By Editorial, Amsterdam News
Marc Morial, president & CEO of the National Urban League, expressed in the introduction to the organization’s report on the “State of Black America” an outlook that is consistent with what many African Americans believe, and we are certainly in accord.
By Michael Warren, AP News
ATLANTA (AP) — The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, and its findings are grim. This year’s Equality Index shows Black people still get only 73.9% of the American pie white people enjoy.
2022 STATE OF BLACK AMERICA, “UNDER SIEGE: THE PLOT TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY” OUTLINES THE COORDINATED CAMPAIGN TO DISMANTLE VOTING RIGHTS AND THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM
National Urban League Relaunches #ReclaimYourVote Campaign in Response
Report Includes the Semi-Annual Equality Index and the First “Pulse of Black America” Companion Poll
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN
(CNN)Higher unemployment rates, lower household incomes and lack of access to health care left Black Americans more vulnerable to the Covid-19 pandemic and there is an urgency to address these structural inequities, according to a new report on the state of Black America released Thursday by the National Urban League.
Ending The “Three Pandemics” Of Racial Inequity in Health Care, Economics and Public Safety Requires Innovation, Deliberation
NEW YORK (July 15, 2021) – The COVID-19 pandemic not only unmasked the stark racial inequities in the nation’s economic, health care and public safety status quo; it gave rise to a fierce resistance to that status quo and fueled demand for racial justice that grows more intense with each passing month.
CNBC’s “Squawk Box” team discusses the state of inequity amid the pandemic with Lisa Cooper of Johns Hopkins’ Center for Health Equity and Marc Morial, Urban League CEO.
Cyril Josh Barker, Amsterdam News
The National Urban League has released its 2020 State of Black America report. This year’s report focuses on how the COVID-19 pandemic is pulling back the curtain on racism in America. The report was released virtually on Aug. 13 with speakers including, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, activist Tamika Mallory, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and author Michael Eric Dyson.
By Gabrielle Wanneh, US News
WHILE THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic has engulfed the nation in public health dangers and economic turmoil, Black Americans are facing particularly stark crises. In a sense, "Black America faces three pandemics" in the devastating health effects of COVID-19, significant economic distress, and issues related to policing and criminal justice, said Marc Morial, president and CEO of the National Urban League.
A Climate In Crisis
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