Gays Comprise 5 Percent Of Electorate In 2002, New Poll Finds
The gay, lesbian and bisexual community made up 5 percent of the electorate during the 2002 midterm elections, according to[…]
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Tancredo Letter Attacking Big Brothers Policy Plays On Longstanding Prejudice
On November 20th, The Human Rights Campaign condemned a congressional sign-on letter to President Bush that was spearheaded by Rep.[…]
Read moreOn Unemployment: Washington Behaving Badly
By: Hugh B. Price President National Urban League 317,100 in California. 213,100 in Texas. 176,900 in New York State. 93,200[…]
Read moreProgress At Glacial Speed Equals Tokenism
By: Lee A. Daniels Director of Publications National Urban League [Guest columnist] It was, as has been famously said, a[…]
Read moreAmerica’s New Threat: Widening Economic Inequality
By: Hugh B. Price President National Urban League In recent days a spate of newspaper headlines have sketched the boundaries[…]
Read moreTime To Pass The Baton
By: Hugh B. Price President National Urban League As many of this column's readers may know by now, I've just[…]
Read moreCuban Government Agrees To Buy Food From Black Farmers
Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), said an agreement was reached[…]
Read moreCuban President Fidel Castro Meets With NAACP
On November 14th, Cuban President Fidel Castro met for four hours with Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, the National Association[…]
Read moreNAACP Meets With Cuban Dissident Leaders
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), on a goodwill and trade mission to Cuba, met recently[…]
Read morePaul Wellstone: ‘Like Having One of Us in Congress’
By: Hugh B. Price President National Urban League The word last Friday that Senator Paul Wellstone, of Minnesota, had been[…]
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