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Speaker-Designate Pelosi Names Cheryl Johnson New Clerk of the House of Representatives
On Friday, December 28, Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) announced that Cheryl Johnson would return to Congress to serve as the new Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Currently the…
Joint Center Collaborates with ABFE and CBC
On Thursday, March 15 the Joint Center hosted an event in conjunction with ABFE – A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). Members of Congress…
Joint Center Joins MMTC’s Annual Access to Capital and Telecom Policy Conference
Today, Joint Center President Spencer Overton spoke at this year’s Multicultural Media, Telecom & Internet Council’s Financing America’s Future conference on the panel Infrastructure, Supplier Diversity, and the Jobs of…
Top Democratic and Republican Staffers
On September 1, the Joint Center, partnering with INSIGHT America, organized a lunch meeting with high-ranking Congressional staffers on the Hill. The meeting took place at the Russell Senate Office…
Joint Center Testifies at Congressional Field Hearing
On March 5, Joint Center President Spencer Overton testified before a Voting Rights Congressional Field Hearing in Birmingham, Alabama. The hearing was hosted by Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL), and participating…
Race, Gender, & Gun Homicides: 2016 State of the Union
President Obama’s gun safety actions and his My Brother’s Keeper Initiative address issues that disproportionately impact young males of color. In 2014, firearm homicide was the leading cause of death for…
President Obama’s Gun Safety Actions are Important to Communities of Color
President Obama’s recent actions to improve background checks on gun purchases are important steps in protecting Americans of all backgrounds from mass shootings. We should recognize, however, that mass shootings are a…
Police Reform One Year After Michael Brown’s Death
[Editor’s Note: Below please find a reprint of Professor Kami Chavis Simmons’s Huffington Post commentary on police reform one year after Michael Brown’s death. Read the piece on Huffington Post…
Huffington Post Live: Racism revealed by Baltimore’s curfews
Joint Center Senior Fellow and Wake Forest University professor, Kami Chavis Simmons, spoke on a panel regarding Baltimore’s curfews. Watch it here.
50 Years of the Voting Rights Act
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies recently released 50 Years of the Voting Rights Act: The State of Race in Politics. The report is critical to understanding the…
