By: Lee A. Daniels Director of Publications National Urban League [Guest columnist] It was, as has been famously said, a[…]
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Army Corps Exaggerates Demand For Longer Mississippi River Locks
On November 14th, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers economist and whistleblower Donald Sweeney criticized the Army Corps for using economic[…]
Read moreGays Comprise 5 Percent Of Electorate In 2002, New Poll Finds
The gay, lesbian and bisexual community made up 5 percent of the electorate during the 2002 midterm elections, according to[…]
Read moreCatalog Companies Are Selling Nature Short This Holiday Season
Think your catalogs are printed on recycled paper? Think again. How about companies like L.L. Bean and Orvis that cater[…]
Read moreTancredo Letter Attacking Big Brothers Policy Plays On Longstanding Prejudice
On November 20th, The Human Rights Campaign condemned a congressional sign-on letter to President Bush that was spearheaded by Rep.[…]
Read moreGunnison's and White-tailed Prairie Dogs in Trouble Says National Wildlife Federation Report
Due to nearly a century of mismanagement and persecution, as well as ongoing exposure to sylvatic plague to which they[…]
Read moreManatee Regulations On The Line
The federal Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) sets a general ban on the "take"(killing, hunting, and harassment) of manatees, with[…]
Read moreAmerica’s New Threat: Widening Economic Inequality
By: Hugh B. Price President National Urban League In recent days a spate of newspaper headlines have sketched the boundaries[…]
Read moreConfessions Of A Convicted Christmas Basher
I confess. I am guilty of the worst kind of selfishness. I have said once upon a time that I[…]
Read moreFactory Farms Are Not"Organic"!
Intensive confinement has always been one of the cruelest facets of modern day factory farming. Recently, in what appeared to[…]
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