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Category: Op-Ed

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Posted inOp-Ed

MORIAL: Celebrate the Women Who Shape the Racial Justice Movement

by Marc H. Morial May 11, 2022May 11, 2022

It’s always a blessing when my duties as president and CEO of the National Urban League take me to my hometown of New Orleans, as happened last week with a milestone celebration of one of our economic empowerment initiatives, and a professional development conference for our hard-working affiliate CEOS.

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Posted inOpinion

EDMONDS/PINTO: Voting Rights Is the Civil Rights Struggle of Our Time. Mobile Voting Can Help

by Rev. Lionel Edmonds and D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
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Posted inOpinion

BECKFORD/SANDERS: Black Men, Let’s Seize the Opportunity to Build Strong Futures for Black Boys in Education

by Kevin Beckford and Dominick Sanders May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
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Posted inOpinion

JEALOUS: Pay Attention to Roe v. Wade and the Far Right’s Extreme Plans

by Ben Jealous May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
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Posted inOpinion

MALVEAUX: Our Disappearing Rights

by Julianne Malveaux May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
**FILE** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Courtesy photo)
Posted inOpinion

WILLIAMS: A Woman’s World, Too!

by WI Web Editor May 11, 2022May 11, 2022
Lark Dixon (left), owner of Finding All the Chakras, listens to customers during Black Wall Street Renaissance at Everlasting Life Restaurant in Capitol Heights, Maryland, on Sept. 5. (Anthony Tilghman/The Washington Informer)
Posted inOpinion

MORIAL: Helping Black-Owned Restaurants Grow and Thrive

by Marc H. Morial May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
**FILE** James Page receives a dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at the Bowie Senior Center in Bowie, Maryland, on April 21, 2021. (Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer)
Posted inMarian Wright Edelman

MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN: Communities Still Suffering from COVID-19

by Marian Wright Edelman May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
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Posted inOpinion

JEALOUS: A New Dream Team of Federal Judges

by Ben Jealous May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
African-Americans are disproportionately affected by student loan defaults. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inOpinion

MALVEAUX: What Happens After Graduation?

by Julianne Malveaux May 4, 2022May 4, 2022

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