Herman Cain said he’s a proud house negro after a Michigan newspaper used the label to slam Ben Carson for backing Trump.

Politics

HUD will shut down both public housing projects in Cairo, Illinois, a rural town in Southern Illinois.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Wednesday that "poverty is a state of mind" during an interview with Sirius XM.

Dr. Myron Rolle—who put off an NFL career because he was a Rhodes Scholar—plans to become a physician with a specialty in neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in June.

Newly confirmed Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson actually said that slaves were immigrants during a speech to department employees Monday.

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The Senate voted 58-41 to confirm Ben Carson, a former neurosurgeon and presidential candidate, as the leader of HUD.

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Carson, like Betsy DeVos, was nominated to head an agency where he holds no actual past job experience.

The Trump administration fired Shermichael Singleton, who was one of a few black conservatives and a top aide to Ben Carson, from his post as a senior advisor this week after Trump's advisors found public writings of Singleton criticizing POTUS.

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According to Harvey, the two met on Friday to discuss Donald Trump’s strategies for urban development and ways to better inner city communities.

Ben Carson would make the poor less government dependent as HUD secretary. Democrats are concerned.

Politics

The U.S. Senate approved a budget resolution that would allow Republicans to swiftly reform the Affordable Care Act.

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While discussing Ben Carson's appointment to HUD, Marc Lamont Hill noted that Ghostface Killah's great leadership of the Wu-Tang Clan does not necessarily crossover to other jobs.