Congressional Black Caucus

Activist William Barber II urges blacks in Congress to mobilize poor voters

By Adelle M. Banks — February 4, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'If you organize 2 to 10 percent of the poor around an agenda, you can fundamentally shift every election,' Barber predicted.

African clergy to protest Obama’s gay-rights ‘agenda’ on trip

By Fredrick Nzwili — July 21, 2015
NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) Protesters have called for tactics ranging from throwing rotten eggs at the president to encouraging prostitutes to march naked in the streets during his visit.

AG Eric Holder, black church leaders mull voter law changes

By Adelle M. Banks — May 30, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) Attorney General Eric Holder and other legal experts strategized with black church leaders on Wednesday (May 30) about new restrictive state voting laws that can affect their congregants by reducing early voting and requiring IDs. By Adelle M. Banks.

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