The Human Rights Campaign spoke out on April 25th against Roman Catholic leaders who are acting irresponsibly in dealing with[…]
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NAACP To Renew Call To End Racial Disparities In Education
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will renew its call to end racial disparities in the[…]
Read moreDomestic Partner Health Insurance Benefits Continue To Spread
The number of employers that offer domestic partner health insurance benefits increased by 162 in the six months ending March[…]
Read moreCongressman John Lewis Selected For 87th Spingarn Award
On April 18th, NAACP Board of Directors Chairman Julian Bond announced that U.S. Rep. John Lewis would be presented with[…]
Read moreHRC Continues To Monitor Santa Barbara Case Where Gay Man Set Ablaze And Murdered
The Human Rights Campaign continues to monitor a brutal hate crime in Santa Barbara, Calif., where Martin Thomas Hartman was[…]
Read moreDalai Lama Calls For End To Trophy Hunting In Mongolia
In his appeal, which was issued March 29, 2002, the winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize said, "I am[…]
Read moreHRC Applauds Justice Department For Bringing Historical Federal Indictment In Double Murder Of Lesbian Hikers
On April 10th, The Human Rights Campaign applauded Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Justice Department for invoking the Hate[…]
Read moreNew Marine Protected Area Established off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula
Nalychevo Nature Park, Russia – Responding to a 4 year long effort by World Wildlife Fund, officials from the Kamchatka[…]
Read moreSign the Petition to Support the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act
The U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics show that 55,776 horses were slaughtered last year at three American-based, Belgian-owned slaughterhouses for[…]
Read moreIn The Middle East: Give Peace A Chance
By: Hugh B. Price President National Urban League We Americans live in a nation-and in a culture-saturated with notions of[…]
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