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2009-07-04: Headlines
BlackAthlete.net: What's Really Goin' On?? 2009-07-04
The prime of their careers occurred in the 60s, during the Civil Rights Era, and they were both vocal, conspicuous presences -- activists.
msnbc.com: A new day in Mississippi 2009-07-04
In June, 1964, three young civil rights activists-- Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner-- were murdered on a dark and lonely road by Klansmen ...
Joliet Herald News: Resident says rights violated by Mokena 2009-07-04
MOKENA -- How much are your civil rights worth? To Mokena resident Tino Lettieri, the price is $10000.
guardian.co.uk: Human rights win wider recognition in Britain 2009-07-04
... benefits among the public sector have gone unnoticed by a wider audience, while attention centres on a small number of high-profile civil rights cases.
guardian.co.uk: The Human Rights Act: 800 years in the making 2009-07-04
... Carta became the first document to set out the right of habeas corpus and establish a tradition of civil rights in Britain that still exists today.
guardian.co.uk: How effective is the Human Rights Act? 2009-07-04
... the very forefront of what it is doing," said Sir Geoffrey Bindman, a leading civil rights lawyer and chairman of the British Institute of Human Rights.
guardian.co.uk: How the act has affected different public sectors 2009-07-04
Relying on Article 8 (respect for the person), the civil rights group, Liberty, persuaded a specially established ethical panel to agree to the patient' ...
World War 4 Report: Israel high court orders stronger penalty in prisoner abuse case 2009-07-04
Human rights groups B'Tselem, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) and Yesh Din filed ...
Daily Kos: Red State: Palin now Obama's Worst Nightmare 2009-07-04
... the next 2+ years in becoming the voice of the GOP's opposition to Obama's healthcare, energy, tax, environment, civil rights and foreign policy plans.
Daily Kos: LGBT: Judge Walker Fast-Tracks Olson/Boies 2009-07-04
The Associated Press reports that Judge Walker expressed a desire to accelerate the case because "it involves serious civil rights issues.
Daily Kos: What might we learn from Frederick Douglass on the 4th of July? 2009-07-04
During my lifetime we have lived through a civil rights revolution that has more fully included the descendants of those freed slaves, as well as many other ...
Open Media Boston: Some Thoughts on Patriotism for July 4th 2009-07-04
Like let's say America stops respecting - even nominally - democracy, human rights and the rule of law - nukes a couple of countries, suspends civil right ...
Express Buzz: Women's body seeks spl task force in dists 2009-07-04
About 20 different human rights, civil rights and women rights organisations joined hands and formed the State Women Rights Forum (SWRF) to fight violence ...
PR-Inside.com News: AMERICAS NEWS AT 0500 GMT 2009-07-04
WASHINGTON _ A civil rights group advised by Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor in the 1980s brought several discrimination lawsuits that sought to scrap ...
Webnewswire.com: Statement from the President on the 45th Anniversary of the Civil ... 2009-07-04
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended legal discrimination, helping grant all Americans equal justice under the law – no matter what their gender or the col ...
PR-CANADA.net (press release): Obama Administration Begins Naming State Executive Directors ... 2009-07-04
He is currently a District Director for the Farm Service Agency in Virginia where he handles debt management issues, and serves as both the Civil Right ...
Salt Lake Tribune: Politics foremost for Joe Hatch 2009-07-04
... a faction calling for economic growth through entrepreneurship and favoring more liberal social programs such as welfare and civil rights.
Los Angeles Times: Supporters stand behind activist with alleged ties to Mar ... 2009-07-04
They don't believe it's valid or viable," said civil rights lawyer Jorge Gonzalez, standing beside other supporters outside the courthouse.
WLBT-TV: Philadelphia's first African American mayor sworn in 2009-07-04
That's because James Young became the first African American mayor of Philadelphia, Mississippi, a town scarred by a violent civil rights history.
Galveston County: Peninsula Fighting To Save Mother Of Mercy - Daily News 2009-07-04
The journey continued through emancipation into the long struggle for civil rights that followed. Finally, that famous portrait of President Obama was ...
Financial Times: A test of legal logic for US civil rights 2009-07-04
For about four decades, the US has had a system of racial preference (affirmative action) meant to remedy the dire consequences ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger: Taxes issue at heart of lawsuit 2009-07-04
A $435 million civil rights lawsuit brought by 15 Claiborne County residents alleges that Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Plant has not been made to pay its fair ...
