By Marc H. Morial – “I learned long ago to let my game do the talking and focus on the bottom line, not the headlines. That’s why tonight I believe we must come together with one voice and one vision to make Detroit a city that works.” Detroit Mayor Dave Bing A few years ago, […]
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Don’t Mess With the 14th Amendment
By Marc Morial (To Be Equal # 6) – Section I of the 14th Amendment “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the […]
R. Sargent Shriver: Architect of the Great Society
By Marc H. Morial (To Be Equal#5) -“Break mirrors…Shatter the glass. In our society that is so self-absorbed, begin to look less at yourself and more at each other. Learn more about the face of your neighbor and less about your own.” R. Sargent Shriver On January 18th, the National Urban League, America and all […]
Green Empowerment Zones Mean Jobs for Communities of Color
By Marc H. Morial – It is time for policy makers on both sides of the progressive-conservative divide to stop debating and start enacting policies to create jobs, especially for those suffering the most from the persisting great recession. One way to do that is to create green empowerment zones that would generate urban jobs, […]
Bill Daley and Gene Sperling Have Done it Before – To Be Equal #2
By Marc H. Morial – It is now apparent that President Obama was doing a lot more than eating shaved ice and playing golf during his Hawaiian holiday vacation. Almost immediately upon his return to the White House last week, the President announced the appointments of William M. Daley as Chief of Staff and Gene […]
Black Farmers Finally Get Justice
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. […]