Ursula Burns: First Black Woman Fortune 500 CEO
By: Marc H. MorialPresident and CEONational Urban League 2009 is turning out to be quite a year of firsts. America's[…]
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National Urban League Conference To Mark A Civil Rights Crossroads
By: Marc H. MorialPresident and CEONational Urban League In 1903 when the scholar and civil rights leader W.E.B. DuBois predicted[…]
Read moreNAACP Responds To Racial Exclusion Of Children At A Philadelphia Swimming Pool
By Benjamin Todd Jealous,President and CEO, NAACP The NAACP deplores the recent incident of racial discrimination at the Valley Swim[…]
Read moreNAACP Calls For Immediate Policy Changes At Cambridge PD
Following the Racial Profiling Arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. In the wake of yet another unfortunate case[…]
Read moreHumane Society International Congratulates EU For Seal Product Trade Ban; Condemns Canadian Government Response
Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States congratulated the Council of Ministers of the European Union[…]
Read moreGov. Schwarzenegger Enacts Legislation Giving San Diego Power To Determine Seals' Fate
The Humane Society of the United States praised Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California legislature for enacting urgent legislation to[…]
Read moreHumane Society International Condemns Namibian Seal Slaughter And Attack On Observers
Observers from Dutch animal protection group Bont voor Dieren and investigations firm Ecostorm were reportedly physically attacked this week by[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Hails U.S. House Of Representatives Vote To Save Wild Horses And Millions Of Tax Dollars
The Humane Society of the United States applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the "Restore Our American Mustangs"[…]
Read moreThe Humane Society Of The United States Urges End To Python Trade
While deeply concerned about the trade in pythons and the dramatic expansion of populations of this exotic species in the[…]
Read moreThe Humane Society Of The United States Assists In Largest Dogfighting Raid In U.S. History
The Humane Society of the United States assisted federal, state and local authorities in the unprecedented rescue of hundreds of[…]
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