American Academy of Pediatrics Report Underscores Need for Marriage Fairness
On July 5th, Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement as the American Academy of Pediatrics journal[…]
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Massachusetts Legislature Expected to Vote on Marriage Amendment
On July 12th, The President of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights organization,[…]
Read moreArizona Ballot Measure Would Use Constitution to Discriminate
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following comment as extremists in Arizona filed a petition to put a[…]
Read moreNAACP President, Chairman & Noted African American Leaders Witness Reauthorization of Voting Rights Act
Almost exactly one week from making the declaration, President George W. Bush made good on a promise by signing the[…]
Read moreNAACP Receives $1.5m Grant from Verizon to Strengthen Information Technology Systems
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was recently awarded a three-year $1.5 million grant from the Verizon[…]
Read moreNAACP Challenges Convention Goers to Walk Their Way to Health
At the NAACP 97th Annual Convention, Pfizer Inc and the NAACP renewed their commitment to empowering African Americans to take[…]
Read moreWar on Crime: New FBI Statistics Suggest Federal Government Has Let Homeland Security Overshadow Efforts to Keep Rates Down
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League In April, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales referred to the[…]
Read moreIllegal Immigration: Boost Mexican Economy to Slow Flow Over Border
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Tentative results are in from the recent down-to-the-wire election in[…]
Read more‘Civic Tithing’: You Don’t Need to Be a Warren Buffett to Effect Change
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Recently, the nation’s wealthiest man, Warren Buffett, gave the philanthropic[…]
Read morePolitics of Discrimination and Distraction Fail as Senate Resoundingly
The Senate voted 49 to 48 today to defeat the Federal Marriage Amendment, a measure that would have denied marriage[…]
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