Ben Carson

INDIANAPOLIS — The nation’s top housing leader made a pit stop in Indianapolis to discuss affordable places for seniors to live and youth to learn. Ben Carson, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary, traveled to the Circle City to tour a development under construction and discuss increasing help for low-income families. Carson was […]

The actor wasn't the only one who took to Twitter to show their disgust for the new HUD secretary calling African slaves "immigrants."

Ben Carson was confirmed by the U.S. Senate Thursday to become the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. I suppose there is one saving grace: At least Carson didn’t meet with Russian spies prior to his confirmation. With absolutely no government experience or any knowledge whatsoever about managing a massive federal agency, the U.S. […]

President Donald Trump toured the National Museum of African American History and Culture Tuesday and offered an olive branch to black America. But will African-Americans accept it? Trump, who only received about 8 percent of the Black vote during the presidential election, pledged Tuesday to confront racism and create a bridge of unity for what […]

Dr. Ben Carson and I are both African-American men who hail from Detroit. And that’s where the similarities end. Carson, who has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to become the next Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is a brilliant neurosurgeon but who has zero experience running a massive federal agency. […]

Ben Carson appears at a Senate hearing for his HUD secretary nomination. He's short on experience but long on vision.

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.

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Ben Carson considers a Trump cabinet position. Previously, the retired surgeon said he's unqualified to head a federal department.

The GOP candidate met with his team of Black activists who are helping him to court African-American voters.