Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) pushes for POC to lead New York Fed.
Former President Obama pens letter to parents of Parkland school shooting victim.
Indian American Impact Fund makes two key endorsements.
Meet the new producer in CNN’s Washington bureau.
The Atlantic has new contributors. Read about them below.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke apparently is not a fan of diversity.
California Democratic Congresswomen Lucille Roybal-Allard and Norma Torres want to keep immigrant families together.
Commerce Dept. to add a citizenship question to 2020 Census, and the CA AG is suing.
Former CNN reporter to host The Takeaway.
Barack Obama lands in Hawaii after his trip to Asia.
Linda Brown was a third grader when her father started a class-action lawsuit that led to the Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954, in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal. Ms. Brown has died at 75. More in Blogs.
Join Tiffany D. Cross as she co-hosts Keepin' It Real with Rev. Al Sharptontoday at 1:20P. Tune in!
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) intros two gun violence bills.
Senators Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Doug Jones (D-AL) secure more funding for HBCUs.
Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and Bob Menéndez (D-NJ) team up to stop citizenship question from being included in 2020 Census.
Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) wants more answers from HUD Secretary Ben Carson on that $31k dining table.
House Ethics Committee finds Illinois Democratic Congressmen Luis Gutiérrez and Bobby Rush violated rules.
Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) wants Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to testify.
Judge scraps restraining order against Congresswoman Michelle Luján Grisham’s (D-NM) former intern.
Former First Lady Michelle Obama to join the United State of Women.
Former AG Eric Holder wins one against WI Governor Scott Walker.
DCCC adds more candidates of color to initiative seeking to flip the House.
UnidosUS launches new voter registration campaign targeting Latino youth.
SiriusXM unveils the voter registration campaign Urban View Vote focusing on the African American community.
Meet the new Reporter at PBS NewsHour.
Women Impacting Public Policy has a new president.
RUN-D.M.C. joins National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. See who else made the cut! Read to the bottom!
Some in the Native American community are questioning the bona fides of a Trump appointee.
SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor shaded by fellow Justice for visiting a website.
Obama alumna heads to Pandora.
Comedian-turned-entrepreneur Byron Allen buys The Weather Channel.
WaPo’s Robin Givhan booted from a conference for writing about a Michelle Obama chat.
Don’t miss The Beat DC’s Tiffany D. Cross on MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber today at 6P and on AM Joy with Joy Reid on Saturday at 10A and again at 5P as she joins the table to discuss the March for Our Lives!
Jesús “Chuy” García cruises to victory in race to replace Congressman Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL) and is on a path to be first Mexican American to represent Illinois in Congress. Other diverse candidates in IL win. Read more below.
Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) shopping around book amid speculation of a presidential run.
HUD Secretary Ben Carson tells congressional Committee to ask his wife about the dining set purchase.
NBC's Lester Holt changes party affiliation.
SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor to be honored by fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg.
GOP wants to co-opt César Chávez’s birthday for border control.
The Lily adds Mónica Castillo.
Dems want to stop funding for family separation at the border.
Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) pushes WH on NDAs and wants answers from Secret Service on former Trump aide John McEntee.
Nilka Thomas to lead talent and inclusion at Lyft.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) presses Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on racial bias in school discipline.
There’s trouble at NABJ.
Michelle Obama's portrait is so popular it had to be moved. Check it out in Blogs.
Does Cali sound good amid this snowstorm? The California Bar Foundation is looking for an Executive Director!
Today marks exactly six months since Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico. Tens of thousands are still without power, and there's a rally in DC today to bring attention to the issue -- details in FOMO.
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduces bill to protect animals on airlines.
CBC launches NCAA task force to assist student-athletes.
Congressmen Ami Bera (D-CA) and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) launch bipartisan healthcare caucus.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) wants women honored on quarters.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke defends “konnichiwa” remark.
Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) says Donald Trump is no racist.
Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) summon HUD Secretary Ben Carson over mortgage discrimination.
Top HUD official resigns amid fraud allegations.
Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL) are the go-tos on bipartisan IT legislation.
Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (D-OH) wants students to be financially literate.
Secretary Ben Carson announces he’s fighting waste and fraud at HUD.
Exclusive! Meet the DCCC’s new Director of African American Media and Deputy National Press Secretary.
The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators has new leadership.
TX congressional candidate Verónica Escobar sued by former rivals.
Activist becomes first undocumented immigrant appointed to statewide post in California.
NPR adds to its White House team of reporters.
The money and politics site Sludge announces new hires.
Speaking of money and politics: the DCCC has a record-breaking February.
