The Criminal Injustice System: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Hugh B. Price President National Urban League Convicted as a teenager in 1982 of rape, Marvin Lamont Anderson spent fifteen[…]
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Rethinking Welfare Reform
By Maya Rockeymoore Senior Resident Scholar for Health And Income Security National Urban League Institute for Equality and Opportunity (Guest[…]
Read moreA Post-9/11 Study in Character
Hugh B. Price President National Urban League The news story in the December 28 edition of the New York Times[…]
Read moreHRC Says Federal Funding For Crucial HIV/AIDS Programs Takes Some Positive Steps But Falls Short Overall
The Human Rights Campaign expressed disappointment today by the lack of money appropriated by Congress for fiscal year 2002 HIV/AIDS[…]
Read moreSame-Sex Families Can File Claims For Federal Victim Compensation Fund; But Success Remains Unclear
On December 20th, The Human Rights Campaign expressed satisfaction that same-sex families can file claims with the federal Victim Compensation[…]
Read moreHRC Expresses ‘Deep Concerns’ About The Vega Murder Investigation To The Milwaukee District Attorney
Human Rights Campaign Executive Director Elizabeth Birch recently sent a letter on behalf of the group's 460,000 members to the[…]
Read moreNAACP Resolves Lawsuit With The Adam’s Mark Hotel Chain Announces End Of Its Economic Boycotts
On December 3rd, Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), announced the resolution[…]
Read moreHRC Encouraged By New Poll That Shows Record Levels Of Acceptance, But Discrimination And Violence Persist
The Human Rights Campaign called the poll, released by the Kaiser Family Foundation on November 13th, showing increased acceptance of[…]
Read moreHRC Greatly Disappointed In The Salvation Army’s Decision To Rescind Health Care Benefits For Domestic Partners
The Human Rights Campaign expressed great disappointment in the Salvation Army for rescinding a decision to extend health benefits to[…]
Read moreRemember the Error of Our Old Ways
The attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington immediately plunged the United States[…]
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