Data from Education and Civil Rights Groups Show that Nearly 17 million Students Nationally Fall into Homework Gap Without Internet Access at Home Washington, D.C.—As schools across the country ...

We commissioned this two-year assessment because we believe it is essential to examine the consequences of the pandemic for Black America. Acting individually and collectively over the past two years, ...

"Every nation’s history includes unsettling truths that many would prefer to forget or deny. But true patriotism demands confronting the truths of our history—no matter how embarrassing or ...

COLUMBUS – The Columbus Urban League (Columbus, OH), along with the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, have just received huge gifts. Former Columbus Fair Auto Auction owner Alexis ...

The ‘Grill to Glory’ program returns this year, hoping again to bring churches and neighborhood residents together. According to James Clark, with the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis (St. Louis ...

The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) would be privatized under a 53-page plan released Thursday by the Treasury Department to ...

NEW YORK (April 8, 2021) – Hundreds of long-term unemployed and underemployed Americans will have the chance to train for family-sustaining jobs under a major expansion of National Urban League’s ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - The Urban League’s Back to School expo is back for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The expo is being held at America’s Center in downtown St. Louis Saturday ...

The Chicago Urban League (Chicago, IL) is sounding the alarm on the widening racial wealth gap in its new report, “The State of Black Chicago.” It draws from research from the New School’s Institute ...

“How bad are school vouchers for students? Far worse than most people imagine. Indeed, the use of school vouchers—which provide families with public dollars to spend on private schools—is equivalent ...

GREENVILLE (Dec. 19, 2022) – In the time of segregation, there were many everyday heroes that helped, in their ways, to uplift their community. One of those everyday heroes is Dr. Edward McClaren, ...

In a move aimed at strengthening the local workforce, the Columbus Urban League (Columbus, OH) has teamed up with the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services to open the gates of ...