Chicago Public Radio: Real-Estate Magnate Backed Harold Washington 2009-07-04
He was a self-made millionaire, civil-rights leader, prolific author and even jazz musician. But Travis's most important role may have been financing ...
Providence Business News: Is RI's official state name insensitive? 2009-07-04
It was around that same time – back in 1990 – that voters in Arizona rejected an effort to establish a state holiday honoring the late civil rights leader ...
Indianapolis Star: What Ricci means 2009-07-04
(Such is the extreme race consciousness that the Civil Rights Act, of all things, has brought upon us.) Nor will it do, as New Haven tried, to throw out ...
Middletown Press: City should quickly promote firefighters 2009-07-04
In this case, the US Supreme Court held that the Civil Rights Act's provision forbidding policies with disparate impact on minorities did not apply.
Express Buzz: GU prof in soup over fake caste certificate 2009-07-04
Police said that based on a complaint of Babu Rao Badiger, general secretary of SC/ST Civil Rights Protection Committee, Civil Rights Enforcement Cell ...
Broward New Times: Zo's Comedy Groove with Cedric the Entertainer 2009-07-04
But that is just what Cedric the Entertainer did as the Barbershop character Eddie during a scene discussing Rosa Parks' status as a civil rights icon.
In-Forum: Shooting stirs old concerns in Moorhead's Romkey Park neighborhood 2009-07-04
After the Romkey Park neighborhood riot on July 4, 1998 – following the fireworks display at MSUM – the US Commission on Civil Rights investigated purported ...
YourNabe.com: America needs public health care 2009-07-04
Bernard Sanders of Vermont recently remarked that the fight for comprehensive universal health care is today's civil rights struggle.
Weston Forum: LESSONS FROM HISTORY: Independence Day and the meaning of freedom 2009-07-04
... that Lincoln deliberately decided to justify national union and universal civil rights on the Declaration of Independence instead of the Constitution.
Indianapolis Star: Ordinance could affect lawsuits 2009-07-04
... of Cyntheanne Park at 126th Street and Cyntheanne Road violates the town's extensive development standards, as well as neighbors' civil rights.
Vicksburg Post: Claiborne residents sue Grand Gulf, claim discrimination 2009-07-04
... Hood of violating the civil rights of 15 plaintiffs by carrying out the law, which provides for Grand Gulf to be taxed directly by the Tax Commission.
WXIA-TV: Cynthia McKinney Refuses Israel's Offer of Release from Custody 2009-07-04
Lowery and other civil rights activists met with the Consulate General's office by conference call, urging McKinney's immediate release, without conditions.
Albany Times Union: DNA leads to suspect 2009-07-04
It was Zarvis' 1998 case that prompted him to file the federal civil rights lawsuit against Sheriff James Campbell, former jail Superintendent Edward ...
Lower Hudson Journal news: FBI's actions deserve scrutiny 2009-07-04
... the civil rights movement (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.), the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the NAACP, the Congress of Racial Equality ...
2009-07-03: Headlines
Daily Kos: Sonia Sotomayor: Why her "experiences" will be a good thing ... 2009-07-03
While issues of abortion, affirmative action, civil rights are important issues I feel that criminal matters should be near the top for the shear matter ...
PR-Inside.com News: AMERICAS NEWS AT 0500 GMT 2009-07-03
WASHINGTON _ A top Republican presses for more information about Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's ties to a Puerto Rican civil rights group he ...
Globe and Mail: Groups refused standing at prostitution law trial 2009-07-03
The ruling came as a blow to the Christian Legal Fellowship, REAL Women of Canada and Catholic Civil Rights League - which had argued that the court should ...
Indian Express: Political landmines make Govt tread with caution 2009-07-03
A section in the government thinks that by linking the issue to one of civil rights and Constitutional guarantees, the court has made it relatively easy ...
Cape Cod Times: Children being stonewalled on progress in gay rights 2009-07-03
The gay rights movement is just as important as any other civil rights movement, yet in public education we only hear the names of people like Martin Luther ...
Attleboro Sun Chronicle: Honoring black patriot 2009-07-03
Red Mitchell who leads a campaign to erect a monument to Prince Hill, a Revolutionary era civil rights pioneer.
Drug War Chronicle: Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories 2009-07-03
... a former Memphis police officer was sentenced Wednesday to a whopping life plus 255 years after being convicted of 44 counts of civil rights, narcotic ...
