Innocent of the Crime, But Almost Executed Anyway
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Last August a federal judge in Boston startled the legal[…]
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Civil Rights: America’s Unfinished Business
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League The year 2004 is one full of great historical echoes[…]
Read moreHRC Urges Federal Office Responsible For Claims Of Workplace Bias To Continue Investigating Sexual Orientation-Based Discrimination
The Human Rights Campaign urged the office responsible for investigating and prosecuting federal workplace discrimination to continue looking into those[…]
Read moreNAACP Files Lawsuit Against Texas Officials To Prevent Reduction Of Voting Hours
The Prairie View Chapter of the NAACP is the lead plaintiff in a second lawsuit filed against Prairie View, Texas[…]
Read moreSecretary Of Education Words Irresponsible
Kweisi Mfume, President and CEO, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said U. S. Secretary of[…]
Read moreNAACP Board Takes Historical Pro-Choice Position
For the first time in its 95-year history, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Board of[…]
Read moreSupreme Court Affirms Federal Power To Protect Public Health & Clean Air
On January 21st the Supreme Court affirmed the federal government's power to protect public health by enforcing clean air measures[…]
Read moreBaffling Beavers Is A "Dam" Good Thing
On January 26th, The Fund for Animals released survey results on the success of its beaver baffling program, showing an[…]
Read moreBlack Beauty Ranch Wish List
The Fund for Animals' Black Beauty Ranch animal sanctuary welcomes donations of equipment, materials, feed, and other items. All the[…]
Read moreState Of Hunting: Decline Continues With Fewer Hunters Killing Animals
Following the State of the Union address by President Bush, The Fund for Animals released a new report on "The[…]
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