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A protégé of the nation’s most prominent civil rights leaders, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who ran for the nation’s top office in the 1980s, stepped down on Saturday as head

Moms for Liberty hears from GOP presidential hopefuls, a manhunt continues after a Baltimore shooting, some states are legalizing milk: 5 Things podcast

Moms for Liberty hears from GOP presidential hopefuls, a manhunt continues after a Baltimore shooting, some states are legalizing milk: 5 Things podcast

New Orleans leaders react to Supreme Court decision to outlaw affirmative action in college admissions

After his 18th birthday. hundreds of rounds of ammunition. the timeline of events there and youve all day changing by the day. but also changing by the day, the level of anger in that community about why and how their children, thats cool were able to face such tragedy. again, were watching president biden and the first lady, dr. jill biden, just arriving in san antonio, walking across the tarmac to marine one which will then take them from there. from the airport and san antonio to uvalde, texa...

Being threatened. theres a lot going on that requires a us to be more vigilant than we have to fight back. and we will, we have to. >> as we await, you can see the stairs approaching the forward cabin of air force one. were waiting for president biden and first lady dr. jill biden to emerge. let me bring in president ceo of the national urban league, mark morial, former mayor of new orleans. and offer of the gunboat coalition to leadership blushes that help you inspire unite and achieve. mark, y...

The president and ceo of the national urban league. mark, tell us based on your report, how would you best describe the current state of black america? >> i think our social and economic traditions are frozen in a sort of suspended animation, zerlina. meaning the comparative position of blacks versus whites, when it comes to jobs, and housing, and life expectancy, and health care, remains a wide gap, a gap that hasnt changed for multiple decades. now, you always have to qualify it, because of th...

In 2020, if those democrats cant get together and protect their right to vote and protect -- make sure that their votes are counted fairly? >> well, you know, one of the things that is true about the black community and has always been true is black folks look to see who is working with the black community on the issues that impact them, just like all communities do. you know, one of the things thats important for democrats to continue to do is show up in communities, listen to whats getting in ...

United states, particularly on the far right, who want to crush voting rights, crush the progress weve made, but its important to understand the fight for voting rights act is a u.s. fight, but its a global fight. >> all right. president and ceo of the national urban league, mark morial. we will continue this important conversation tomorrow. well go back to where we started on median income, because its worse, given inflation and housing prices, too. so well look into the causes of that and have...

56 past the hour. were learning more about the state of black america this morning, from the national urban leagues new annual report released earlier this week. one of the major headlines, the median household income for black people is now more than a third less than white households, making it harder for black people to own homes and benefit from generational wealth. joining us now, former new orleans mayor and national urban league president and ceo, mark morial. were only going to be able t...