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NEWS ABOUT: Barbara Lee

Barbara Lee stories: 4 news summaries

Black Caucus Worries About Resurgent Racism

Anti-Obama anger troubles CBC ahead of triumphant annual conferences

Sep 23, 09 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • African Americans • racism • Barbara Lee • Democratic Party • Jim Clyburn • Congressional Black Caucus

(Newser) - 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... More »

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Congress • Latin America • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Raul Castro • Barbara Lee

Raul Castro Holds First Meeting with US Leaders

Holds 'constructive dialogue' with six congresspeople

Apr 7, 09 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Congress • Cuba • Raul Castro • Barbara Lee • Congressional Black Caucus • meeting

Editor's Murder Shows Failure
of Tolerance

Hitchens hits cops for abetting criminality
in religious guise 

Aug 7, 07 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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jihad • Christopher Hitchens • murder • Muslim • racism • Oakland • Your Black Muslim Bakery • Chauncey Bailey • tolerance • Ron Dellums • Barbara Lee

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