Associated PressAugust 31, 2023
After Jacksonville shootings, historically Black colleges address security concerns, remain vigilant
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The shooting came amid a spate of recent threats to historically Black colleges and universities nationwide.
Tag: National Urban League
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This year's GOP presidential Primary field is the most diverse ever.
Associated PressApril 15, 2023
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Florida has been the epicenter, targeting critical race theory and opposing AP African American studies.
Staff ReportsJune 8, 2020
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Publix says it is time to listen with open hearts and to lead with empathy
Associated PressMay 4, 2020
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Approximately 8.4 million U.S. households are unbanked.
Staff ReportsMarch 20, 2020
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The first $1M is spoken for.
Mitch PerryDecember 14, 2016
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Over the summer, a hacker who went by the nom de guerre of Guccifer 2.0 began distributing internal documents from the Democratic National Committee to a variety of reporters and bloggers here in Florida. I was one of those recipients. I bring that up this morning because of the story in Wednesday’s NY Times , which revisits […]
Mitch PerryDecember 13, 2016
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The National Urban League (NUL) has been complaining for six years that Equality Florida‘s logo is too similar to theirs in appearance. Now the venerable civil rights organization is taking Florida’s leading gay rights group to court to have them stop using it — and wants them to pay for it. In legal briefs filed with the U.S. […]
Associated PressMay 17, 2016
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African-Americans are doing about the same as they have in previous years as the nation rises out of the Great Recession, and much better than they did when its first “State of Black America” report came out 40 years ago, the National Urban League said Tuesday. The new report, “Locked Out: Education, Jobs & Justice,” […]
Guest AuthorAugust 27, 20157min325
Let’s circle back to Jeb Bush’s National Urban League address from several weeks ago, because if a big, pointed word must be used, it is “symptomatic” of Republican racial complacency. (It’s best to exclude Ben Carson, because like all black Republicans from Allen West to Tim Scott, he momentarily forgets that he is black. Colorblindness […]