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Marc Morial

CHICAGO - JULY 30: National Urban League President & CEO Marc H. Morial attends the National Urban League-Workshops at McCormick Place on July 30, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for National Urban League)

New 'State of Black America' report puts focus on jobs

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theGRIO REPORT - This week the National Urban League released its 2013 State of Black America report, a comprehensive, data-driven assessment of where black and Latino Americans stand in relation to their white counterparts in the US...
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Rev. Al Sharpton and NAACP President Benjamin Jealous march with Trayvon Martin supporters through the historically African-American community of Goldsboro on their way to an NAACP rally in front of the Sanford Police Department on March 31, 2012 in Sanford, Florida.(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Black, civic leaders meet with Obama on deficits

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theGRIO REPORT - With the so-called 'fiscal cliff' approaching at the end of the year, President Barack Obama is holding meetings with various groups, including business and labor leaders...
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CHICAGO - JULY 30: National Urban League President & CEO Marc H. Morial attends the National Urban League-Workshops at McCormick Place on July 30, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for National Urban League)

National Urban League leader slams Paul Ryan

Abdul Sada
theGRIO REPORT - National Urban League president and CEO Marc H. Morial has called out GOP vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan over claims that he is committed to strengthening the social safety net standards in the fight against poverty...
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Urban League president: LeBron X shoe 'a foolish status symbol'

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VIDEO - National Urban League president Marc Morial explains why charging over $300 for new Lebron shoe is outrageous...
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Urban League vs. $315 'LeBron' shoe

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theGRIO REPORT - The National Urban League wants no part of a reported $315 Nike basketball shoe set to hit shelves this fall. The civil rights organization released a statement Tuesday calling for Nike to do away with plans to release the 'LeBron X' sneaker and encouraging parents not to buy it...
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Urban League: Obama needs better than 2004 black turnout

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WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the country's oldest civil rights groups says President Barack Obama may have a tougher time winning at least three battleground states in November should black voter turnout fall...
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Urban League: voting laws threaten equality gains

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Urban League is calling on African-Americans to get out and vote come election time as a means of countering state laws the group says threaten education and economic gains made by blacks...
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Marc Morial slams Santorum's 'racist pandering'

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - National Urban League president Marc Morial blasted Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Tuesday, accusing him of 'racist pandering' for saying he 'doesn't want to improve black people's lives with other people's money'...
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Urban League: Healing Boston's racial wounds?

Talia Whyte
OPINION - As many of you are aware, Boston has this unfortunate 'racist' reputation...
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Urban League chief: Wealth gap a 'wake-up call'

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BOSTON (AP) - Morial said new census data analyzed by the Pew Research Center shows that blacks and Latinos have especially been hit hard by the economic meltdown...
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