By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League The controversy of recent years about the Confederate flag—whether it[…]
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EPA Rules To Cut Haze In National Parks Fall Short
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final rule intended to cut haze pollution in national parks falls short because it[…]
Read moreGhosts of Enormous Wrongs
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Once upon a time in America, even for the better[…]
Read moreNew Count Shows Bald Eagles Continue To Thrive In Lower 48
Six years after the federal government first proposed removing the bald eagle from the list of endangered and threatened species,[…]
Read moreNew Research Suggests Genetic Basis To Sexual Orientation
Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese released the following statement in response to a study of fruit flies that indicates[…]
Read moreMexican Stamp Is Latest Racially Offensive Behavior By Mexican Government
Dennis Courtland Hayes, NAACP Interim President and CEO, said the decision by the Mexican government to issue a blatantly racist[…]
Read moreSuspended Ford Boycott Reveals Strong Support For Workplace Fairness
On the heels of a failed boycott against the Walt Disney Company, an anti-gay lobbying group called the American Family[…]
Read moreNo Excuse for Senators Not to Sign Lynching Apology
Julian Bond, Chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, said yesterday's guilty verdict by a Mississippi jury in the[…]
Read moreUnited Church Of Christ Marriage Resolution Demonstrates Leadership On Equality And Understanding
The General Synod of the 1.3 million member United Church of Christ will consider a resolution endorsing marriage equality for[…]
Read moreNAACP Supports Conviction in 41 Year-Old Civil Rights Case
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) believes an historic first step was taken in justice being[…]
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