NUL in the News

Coronavirus Layoffs Disproportionately Hurt Black and Latino Workers: 'It’s almost like doomsday is coming'

By Deborah Barfield Berry, USA TODAY

WASHINGTON – Opal Foster went to work last Wednesday at a small printing company in Rockville, Maryland. By lunchtime, the graphic designer had been laid off. 

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Criminal Justice Advocates Demand Coronavirus Plan Among Inmates and Officers

By Michelle Bocanegra, Politico.com

Criminal justice advocates pressed Gov. Andrew Cuomo for a comprehensive plan Monday to protect the state's prisons and courts against the coronavirus pandemic.

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Marc Morial: “To Be Fully Treated Fairly, You’ve Got To Be Fully Counted.”

The 2020 census is almost here, and the National Urban League wants to make sure there’s a fair count. 

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Long Islanders Advocate for Racial Justice

As a stay-at-home mother in 2006, Shanequa Levin, of Huntington Station, was feeling stir-crazy. She had two children — ages 4 and 8 at the time — and had just moved to the town in 2003.

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Peoria-Area Grantees Announced after $8.6M Settlement with Energy Company

Following a multi-million dollar settlement with the owner of the E.D. Edwards coal plant, Peoria-area organizations met today at Mt. Zion Baptist Church to celebrate the grants being awarded as part of the settlement process.

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UL Construction Career Academy Prepares Students for Jobs in Construction

Los Angeles Urban League’s (Los Angeles, CA) Construction Career Academy (CCA) held its first class of the new year this past week with a full house of diverse men and women of all ages looking to get into a construction trade.  CCA and many other workforce development programs are trying to fill employment gaps as labor shortages continue to plague the construction industry.

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UL New Sports and Learning Complex in Need of Corporate Sponsors

 Fundraising for the track and field complex in west Louisville is approaching the finish line, but it's in need of a final push.

The Louisville Urban League (Louisville, KY) has raised $44 million of the $50 million cost for construction. President Sadiqa Reynolds said she also wants to raise an additional $5 million to help support the facility's operating costs.

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Catch Highlights From the Recent Black Census Roundtable

We hosted diverse voices in Washington, D.C. this week to exchange strategies for making sure Black communities are fully counted in the 2020 Census. Catch the highlights and do your part to Make Black Count!

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Lyft Shows How to Get a Free Ride to Vote in 2020 Elections

The ride sharing program Lyft is providing free and discounted rides to polls for the primary and general election season for voting in 2020 in the USA.

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At ‘Emergency’ Summit, Congressional Black Caucus Calls for Trump’s Defeat

WASHINGTON — Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) laid out its agenda for the year last week at an “emergency summit” at the U.S. Capitol.

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