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Participants spoke about the NAACP’s policy priorities including financial services, health care, criminal justice, employment and civil rights. They focused on how various Obama administrat…

Panelists talked about ideas to help young people acquire job skills. Topics included apprenticeships and education, the need for public sector job creation to supplement the private sector,…

Representative Emanuel Cleaver introduced a panel of public policy analysts who talked about the impact of proposed cuts to programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, and the role of government…

Education Secretary Arne Duncan was the keynote speaker at the breakfast hosted by Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network on Martin Luther King, Jr’s legacy and the future of civil r…

Panelists talked about an Urban Institute report finding that African American high school graduates will take 20 percent longer than white graduates to find a job lasting more than six mont…

The National Action Network held a “Reclaim the Dream” rally at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C. Speakers included Reverend Al Sharpton, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Urban League P…

A panel discussion was held on economic issues for African Americans. Topics included the causes of the financial markets crisis, the global economic outlook, infrastructure projects, person…

Bruce Gordon talked about policies and programs to fight poverty. Topics involved U.S. Census poverty thresholds, class and poverty, rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina, Hispanics, health car…

Professor Spriggs talked about U.S. policies on poverty. He described his new report, written with others, titled “U.S. Poverty Policy in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina” which shows a we…

Participants talked to reporters about planned events to mark the 1963 March on Washington and honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. They also responded to questions from the reporters…

The National Urban League hosted a forum that highlighted a collection of essays from African American scholars. Several contributors to the publication discussed their essays, which looked …

The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation sponsored a forum on civil liberties and terrorism prevention. Former White House chief of staff John Podesta and Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin…

The National Urban League issued its The State of Black America annual report. Hugh Price, president and CEO of the organization, and authors whose essays are featured in the report talked w…

The National Urban League announced its report, The State of Black America 1999: The Impact of Color-consciousness in the United States. The report examined racial disparities in income, we…

Mr. William Spriggs, Research & Policy Director for the National Urban League, commented on the reduction of unemployment for blacks. He mentioned that it is disturbing that the ratio of bla…