“National Black Chamber of Commerce” on The Daily Caller

Rather than face his newly revealed checkered past, a top official from the Obama-backed black chamber of commerce has apparently fled town. (more)

“Facts are stubborn things, and whatever our wishes, our indications, the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” — John Adams, second President of the United States (more)

Former Clinton advisor Lanny Davis is used to coming under attack from colleagues on the left who support the Department of Education’s gainful employment rules. (more)

When I first became involved as an attorney and public advocate for the for-profit career colleges who are the target of the Department of Education’s “gainful employment” (GE) regulations, I believed — as a liberal Democrat — that there was a basis for reasonable regulation of excessive student debt and abuses. (more)

Small business owners are biding their time during the congressional lame-duck session, but say things could look up for them when the newly elected Republicans enter office in January. (more)

WASHINGTON – Just a few hours after the U.S. Department of Education released the full text of its proposed regulations to define “gainful employment” last Friday, two groups that rarely weigh in on education issues circulated news releases expressing concern that the rule would limit minority students’ access to postsecondary education. (more)

The Environmental Protection Agency has had a busy year. The agency’s regulatory shop seems to crack down on a new greenhouse gas every week in the name of fighting climate change. But despite its full plate, the EPA has still found time to link up with the Congressional Black Caucus for something called an “Environmental Justice Tour.” (more)