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Monday, July 26, 2010 marked the 20th Anniversary of the passing of The Americans with Disabilities Act. Signed into law in 1990, by President George H.W. Bush, ADA provisions ban workplace discrimination against qualified people with disabilities and require improved access to public places and transportation. President... Read More → |
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The President Calls Status Quo ‘Morally Inexcusable, Economically Indefensible’ On July 29, 2010 at the National Urban League’s Centennial Convention, President Obama delivered a candid address on education reform, challenging critics of his “Race To The Top” Program by... Read More → |
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The National Conference of Black Mayors has received a Fellowship Grant from the Comcast Foundation for Broadband Technical Assistance. The program supports two graduate level policy fellows to develop public policy recommendations to increase broadband adoption and use by African Americans. The recommendations... Read More → |
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On July 21, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. It has now been two years since the collapse of Bear Stearns and more than a year since the financial crisis peaked. Trillions of dollars in household wealth were erased and over 8 million... Read More → |
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On July 21, President Obama signed yet another landmark piece of legislation putting the middle class above the special interests that for so long had a stranglehold on America’s government. At the signing ceremony, the President laid out the historical perspective as well as the perspective... Read More → |
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Spending three days at the nation’s Capitol, the National Conference of Black Mayors and the Hip Hop Caucus held a series of events June 28-30 to advance their mission to green American cities. The “Green The City Advocacy Summit” was the first event held in NCBM’s partnership... Read More → |
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Remarks by Jeffrey Crowley, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy Today, I am pleased to announce the release of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States. The release of the strategy reaffirms President Obama’s commitment to fighting this domestic epidemic. From the time that... Read More → |
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(Detroit Free Press/July 6, 2010) Two-thirds of U.S. counties became economically healthier in May, thanks to more manufacturing jobs in the Midwest and fewer home foreclosures in the Sun Belt, according to the Associated Press’ monthly analysis of conditions around the country. Yet the improvement... Read More → |
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Daniel Ortega (from left), a Phoenix lawyer and immigration advocate; Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox; and the Rev. Warren Stewart are among speakers at a July 6 news conference discussing the federal suit challenging Arizona's Senate Bill 1070 (photo credit: The Arizona Republic) (The... Read More → |
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During a June 29 press conference at the Capitol, the National Conference of Black Mayors called on the Senate to chart a new direction for America’s future through comprehensive climate and energy legislation that will provide for the sustainability of our nation’s most vulnerable communities.... Read More → |
