America must be better than the darkness of the past four years

Mar 5, 2021 | CCDC Blog, National

by CCDC Chair Dick Bingham Over the past few weeks we have watched as Republican state committees across the country have methodically sought to remove diverse voices from their ranks — censuring established Republican officials who have dutifully carried...

Harriet Tubman back in the $20 bill planning

Feb 28, 2021 | National

As one of the Biden administration’s early actions, in January Obama-era planning resumed for Underground Railroad hero Harriet Tubman to figure on the front a new $20 bill. The design pictured here was ready to go in 2016, but former Treasury Secretary Steve...

The Biden cabinet so far

Dec 19, 2020 | CCDC Blog, National, US Presidents & candidates

See the latest at “Biden Administration: Here’s Who Has Been Named So Far, at NPR. Here’s the breakdown by demographics, as analyzed in a 12/19 email by Domenico Montanaro, NPR’s senior political editor/correspondent: • 19 total selected so far out...

Pelosi Statement Marking 18 Years Since the Terror Attacks of September 11, 2001

Sep 11, 2019 | CCDC Blog, National

Sep 11, 2019 Press Release Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement marking 18 years since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001: “Eighteen years ago, our nation suffered a loss we could never have imagined, and we witnessed heroism we...

243 years ago today…

Jul 4, 2019 | CCDC Blog, National, US House PA-6

from U.S. Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA 05) on Facebook: 243 years ago today, our nation was founded right here in Pennsylvania. I want to wish everyone in my PA community and across this country a safe and happy 4th of July! Today, we celebrate America; we...

Trump disses Tubman

Jun 17, 2019 | CCDC Blog, National

Did anyone really think Donald Trump would let a black woman leader to freedom take over the front of the $20 bill from a slave-holding president who forcibly removed native Americans from the eastern US? Of course not. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin found...

“We must march to demand the unqualified right to register and vote—we must march to demand the opportunity for decent jobs—we must march for the right to improve our wages and living standards.” — Bayard Rustin, born in West Chester, March 17, 1912