Urban League

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July 20, 2022
It’s civil rights week, and now it is the National Urban league's turn to host a convention with Vice President…
December 8, 2021
The free pilot program is set to feature training, mentorship and opportunities for developers to increase their access to capital.
A home stands for sale in a Brooklyn
August 23, 2021
The median price of a home in San Diego has reached up to $750,000, out of reach for many Blacks…
October 29, 2019
Antonio Moore’s new commentary video series on theGrio discusses economics, politics, and wealth, encouraging us to see news of the
August 1, 2015
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush went into historically Democratic territory Friday to tell a predominantly…
April 2, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report from the National Urban League says underemployment is a bigger obstacle for blacks than…
October 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - T. Willard Fair is being honored for the work he’s done to advance people of color and…
July 26, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Why, activists ask, hasn’t there been as much attention paid to Chicago’s crime issue nationally--the president’s hometown?...
July 25, 2012
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In one of his most expansive responses yet to gun crime, President Barack Obama on Wednesday…
July 17, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - One of the country's oldest civil rights groups says President Barack Obama may have a tougher time…
June 28, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will address the National Urban League Conference on July 25 in New Orleans...
May 12, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Black residents of Fort Lauderdale's historic Sistrunk district will have new opportunities, while seeing their neighborhood get…
March 7, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Urban League is calling on African-Americans to get out and vote come election time as…
January 13, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - African-Americans could face a greater jobs crisis in coming years...
January 3, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - National Urban League president Marc Morial blasted Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum on Tuesday, accusing him of…
November 15, 2011
OPINION - Cities with strong diversity supplier policies and which allow easy access to business-to-business and government contracts were the…
November 15, 2011
SLIDESHOW - On November 9, the National Urban League Policy Institute released its State of Urban Business report on minority…
September 25, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - At Suncoast Community High School in Palm Beach County, they're proud of being ranked the 9th best…
July 28, 2011
BOSTON (AP) - He urged advocates to change the conversation about the debt limit to one about creating more jobs,…
July 28, 2011
BOSTON (AP) - The Microsoft founder joined Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates at a forum on education...