By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League This month has brought fresh, tragic evidence of the fragility[…]
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Clean Out Your Closet For Wildlife
Many people have fur apparel which they no longer want or which was left to them by a family member.[…]
Read moreWhere Are the Jobs?
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League On the surface, America's jobs situation looks fine—not spectacular, but[…]
Read moreTake Action Now to Support the Pet Animal Welfare Statute
If you could put a federal inspector inside a puppy mill—one of those large, unsanitary and largely inhumane breeding operations[…]
Read moreThe President’s Supreme Court Nomination
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court[…]
Read moreDon't Give UGBA a Break
On June 11, more than 100 agents from the FBI, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the IRS, and assorted state[…]
Read moreEnvironmental Defense Statement On Transportation Bill
The following statement may be attributed to Environmental Defense transportation director Michael Replogle. "Congress missed an opportunity with this transportation[…]
Read moreHurting Endangered Animals for Their Own Good?
Steller sea lion populations are plummeting in Alaska, but will capturing, branding, and conducting invasive and painful "research" on sea[…]
Read moreLeading Conservation Groups Offer Shortage Proposal For Colorado River
On July 18, Several non-governmental organizations today presented the Secretary of the Interior with a proposal for Colorado River drought[…]
Read moreNo Time for Wasting
Nearly two weeks after tests confirmed that a Texas cow was infected with mad cow disease—the second time that a[…]
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