Columbia High graduate is now a colonel in the U.S. Army
Lt. Col. Kathy Brown's husband, Col. Eric L. Brown , thinks she is the first black female West Pointer from Georgia to make the rank of full colonel.
Category Archives: John Lewis
Robert F. Kennedy remembered on anniversary of his death
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, were among dozens of members of the Kennedy clan in attendance at Wednesday's ceremony. Fifty years after his death, Robert F. Kennedy's words remain powerful.
Politics | 2018 Governor’s Race Playbook: Brown Claims…
At a recent community meeting, Democratic candidate for Governor Matt Brown discussed his long-time and close personal friendship with Georgia Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis. The only problem? Lewis has now endorsed Raimondo and Brown is having a difficult time substantiating his exact claims.
The Latest: Agents drop Roseanne after tweet that ended show
In this March 23, 2018 file photo, John Goodman, left, and Roseanne Barr arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of "Roseanne" in Burbank, Calif. ABC has cancelled its hit reboot of "Roseanne" following her racially insensitive tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, Tuesday, May 29. ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey said the comment "is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsisten with our values, and we have decided to cancel the show."
The Latest: Ark. governor wins primary in re-election bid
Supporters react during an election-night watch party for Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Atlanta. Supporters react during an election-night watch party for Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Atlanta.
The Latest: Gay man loses bid to challenge Ky. county clerk
In the Democratic primary in Georgia's gubernatorial race, Stacey Abrams has won to become the state's first female nominee for governor from either major party. If Abrams wins the general election in November, she'll become the first black female governor in the U.S. The former state House minority leader, Abrams beat former state Rep. Stacey Evans in Tuesday's race.
Civil rights icon, Trump critic speak at BU commencement
A civil rights icon and a Caribbean politician who tangled with President Donald Trump offered Boston University graduates some choice words on America's cultural rifts.
Democrats Have Georgia Governorship on Their Minds, But Face Challenges
The party's two primary candidates are a snapshot of a larger debate within the party about how to win in red states ATLANTA-Georgia Democrats, long underdogs in this red state, hoped to present a unified front this year as they pushed to elect a governor, a post they haven't held since 2003. Instead, they have the Battle of the Two Staceys: Tuesday's primary showdown between Stacey Abrams, an African-American former state House minority leader who lives in Atlanta, and Stacey Evans, a white former state representative from the city's northern suburbs.
Trump urges Congress to overhaul nation’s prison system – Fri, 18 May 2018 PST
President Donald Trump on Friday urged Congress to overhaul the nation's prison system and help more former inmates re-enter society, hoping to jump-start legislation that's facing fresh opposition from Democrats. Trump said at a White House forum that a prison overhaul "unites people from across the political spectrum" and that lawmakers need to "work out their differences, get a bill to my desk - I will sign it."
Congressman Lewis to hold three town halls
Congressman Jason Lewis, who has been criticized for ducking the public by not having town hall meetings, plans to hold three town halls this Saturday, including one in Jordan. The conservative Republican represents Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District, and his race is expected to be among the toughest in the mid-terms.
The journey toward healing in Charlottesville
During the recent National Week of Conversation, the Monitor moderated a panel discussion on race in Charlottesville. Here's what it was like to take part in the city's continuing efforts to find healing after last year's protests.
Congressional Roll Call
Voting 414 for and three against, the House on April 18 passed a bill requiring a sweeping modernization of Internal Revenue Service information systems that would make it easier for taxpayers to communicate with the agency online and bolster cyber-defenses against large-scale hacking operations as well as smaller schemes targeting the identities and refunds of individual taxpayers. In addition, the bill puts the IRS on a path toward providing taxpayers with secure individualized portals on the agency website to be used for obtaining forms and data and filing returns.
The real reasons Congress can’t act on guns or immigration
Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin has spent the last six months attempting to do the impossible: find a solution inside the US Capitol to an immigration quagmire. Standing on a marble staircase just off the Senate floor, he lamented Thursday that one of his worst legislative fears had come true: after a brief shutdown over immigration, fits and starts of negotiations with the White House and more than one bipartisan bill, Congress would leave for the Easter recess without enshrining in law a program that has given individuals who entered the US illegally as children a chance to live, work and be educated in the United States without fear of deportation.
Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi To Speak At Cong. Slaughter Funeral
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter's funeral in Rochester today will include speeches from Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton Friday, when the long serving Buffalo and Rochester area representative is laid to rest with a public service in the Eastman Theater Congressman John Lewis, the Georgia congressman and civil rights leader will also speak and more than 40 members of Congress are expected to attend d Slaughter was serving her 16th term in the House, and her 31 years in the chamber were the third longest, according to the official House website. She chaired the Rules committee from 2007 through 2010.
Cooper names 8 to North Carolina elections and ethics board
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday announced his initial choices for a new state board that administers both elections and ethics laws, even as he presses his latest legal challenge against the law that created the combined panel. Cooper, a Democrat, appointed eight people - four Democrats and four Republicans, as the law requires.
Oprah Winfrey says the Parkland activists remind her of civil rights icons
Oprah Winfrey says she was inspired to help the survivors of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting as they fight for stronger gun control because their dedication reminded her of the civil rights movement. "The fact that they were creating this national march to say, 'enough' what it takes to risk that on a national level is what I responded to," Winfrey tells CNN's Van Jones on "The Van Jones Show," which airs at 8 p.m. ET Sunday on CNN.
Alabama’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ racial violence of 1965 remembered
Several members of Congress joined civil rights activists and others Sunday afternoon for the annual commemoration of a day of racial violence in Selma dating to 1965. A bipartisan group including Rep. John Lewis of Georgia led the crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Wreath laying honors most recent Civil Rights activist’s death
Congressman John Lewis embraces Susan Bro, mother of Heather Heyer, while touching the Civil Rights Memorial during a wreath laying ceremony in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Heather Heyer was killed in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017, while protesting the Unite the Right rally.
Commemoration of ‘Bloody Sunday’ set in Alabama
Members of Congress plan to join civil rights activists and others for the annual commemoration of a day of racial violence in Selma. A bipartisan group including Rep. John Lewis of Georgia is set to be on hand Sunday afternoon to recall "Bloody Sunday," the day in 1965 when voting rights protesters were attacked by police as they attempted to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Emoluments suit vs. Trump now personal as well as official
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has changed a proposed overhaul of his department with a new organizational map that more closely follows state lines instead of the natural boundaries he initially proposed. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has changed a proposed overhaul of his department with a new organizational map that more closely follows state lines instead of the natural boundaries he initially proposed.