Curtis Hill, a community organizer from Lexington, Mississippi, stands with Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, also of Mississippi, inside the lawmaker’s Washington, D.C. office. Hill served as a summer 2018 intern for Thompson. Photo courtesy of Curtis Hill

A Shriver Youth Warrior Learns Lifelong Lessons in Congress

By Curtis Hill
2014 Sargent Shriver Youth Warrior Against Poverty Leadership Awardee

New Poor People’s Campaign has the laudable goal of focusing on the neediest among us

June 6, 2018

In The News

Fifty years ago, a mule train left Marks, Miss., en route to Washington, D.C., starting the Poor People’s Campaign. Conceived by Dr. Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference six months earlier, its aim was for the poor to confront America’s power structure and shame it into change.

New Poor People’s Campaign has the laudable goal of focusing on the neediest am…

Black Dems take lead in push to impeach Trump

February 1, 2018

In The News

Black Dems take lead in push to impeach Trump

The Justice Department and Homeland Security have linked terrorism and immigration

January 18, 2018

In The News

The Justice Department and Homeland Security have linked terrorism and immigrat…

WASHINGTON - A new Justice Department report issued Tuesday suggests that, since 9/11, 73 percent of terrorism convictions in the United States have involved individuals who were born in other countries. An expert on terrorism data, however, said that what is most alarming about the document is its math.

Black lawmakers may skip civil rights museum opening in protest of Trump

December 7, 2017

In The News

Black lawmakers may skip civil rights museum opening in protest of Trump

By Astead W. Herndon Globe Staff

Trump's threat to shut down government over border wall raises stakes for lawmakers

August 24, 2017

In The News

Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee, called the president's speech "unhinged."

Trump's threat to shut down government over border wall raises stakes for lawma…