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What I Heard: President Obama calls for African American leaders to get fired up and march for jobs, equality and opportunity

Washington, DC – I attended the recent Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 41st Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, DC and it was one of the most substantive, content rich, conferences I have attended in quite a while. Our annual CBC Black Women’s Roundtable “Power of the Sister Vote in 2012!” forum was standing room only with […]

President Obama Reaches Out to his Base – the Black Community

Obama appears on Tom Joyner radio show, tries to reassure African American listeners By Peter Wallsten – Under fire from some black lawmakers for not directly addressing rising unemployment in their communities, President Obama appeared Tuesday morning on a popular African-American-oriented radio show to assure listeners that he understands their concerns. Obama reflected on the […]

National Urban League’s Boston Conference Urges President and Congress to Refocus National Debate on Jobs

By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal #31) – The National Urban League concluded the first conference of its second century of service and economic empowerment this past Saturday in Boston. By all accounts, this was one of the most successful gatherings in the organization’s 101-year history. Thousands of citizens from across the country came […]

Some Want Jobs for Christmas

By Julianne Malveaux – In the weeks since the “shellacking” of the November 2 election, there has been much talk that the economy will turn around and, indeed, is on the mend. The indicators are better, both pundits and experts have been saying. The recession is over, according to these indicators, and it is unlikely […]