Obama kicks off unofficial gun control debate at Urban League
theGRIO REPORT - Why, activists ask, hasn’t there been as much attention paid to Chicago’s crime issue nationally--the president’s hometown?...
Obama addresses gun violence at Urban League
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...
Urban League: Obama needs better than 2004 black turnout
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...
Obama to speak at Urban League conference
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will address the National Urban League Conference on July 25 in New Orleans...
Urban League Center: A new start for Ft. Lauderdale
theGRIO REPORT - Black residents of Fort Lauderdale's historic Sistrunk district will have new opportunities, while seeing their neighborhood get a facelift...
Urban League: voting laws threaten equality gains
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...
Who's to blame for black joblessness?
theGRIO REPORT - African-Americans could face a greater jobs crisis in coming years...
Marc Morial slams Santorum's 'racist pandering'
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'...
Cities with diversity plan best for black business
OPINION - Cities with strong diversity supplier policies and which allow easy access to business-to-business and government contracts were the best environments for black-owned businesses to grow...
Slideshow: Top US cities for blacks to do business
SLIDESHOW - On November 9, the National Urban League Policy Institute released its State of Urban Business report on minority business development...
