Congressperson. 8 out of the 17 earned their advanced degree from an HBCU. 15 different HBCUs are represented … Continue reading
In the mid 1930s, North America’s Great Plains faced one of the worst man-made environmental disasters in world history. Donald Worster’s classic chronicle of the devastating years between 1929 and 1939 tells the story of the Dust Bowl in ecological as well as human terms. Now, twenty-five years after his book helped to define the … Continue reading
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