Politics
Contrary to the dire predictions of prominent civil rights leaders, all of the African American lawmakers who were pushed into majority white districts by a Supreme Court ruling easily won reelection this week.
Nov. 9, 1996
BioDetection 21, the subject of a Times investigation, “should not move forward until fundamental concerns ... are resolved,” congresswoman says.
Dec. 11, 2019
World & Nation
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson has a simple message for all African Americans: Don’t be fooled.
Jan. 27, 2002
House: Executives and caucus members seek ways to boost minority representation in the small-screen world.
Aug. 1, 2001
Business
Living down to our worst expectations, the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology voted Thursday to cut deeply into NASA’s budget for Earth science, in a clear swipe at the study of climate change.
May 1, 2015
California
Congressional Democrats are launching an investigation into the fate of NASA’s offer to fly a pollution-analyzing jet over the Houston region in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
March 6, 2019
Seven members of the Congressional Black Caucus were arrested at Sudan’s Embassy on Tuesday while protesting violence in the nation’s Darfur region.
May 17, 2006
Congressional Democrats are chiding the U.S.
June 26, 2019
Seven American activist groups asked the United Nations on Monday to provide international observers for next month’s U.S. presidential election.
Oct. 12, 2004
Opinion
In 2006, I wrote a column for The Times questioning the wisdom of hate-crime laws that provide additional punishment for acts of violence if they are motivated by racial animus or some other kind of bigotry.
June 27, 2014