NAACP Statement Regarding DOJ/ Bank of America Settlement
“The NAACP commends the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bank of America for addressing the serious pattern of discrimination[…]
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The HSUS Assists Galveston Law Enforcement in Raid of Alleged Cockfighting Breeding Facility
Raid marks first use of new Texas law to prosecute those who breed roosters with intent to fight them The[…]
Read moreSetting the Record Straight on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
The EPA unveiled its final rules for emissions of mercury and air toxics from power plants, known as utility maximum[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Praises Institute of Medicine Finding That Invasive Biomedical Chimpanzee Experiments Are “Not Necessary”
The Humane Society of the United States is tremendously encouraged by the Institute of Medicine’s conclusion that the current use[…]
Read moreAlma Brown Receives Equal Opportunity Day Special Recognition Award
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Let us work not as colored people nor as white people[…]
Read more2011 A Huge Year for Public Health, and Outlook Dimmed for Big Coal Year End State-of-Coal Report
The outlook for coal continued to dim in 2011 as dozens of proposed new coal-fired plants were taken off the[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Again Calls on Obama Administration to Adopt Rule to Ban Trade in Burmese Pythons and Other Large Constricting Snakes
Appropriations Committee Leaders, Including Florida’s Senior House Member, Say Continued Inaction Will “Cost Taxpayers Millions of Dollars” The Humane Society[…]
Read moreNew Urban League Report Finds D.C. Metro Area Tops for Black-Owned Business
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Not only are entrepreneurs credited with creating more than two-thirds of[…]
Read moreRacing Young Horses At Reckless Speeds Needs To Stop
By Kathy Guillermo If you thought your 9-year-old son had the makings of a great football player, would you force[…]
Read moreObama Administration: No Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
The Obama Administration took a critical step in finalizing protections to keep more than a million acres of public land[…]
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