We recently launched the second phase of our Put Our Children 1st: Common Core for Common Goals campaign in partnership with One Solution, the creative and branded entertainment arm of Radio One, to stress the value of a public school education that provides all students with the best possible opportunity to reach their full potential and succeed […]
If you have a child in school, chances are you’ve heard about Common Core academic standards. Many people are unclear, however, on what they mean for our children. On the Oct. 3 edition of The Tom Joyner Morning Show, Roland Martin spoke with Marc Morial, the president and CEO of National Urban League, about the misunderstandings around […]
“You can’t allow 15,000 school boards to home bake their own little standards subject to their own political pressures and think we are going to have international competitiveness. We have to at least have some bare minimum core standards if our young people are going to compete.” — Congressional Black Caucus member, Rep. Bobby Scott […]
Jobs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics are projected to grow by 17 percent by 2018, compared to 9.8 percent for jobs in other fields, according to estimates from the U.S. Department of Commerce. That’s good and bad news for women and minorities, who are barely represented in one of the nation’s fastest growing job […]
With the release of the National Urban League‘s 38th annual State Of Black America Report, a panel discussion involving key figures of NUL opens up an examination of the finer points of the report’s findings and what steps need to be taken to move the economic needle forward for people of color. Journalist Jeff Johnson held court as the […]
Black unemployment remains stubbornly high, at 13.1 percent in October 2013, more than double the rate for Whites. More investment in job-creating infrastructure projects could be one of the solutions, said the National Urban League’s president, Marc Morial, on NewsOne Now with Roland Martin. He called on Congress to pass a bill for such a program. Morial also touted […]
The recession seemed to affect African Americans more than any other group, and we are still seeing it in our unemployment rates. What can we do to combat it? Marc Morial of the National Urban League gives insight. “This growing economy gap,” he said, “this income inequality that is on the rise in this country […]
The Affordable Care Act and Obamacare were hot topics at this year’s Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and President and CEO of the National Urban League, Marc Morial, shared his point of view. “[Obamacare] is good for the nation because it’s going to provide health coverage for millions of more Americans,” Morial said. “It’s going to […]
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, NewsOne is proud to present a series of video interviews with icons who attended Dr. Martin Luther King’s historic event. Watch exclusive interviews with the likes of Jesse Jackson, John Lewis, Juan Williams, and more. If you have memories you’d like to share of […]
There’s an advertisement running on BET that’s got a few of our own in a tizzy. Well, sort of. It doesn’t have anything to do with BET programming per se, but there is a political ad that’s running in between their shows in Cleveland and Seattle that is rubbing many President Barack Obama supporters the […]
