[John Lewis\Voting Rights Act]
Morial: “John Lewis paid for the Voting Rights Act with his own blood. The Supreme Court made a mockery of his sacrifice when it gutted the Act, saying the country had changed and states no longer needed federal oversight to protect Black voters…”
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Marc Morial
We Must Restore Voting Rights Act to Honor John Lewis
Tackling the Double Virus: COVID-19 and White Supremacy
[COVID-19\White Supremacy]
Morial: “Five years ago, in the wake of Michael Brown’s death at the hands of Ferguson, Missouri, police, the National Urban League called for comprehensive reform of police recruitment, training and use-of-force policies.”
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MORIAL: COVID-19 CAN’T DEFEAT RESILIENT GRADUATING CLASS OF 2020
[COVID-19\Graduating Class of 2020]
Morial: “The members of the Class of 2020 will carry with them forever the lessons of graduating into a world beset by a pandemic and economic crisis.”
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INVESTIGATE AHMAUD ARBERY’S DEATH—AND CORRUPT SYSTEM THAT LET HIS MURDERERS GO
[Marc Morial\Ahmaud Arbery]
Morial: “It boggles the mind that in the year 2020 there are still people in positions of authority who accept, unquestioningly, the notion that a Black man who fails to heed the orders of a white man on the street deserves instant death.”
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MORIAL: CONGRESS MUST INVEST MONEY INTO CITY MUNICIPALITIES STRUGGLING DUE TO COVID-19
[COVID-19\Economic Relief for Cities]
Morial: “Instead of seizing the opportunity to stimulate the nation’s economy by investing in the cities that are its engines, politicians in Washington are exploiting the crisis for partisan gain.”
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TRUMP’S RUSH TO REOPEN ECONOMY RISKS WORSENING COVID-19 CRISIS
[COVID-19\Economy]
Morial: “Economist Diane Swonk told Barron’s that under a safe reopening scenario, the plummeting GDP could level off, finishing the year at a 7% decline – the worst since 1946. But a rushed reopening could lead to a contraction of 10% or more for 2020.”
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NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE FIGHTS FOR BLACK AMERICA AMID CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
[Urban League\COVID-19]
Morial: “More than 30,000 Americans have died of COVID-19, and African Americans are more likely to die than any other group…That’s why that Urban League Movement’s role as economic first responders is more important than ever before.”
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