Public Forum Also to Activate Black Participation in 2010 Census LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Some noted Black leaders recently have suggested publicly that President Obama does not need to focus on Black issues.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Marc Morial (National Urban League), the Rev.

NEW ORLEANS, , Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Not even Hurricane Katrina can keep the people or businesses of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region down.

By DEB RIECHMANN WASHINGTON - President Bush said Tuesday that he's open to new ideas for changing the "No Child Left Behind" education law, but will not accept watered-down standards or rollbacks in accountability.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With education the focus of today's policy debates and Congress debating the future of No Child Left Behind, a new report shows the extent to which educational success really begins at home.