Urban League Denounces Supreme Court Decision on Gun Safety, Urges Immediate Action on Gun Safety Legislation
The Supreme Court decision invalidating New York’s common-sense restrictions on concealed firearms is deeply flawed, rooted in political expediency rather than legal theory, and will contribute...
Black Women Will Bear the Brunt of SCOTUS Abortion Ruling
National Urban League President Marc H. Morial today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade:
Preventing Black erasure will require record voting
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ redistricting map erasing two Black congressional seats won court approval. This means we go from four Black congressional seats to just two.
DeSantis rewrote...
US boards still disproportionately white as diversity rises
Amid the push to get U.S. boardrooms to look more like companies’ customers and employees, advocates are finally seeing just how steep the task will be.
Boards...
Karine Jean-Pierre first Black woman White House press secretary
Karine Jean-Pierre, whose long career in Democratic communications led her to the podium last year as the second Black woman to hold a White House daily...
Black districts restored when judge says DeSantis’ Congress map unconstitutional
Finding a congressional redistricting map pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis likely unconstitutional, a circuit judge Wednesday granted a temporary injunction because of changes to a North...
Paid summer internships available to Miami-Dade teens
Students ages 15-18 attending Miami-Dade County Public Schools are now eligible to apply for paid summer internships.
In its seventh year, the program is made possible through...
