New York congressman Charles Rangel, a Democrat and a Harlem native, represented his district in Manhattan for close to 50 ...

Charles Rangel, 94, dean of New York’s Congressional delegation and the first African-American to chair the House Ways and ...

Charles B. Rangel, a gravelly voiced and exuberant congressman from the Harlem neighborhood of New York who became the first African American chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee but was ...

Charles Rangel spoke at a news conference outside ... Remy Tumin contributed reporting. Sam Roberts is an obituaries reporter for The Times, writing mini-biographies about the lives of remarkable ...

NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional ...

In this June 16, 2016, file photo, Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.(Lauren Victoria Burke / AP) NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel ...

The late congressman’s upending of New York politics by choosing progressivism over partisanship offers a lesson for today.

Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has died at age 94. The outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member ...

The Democrat represented a New York City district including the historically Black neighborhood of Harlem for nearly 50 years.

NEW YORK — Former U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill and was a founding member of the Congressional ...