Human Rights Campaign and XM Satellite Radio Launch "The Agenda with Joe
The Human Rights Campaign and XM Satellite Radio recently announced the launch of a new, live talk show hosted by[…]
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Episcopal Church USA Rejects Divisive Proposal Banning Gay Bishops
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement as the Episcopal Church USA rejected a proposal that would[…]
Read moreTwenty-Fifth Anniversary of First Reported Case of AIDS a Time to Recommit to the Fight
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement on the 25th anniversary of the first reported case of[…]
Read moreArkansas Supreme Court Ruling against Discrimination Opens Doors to Good
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese made the following statement on June 29th as the Arkansas Supreme Court handed down[…]
Read moreCongress Should Stop Stalling and Pass the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006
NAACP President Bruce S. Gordon said Congress should stop delaying a vote on the bi-partisan legislation that would authorize and[…]
Read moreNAACP Takes A Closer Look At Television Diversity
Diversity on broadcast network television has been an issue for years . In 1999 the networks joined the NAACP and[…]
Read moreTransforming Prison Culture: Producing Productive Citizens Not Hardened Criminals
What happens behind bars in the jails and prisons of this nation doesn't stay there. It trickles out into the[…]
Read moreHome Buyers Beware: New Study Confirms Many Blacks Still Steered Toward High-Rate Mortgage Loans
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League A recent study by the Durham, N.C.-based Center for Responsible[…]
Read moreCombating Rising Foreclosures Rates for African Americans; National Urban League and Homeownership Preservation Foundation Join Forces
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League There is no doubt that economic empowerment is the new civil[…]
Read moreBush Bows to Extremist Pressure and Schedules Press Conference on Marriage Amendment
In a column for the conservative magazine, The Weekly Standard, Executive Editor Fred Barnes broke the news that President Bush[…]
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