By Marc H. Morial – As many as 80,000 Black farmers received an early New Year’s present from President Obama on December 8th, when he signed the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 into law. This legislation, which has been debated in Congress for more than a decade, funds a $1.5 billion lawsuit against the U.S. […]
National Urban League Calls on Talk Radio Network to Drop Dr. Laura
New York – The National Urban League today called on Talk Radio Network to drop the Dr. Laura show from syndication, and urged host Dr. Laura Schlessinger to educate herself about racism. “The problem is not simply that Dr. Schlessinger used the ‘n-word’ repeatedly, though that is offensive enough,” National Urban League President and CEO […]