Opening ReMARCS

A weekly newsletter from Marc H. Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League


OPENING ReMARCs - 02/20/13 National Urban League partners with award-winning producer, composer and director Elvin Ross with the promotion of his epic documentary film, Kunta Kinteh Island: Coming Home Without Shackles, as a...
OPENING ReMARCs - 02/13/13 Each year during February we celebrate the incredible journey of African American life and culture in America with Black History Month. This year, the history of the Civil Rights movement looms...
OPENING ReMARCs - 02/05/13 If the widespread voter suppression efforts across the nation in the last two years has demonstrated anything, it’s that the Voting Rights Act is as necessary in 2015 as it was when it was...
OPENING ReMARCs - 01/30/13 Immigration policy reform is an issue whose time has come. We at the National Urban League support a fair, sensible, compassionate path to citizenship. I discussed the issue this week with...
OPENING ReMARCs - 01/16/13 We applaud the White House commitment to finally address the plague of senseless gun violence and are encouraged by the commitment to increase resources for mental health counseling and programs...
OPENING ReMARCs - 01/10/13 Although a last minute deal averted a potential dive over the “fiscal cliff, the National Urban League has strongly urged Congressional leaders to avoid any deficit-reduction measures that...
OPENING ReMARCs - 01/04/13 I would like to take a moment to thank you for your continued support of the National Urban League. I am excited to report that we exceeded our $25,000 Matching Gift Campaign, and because of your...
OPENING ReMARCs - 12/05/12 While political wrangling and gamesmanship color the negotiations over deficit reduction, millions of African-Americans are still reeling in the wake of the Great Recession. In this first year...
OPENING ReMARCs - 11/05/12 Our Vote: Unassailable and Indispensable The last four years have been enormously challenging as the nation climbs back from the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. In the last year...
OPENING ReMARCs - 10/24/12 South Carolina’s restrictive voter ID law was put on hold, thanks to a challenge initiated by the U.S. Department of Justice under the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act...
OPENING ReMARCs - 10/03/12 National Urban League Ramps Up Get-Out-The-Vote Effort “Occupy The Vote” Initiative Educates, Motivates, and Combats Voter Suppression With just over a month until the...
OPENING ReMARCs - 09/19/12 Now is the time to stand and fight back against efforts to turn the clock backward through unfair voter purges, cutbacks on voting hours, and discriminatory voter ID laws designed to suppress voter...
OPENING ReMARCs - 09/13/12 As many as 700,000 young people of color could be deprived of their voting rights this year because of regressive new laws aimed at suppressing turnout, according to a study released this week by the...
OPENING ReMARCs - 08/30/12 The presidential campaign season is heating up, with the Republicans meeting for their national convention this week in Tampa, Florida. Democrats will gather in Charlotte, North Carolina, next week,...
OPENING ReMARCs - 08/24/12 We were dismayed this week to learn that in the midst of a national financial crisis, Nike plans to introduce the most expensive basketball shoe ever to hit the market, the $315 LeBron X Nike Plus....
OPENING ReMARCs - 08/16/12 A Pennsylvania judge yesterday announced he would not block enforcement of the state’s recently-enacted restrictive voter ID law. We at the National Urban League are deeply disappointed...
OPENING ReMARCs - 08/09/12 The National Urban League's 2012 Conference began with an announcement from President Barack Obama and concluded with words of inspiration from Stevie Wonder. This year's Conference, in my...
Opening ReMARCs - 07/19/12 The National Urban League Annual Conference Goes Digital! Politic365.com, the nation’s only publication focused exclusively on politics and public policyfrom a multicultural point of...
Opening ReMARCs - 07/14/12 As New Orleans prepares to welcome the 2012 National Urban League Conference July 25-29, anticipation is building for the free, community-wide events that will engage the city and region...
Opening ReMARCs - 07/03/12 Top names from the worlds of politics, academia and the arts will fill the ranks of speakers and honorees at the National Urban League’s 2012 Annual Conference, July 25-28 at the...