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Hot Trend in the House: Fasting Lawmakers

John Johnson — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:40:40 CDT

The Hill picks up on a House trend that seems to span the political spectrum—fasting. On the left is Rep. Barbara Lee, who's organizing an effort in which about two dozen lawmakers will take turns going 24 hours with no food, only water, until Easter. The idea is to...

Black Caucus Worries About Resurgent Racism

Rob Quinn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:14:26 CDT

The Congressional Black Caucus is enjoying unprecedented power, with more of their members in leadership roles than ever before, not to speak of one of their number in the White House, but many are disturbed by changes in the political atmosphere, Politico reports. As the 42-member group holds its annual...

Fidel Meets With US Lawmakers

John Johnson — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:39:17 CDT

Cuba appears to be serious about trying to normalize relations with the US. A day after Raul Castro met with a delegation of US congressional representatives, the big man himself did the same, Reuters reports. Fidel, replaced by his brother 14 months ago as head of state when his health...

Raul Castro Holds First Meeting with US Leaders

Matt Cantor — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:15:00 CDT

Raul Castro met with six visiting members of the Congressional Black Caucus for more than four hours yesterday in his first face-to-face discussions with US leaders since he became Cuba's president last year, the AP reports. Castro spoke with Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat, and other members of the...

Editor's Murder Shows Failure of Tolerance

Heather McPherson — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:47:57 CDT

The notoriously irreligious Christopher Hitchens decries the Oakland police's tolerance of Your Black Muslim Bakery, one of whose employees has been arrested for the murder of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey. In an op-ed for Slate Hitchens writes that the bakery is in fact a front for jihadism and that...