By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states…Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere....
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When it comes to the equality in America, a new report by the National Urban...
Special to the NNPA from Target Market News CHICAGO — Three national African-American organizations have issued a joint statement in response to the $20 billion lawsuit...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “…a country’s conscience sometimes has to be triggered by some inconvenience, because I think a lot of people...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.” — George Washington Carver In recent weeks, the latest major...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Officials from the National Action Network, the National Urban League the National Bar Association, the...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The purpose of the law is simple…those who are equal before God shall now also be equal in the polling...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We have no permanent friends, no permanent enemies…only permanent interests.” –Former Congressman William L. Clay, Sr. In a sign of...
CINCINNATI (AP) — The National Urban League wants to make sure job issues and economic insecurity are in the forefront of this fall’s election campaigns,...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Supporting education and training for our youth is a smart investment that can help rebuild local economies and pay...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not...
Media Veronica Clemons Wells Fargo 704-715-5145 Veronica.c.clemons@wellsfargo.com Nicole Kenney NAACP 202-478-6409 nkenney@naacpnet.org Latraviette D. Smith-Wilson National Urban League 212-558-5433 lsmithadv@nul.org DES MOINES, Iowa – May 29,...
by James Wright Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer National Urban League President Marc Morial has joined a new gun-control advocacy organization that...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Affluent Americans would do quite well. But for tens of millions of others, the Ryan plan is a path...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Margarita “Maggie” Anderson wants to transform “Buy Black” from a leftover 1960s slogan to a modern economic empowerment strategy. And...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The wealth gap between African Americans and Whites has expanded in recent years and is not likely...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the housing market recovers a new report by the Urban Institute shows that Black borrowers “have...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist There are some Americans who, in the aggregate, are consistently doing worse in our society — groups that have...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “You can’t allow 15,000 school boards to home bake their own little standards subject to their own political pressures and...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A group of civil rights leaders met with President Obama and several members of his cabinet last...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Jordan had no guns. He had no drugs. There was no alcohol. They were coming from the mall. They...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “There is no more powerful force than a people steeped in their history. And there is no higher cause...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “For the first time in history, Republicans have routinely used the filibuster to prevent President Obama from appointing his executive...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “At a moment when President Obama and Republican leaders remain deeply divided, this week saw them come to a bipartisan...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Everything you are and everything you have is because of that butler.” Gloria Gaines, wife of Cecil Gaines as played by...
