To Be Equal

We Can't Afford To Let Anyone Swiftboat Us On Bidenomics

Earlier this year, the National Urban League launched our D3 initiative to Defend Democracy, Demand Diversity, and Defeat Poverty.  The initiative to combat poverty emphasizes a comprehensive strategy centered on increasing access and equity across several critical areas, recognizing poverty as a significant national issue that jeopardizes the future prosperity of the United States. 

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Discriminatory Laws Have Driven Black Voters From The Polls. Reclaim Your Vote Aims To Bring Them Back.

“If the United States wants to make good on its foundational claims of a democratic system of governance open to all citizens, it must find ways to close the racial turnout gap. Wider now than at any point in at least the past 16 years, the gap costs millions of votes from Americans of color all around the country. Perhaps most worrisome of all, the gap is growing most quickly in parts of the country that were previously covered under the preclearance regime of the 1965 Voting Rights Act until the disastrous Shelby County ruling.” – Brennan Center For Justice

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State's Hostile Takeover of Tennessee State University is Stark Example of Blaming the Victim of the State's Own 30-Year Crime Spree

“By underfunding public HBCUs and denying the value of Black students on non-HBCU campuses, these extremists are making very clear the kinds of students they do and don’t want to succeed.  They also are the same ones waging war on the teaching of our nation’s full history. But if we studied that history they seek to quash, we would know that the news out of Tennessee is just the latest example of conservatives rejecting the notion that Black people possess the capacity for self-governance.” – Gevin Reynolds

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Racist Anti-Immigrant Hysteria Is Aimed At Blinding Voters To Reality

“The bomb outrage in New York emphasizes the extent to which the alien scum from the cesspools of the Old World has polluted the clear spring of American democracy." – The Washington Post editorial board, Sept. 20, 1920

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President Biden's State Of The Union Address Centers On National Urban League's “D3” Agenda To Defend Democracy, Demand Diversity, Defeat Poverty

“When you get to my age, certain things become clearer than ever before. I know the American story. Again and again, I’ve seen the contest between competing forces in the battle for the soul of our nation. Between those who want to pull America back to the past and those who want to move America into the future." – President Joe Biden, 2024 State of the Union Address

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State Of Black America 2024 Evaluates The Biden-Harris Commitment To Racial Equity

“We’re building an America where we recognize the inherent dignity of every single person, and where every American has the chance to live a life of purpose and meaning. This is my vision for the future.”  President Joe Biden, 2024 State of Black America

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Questions Remain in The Case of Defiled, Burned Jackie Robinson Statue

“Here’s where Robinson, looking down from baseball heaven, may be having the last laugh, because the vandalism has in fact left an imprint. Paradoxically, it has helped to burnish Robinson’s legacy. The grievous misdeed of destroying Robinson’s statue has only increased the kids’ awareness of the illustrious details of his storied life and its relevance to their own.” – Sports journalist Mark Dent

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How Uninsured And Underinsured Americans Can Access Free Covid-19 Vaccines

“We have more tools than ever to protect against serious COVID-19 disease and death, but we must make sure everyone has equitable access to those tools.” – CDC Director Mandy Cohen

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NFL’s Head Coaching Ranks Starting To Look A Little More Like The League They Lead

“It's hard to tell what, if any, trends will emerge from this hiring cycle. Maybe the emphasis on diverse candidates will continue. Maybe team owners have opened their minds to defensive-minded coaches. Perhaps the ‘leader of men’ model will continue.  Nothing has been solved, per se. But there's cautious optimism the league is in a place to grow from here.” – Jonathan Jones, CBS Sports

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Fearless Fund Continues The Fight Against Defenders Of White Supremacy

“Honestly, I actually have the same belief as the plaintiff. I would like a world where race-based things do not matter. But guess what - we live in America, and there are disparities that have to be solved for us to get to that point.” -- Arian Simone, Fearless Fund Co-Founder

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