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National Urban League

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

James Braxton Peterson
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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Two women vote in a recreation center in the presidential election November 4, 2008 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

September 25th is National Voter Registration Day

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - In four days over 1100 organizations will come together in a national wide call for voter registration...
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Urban League president: LeBron X shoe 'a foolish status symbol'

Abdul Sada
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

Todd Johnson
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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Obama addresses gun violence at Urban League

Julia Pace, Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In one of his most expansive responses yet to gun crime, President Barack Obama on Wednesday embraced some degree of control on the sale of weapons but said he would also seek a national consensus on combating violence...
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President Barack Obama shares a laugh with former White House aide Reggie Love as they watch the Olypmics-bound U.S. men’s national basketball team game against Brazil, at the Verizon Center on Monday, July 16, 2012, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Leslie E. Kossoff/Polaris Images)

Why Obama isn't taking black voters for granted

Perry Bacon Jr
ANALYSIS - As the Urban League detailed in an important report it released on Monday, African-Americans are themselves a crucial kind of 'swing vote'...
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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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'NULITES' raise bar for success in education

Jeff Johnson
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - The 'NULITES,' which stands for National Urban League Incentive To Excel and Succeed, is a group of young people committed to becoming the next generation of leaders...
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