National Urban League Centennial Conference Celebrates 100 Years
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Next week, from July 27-31, some of the nation’s foremost power[…]
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NAACP Statement on the Resignation of Shirley Sherrod
NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous issued the following statement today after a careful investigation into the presentation of[…]
Read moreGroups Urge Congress to Adopt Obama’s Proposal to Fund Louisiana Wetlands Restoration
July 19, 2010 – Conservation groups today urged the U.S. House Appropriations Committee to pass President Obama’s budget proposal to[…]
Read moreGreenpeace Begins Independent Assessment of Gulf Impacts with Three-Month Ship Tour
Following the news that for now the well has been capped and oil is no longer flowing into the Gulf,[…]
Read moreU.S. Senate Blocks Womens Rights for 30 Years
July 15, 2010 – The United States’ long delay in ratifying the global women’s rights treaty undermines fulfillment of the US[…]
Read moreMany Gulf Spill Cleanup Efforts Ineffective and Harming, not Helping Birds
New Report and Recommendations Issued Today by American Bird Conservancy July 19, 2010 – A report released today by American[…]
Read moreBank Reform Victory
July 16, 2010 – National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial today praised the Senate for passing much-needed[…]
Read moreHelp Animals Weather A Wicked Hurricane Season
By Lindsay Pollard-Post The arrival of Hurricane Alex and Tropical Storm Bonnie is just the beginning of what experts have[…]
Read moreThe NAACP Commends the National Federation of Tea Parties for Expelling the Tea Party Express
NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous issued the following statement today after learning that the National Federation of Tea[…]
Read moreHuman Rights First, Rights Groups Call for Justice on Anniversary of Russian Activist’s Murder
On the one-year anniversary of the brutal murder of Russian human rights activist Natalia Estemirova, Human Rights First—together with Freedom[…]
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