Key cases before SCOTUS this week.
Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) wants answers to reports that career fed employees were targeted for lack of Trump loyalty.
Native American groups sue Trump administration over humpback whales.
Haitians allege racism in a lawsuit against the administration for ending TPS.
Roll Call’s Nate Gonzales profiles Dan Sena, the first Latino Executive Director of a party campaign committee. And Vogue profiles Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA). Check it out in Blogs.
Don’t miss The Beat DC’s Tiffany D. Cross today at 1:45P on Fox News’ Outnumbered Overtime with Harris Faulkner!
Tri-Caucus asks congressional leadership to oppose WH budget funding that targets undocumented community.
Senator Bob Menéndez (D-NJ) pushes WH to consider designating Russia a state sponsor of terrorism after UK poison attack.
Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) wants info on Trump’s fired personal assistant.
Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) leads letter questioning National Labor Relations Board in litigation against McDonald’s.
Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA) has his day in high court.
Heritage Pres says she was blocked from WH by Omarosa.
Emails show Ben and Candy Carson did, in fact, make it rain while furniture shopping.
Senator Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) Hispanic Media Director joins America’s Voice.
Meet the new Communications Director for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Guess who’s back on the campaign trail as a Trump shill?
UCLA’s public interest law school program names a new ED.
NPR consolidates its digital news and visuals teams into a single unit.
Majordomo Media launches as a culture-focused entertainment and media company.
AP names diverse global enterprise team.
Press Forward announces its Board of Advisors.
Judges uphold sanctuary city law in Texas.
CA Dem delegation denounces Trump’s “continued assault” on the state.
CA Assemblymember wants border wall builders to lose tax credits.
Speaking of ... three Illinois men, including one who drafted a border wall plan, have been charged in the Minnesota mosque bombing. Get the story in Blogs.
Texas could finally send two Latinas to Congress. We’ve got the primary results below.
Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) pushes for more funding for parents in college to help with childcare costs.
Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) intros bill on stock buyback to help workers.
Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) has legislation to help stop child ID theft.
CBC members press telecom industry on diversity efforts.
Lawmakers want to know how many taxpayer dollars are paid to Trump Org.
Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA) intros bill to make healthcare more affordable.
HUD removes anti-discrimination language from its mission statement.
Michelle Obama meets the little princess who thought she was a queen.
Senator Foreign Relations staffer heads over to Amnesty International.
Meet the new Thurgood Marshall Institute Fellow at NAACP LDF.
National Nurses United has a new Executive Director.
Michelle Obama’s former CoS tapped to chair the Recording Academy’s diversity task force.
Former SBA Administrator María Contreras Sweet’s deal to buy the Weinstein Co. falls flat once again.
Univisión withdraws IPO offering.
Condé Nast’s them announces staff changes.
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) leads a group of legislators calling on Al Jazeera to be registered as a foreign agent.
HUD official says Secretary Ben Carson is on a witch hunt against a whistleblower.
Native American tribes protest another pipeline threatening sacred land.
Rolling Stone magazine has a new Senior Writer.
Kennedy Center introduces Hip Hop Council which includes Common, Questlove, Fab 5 Freddy, and more.
CA sued over ‘sanctuary’ immigration laws.
Labor Secretary Alex Acosta admits department withheld analysis of the impact of tip pooling on workers.
The National Hispanic Leadership Agenda is surveying the LGBTQ Latinx community about their federal policy priorities. Check it out in Blogs. Be sure to spread the word!
Oversight Committee probes HUD Secretary Dr. Ben Carson’s spending.
Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA) intros bill requiring sexual harassment training for federal contractors.
Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) wants greater access to opioid treatment through telemedicine.
Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris intro legislation for a Capitol statue honoring trailblazer Shirley Chisholm.
Former President Barack Obama announces Scholars Program.
Stephen Curry auctions sneakers to benefit My Brother’s Keeper Alliance.
Meet the new head of NJ Governor Murphy’s DC office.
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Eric Holder are both looking for candidates like YOU!
The Newsweek Media Group has a new Deputy World Editor.
CNBC names a new National Security Correspondent.
Unity: Journalists for Diversity will soon be no more.
Native American tribes want equity in legal weed business.
SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor brings up bill sponsored by Congressman Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) during oral arguments.
Civil rights icon Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) will be this year’s Harvard commencement speaker.
There’s a new Editor at Indian Country Today.
Women’s March organizer and several other activists arrested on Capitol Hill while pushing for a “clean” DACA bill to help Black undocumented immigrants.
The Congressional Hispanic Staff Association has new leadership. Read about them below.
