Reducing the Problem of Racial Profiling
In a recent column I discussed a new Washington Post survey which underscored the breadth of police racial profiling—the stopping[…]
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End the Death Penalty
That Timothy McVeigh was a despicable human being, a deluded, self-indulgent coward, a traitor and a murderer is beyond dispute. […]
Read moreThe Supreme Court’s Green Light for Racial Profiling
Last month the Supreme Court of the United States declared that, as far as the police using minor traffic infractions[…]
Read moreBirmingham: The Bend Toward Justice
Speaking in March 1968 before Local 1199, the powerful Service Employees International Union, of health-care workers in New York City,[…]
Read moreA Community Unheard
By Sheila J. Adams President Urban League of Greater Cincinnati Guest Columnist) Timothy Thomas, 19 years old, did not deserve[…]
Read moreTesting the Right Way for Talent
By Hugh B. Price President National Urban League High stakes standardized tests, like the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the SAT, fail[…]
Read moreThe Police and Political Firestorm in New Jersey
By Hugh B. Price President National Urban League Black Americans have long learned to live with their deeply complex relationship[…]
Read moreReform Unjust Drug Laws
By Hugh B. Price President National Urban League A generation ago, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller got a bright[…]
Read moreTime to Stop Police Racial Profiling
By Hugh B. Price President National Urban League With a new, conservative administration in office, it's once again become fashionable[…]
Read moreThe New Census Data: Welcome To The Club
By Hugh B. Price President National Urban League New figures from the U.S. Census show that what has long[…]
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