The State of Black America: Washington Are you Listening?
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Welcome to America in the second decade of the 21st century. […]
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Bangkok Climate Talks Struggle To Set Negotiating Priorities For 2011
Countries wrapped up a tough week of U.N. climate negotiations in Bangkok, Thailand, producing an agenda setting out the issues[…]
Read moreEquality Virginia and HRC Condemn State Board of Social Services for Failing to Serve the Best Interests of Virginia’s Children
Equality Virginia and the Human Rights Campaign condemned the Virginia State Board of Social Services for voting to strip legal protections[…]
Read moreSenate Defeats Multiple Assaults on Clean Air Act
On April 6th, the U.S. Senate beat back multiple assaults on the Clean Air Act and attempts to handcuff the[…]
Read moreKansas City’s Green Impact Zone Launches War on Unemployment
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Looks like what drives me crazy Don’t have no effect on[…]
Read moreMonsanto Is Poisoning Us All: 117 Peer-Reviewed Scientific Studies Expose Hazards of Monsanto’s Roundup Herbicide & “Roundup Ready” GMOs
Previously we reported that Don M. Huber, Ph.D., emeritus soil scientist of Purdue University, wrote a letter to USDA Secretary[…]
Read moreHRC Condemns AZ Governor Brewer for Signing Discriminatory Adoption Bill into Law
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest civil rights organization dedicated to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality,[…]
Read moreStatements in Response to “Compromise” Announced by Gov. Nixon and the Missouri Dept. of Agriculture
Several animal welfare organizations that provided major support for Missourians for the Protection of Dogs and the campaign to pass[…]
Read moreNAACP Veteran Maxine Atkins Smith to Receive Honorary Degree for Civil Rights and Education Work
Maxine Atkins Smith, a long-time civil rights activist and 47-year member of the NAACP, will receive a Doctor of Humane[…]
Read moreBlockbuster Agreement Takes 18 Dirty TVA Coal-Fired Power Plant Units Offline
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) board of directors approved a landmark agreement with three citizen groups, four states and the U.S.[…]
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