Global Warming Bill Clears CA Assembly Environmental Leaders Commend 2006 Legislature
Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), the California Global Warming Solutions Act, was approved in California's state Assembly August 31st on[…]
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AIDS/HIV Editorial
by Julian Bond It's been 25 years since we first learned of a disease that was killing a handful of[…]
Read moreNAACP Report Finds Thousands on Mississippi's Gulf Coast Still Struggle to Rebuild Homes and Their Lives
Despite billions of federal dollars earmarked for rebuilding the Katrina-ravaged Mississippi Gulf Coast, a special report finds that many of[…]
Read moreJustice Department Makes Wrong Choice by Supporting Integration Challenges
NAACP officials express disappointment that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will side with students who claim they were unconstitutionally[…]
Read moreNAACP, NAHB Release Groundbreaking Report On Housing
On August 30th, 2006 – A joint housing policy report on ways to expand housing opportunity for minority households was[…]
Read moreEmpowerment: The Final Frontier of African-American Development in the United States
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Years ago, the grandfather of Time Warner Chairman Dick Parsons[…]
Read moreWorking Together To Bring Back Our Inner Cities
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League A new breed of urban mayors appears to be bringing[…]
Read moreWanted: Drum Majors for the 21st Century Civil Rights Movement
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League With the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina upon us, who[…]
Read moreWorking Poor Beware: Read the Fine Print in
By: Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League Last month's news of the U.S. House of Representatives mulling[…]
Read moreLandmark New National Program to Collect Mercury Switches from Automobiles
A landmark agreement was announced on August 11th that will greatly reduce a major source of mercury from the environment[…]
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