Norristown Times Herald: Former Norristown resident publishes second novel 2009-07-03
He is an advocate for women's rights and the civil rights of minorities. Mr. Capparella was born and raised in Norristown Pennsylvania.
Jewish Herald-Voice: Young Judaea celebrates 100 years 2009-07-03
In the 1960s, a Young Judaea delegation was the only official Jewish youth group to attend the civil rights march on Washington. During World War I ...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Jack Garner's top 20 list of greatest musical entertainers 2009-07-03
He also was among the first modern recording artists to manifest a social conscience by creating an anthem for the civil rights movement.
Northwest Herald: Entertainment Calendar 2009-07-03
7, Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement 1956-1968; through Sept. 20, Water; through Oct. 25, Real Pirates: The Untold Story of ...
SouthCoastToday.com: YOUR VIEW: Why I teach my students about hate crimes 2009-07-03
The group was charged with multiple crimes, including assault and battery to intimidate based on race or color and civil rights violations.
nwitimes.com: NISO kicks off free South Shore Summer Music Fest 2009-07-03
The second part traverses memorable episodes from US history, spanning the Civil War, the Old West ("Showboat"), World War II, the Civil Rights era and more ...
Sioux City Journal: Nebraska high court opinion mixed on public records 2009-07-03
... business leaders Bruce Evertson, Perry Van Newkirk and others in federal court, saying they conspired against her and violated her civil rights.
MetroWest Daily News: Goshay: When 'win-win" is really a losing proposition 2009-07-03
That's what the civil rights movement was all about. But if you're a minority, not every setback is due to racism. If you're white, not every loss is ...
The Olympian: Recession has devastating effect on everyone's civil rights 2009-07-03
It's also about how the erosion of our economy has a direct and devastating effect on civil rights. This doesn't affect just those with an immutable ...
Gazette Chicago: Neighborhood festivals and events key to summer fun 2009-07-03
The festival has become Pilsen's largest source of revenue and an opportunity to spotlight the issues of immigrants' civil rights and education reform.
Enterprise-Record: Ridge medical pot grower's right to sue Sheriff's Office upheld 2009-07-03
... the first time a California court in a published opinion has authorized a medical marijuana patient to seek money damages to protect his civil rights.
Larchmont Gazette: Hiring Discrimination at Matsumoto? Suit, Protest & Possible ... 2009-07-03
... Bradley and Kathy Brammer, filed suit against the manager and the owner of the restaurant on June 22, alleging a violation of Abby's civil rights.
Los Angeles Times: Hugh Manes memorial relocated 2009-07-03
Services for the veteran civil rights lawyer will be at Temple Beth Am on La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, on July 26. The location of the July 26 ...
Lower Hudson Journal news: Why conservatives are gunning for Judge Sotomayor 2009-07-03
As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor once said of Justice Thurgood Marshall, a renowned civil rights advocate, his presence on the court influenced her in her ...
Deseret News: A loaded court decision 2009-07-03
But the city withdrew the exam for fear it would be sued under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The city (and the courts) never found any flaw in the exam.
Center for Research on Globalization: The Death of Michael Jackson 2009-07-03
... and enjoyed commercial possibilities made possible by the struggles and sacrifices of the civil rights movement, as well as African-American performer ...
Lower Hudson Journal news: No moral equivalence between Holocaust and treatment of Palestinians 2009-07-03
He compared Palestinian genocidal terrorism to the civil rights movement in America and the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, the gross inequality ...
Greensboro News Record: Gene Owens: South Carolina in the limelight 2009-07-03
In between those achievements, he ran for president on the Dixiecrat ticket, staged a one-man filibuster against a 1957 civil-rights bill, and engaged in ...
Boston Globe: 2 arraigned in Needham bank robbery 2009-07-03
In court, McCrae said Long's criminal history includes a conviction for a civil rights violation. Long admitted in 2004 that he stabbed and beat a white m ...
New York Times: Spare Times 2009-07-03
Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm MERETZ/ISRAELI CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION FUND STREET FAIR, Lexington Avenue between 34th and 42nd Streets.
The Herald-Sun: NAACP complains about news coverage 2009-07-03
... didn't apologize for their stations last week not having cameras present at the civil rights organization's downtown news conference about the matter.
Richmond Times Dispatch: Documents on nominee Sotomayor at issue 2009-07-03
The group opposed him "because of the threat he poses to the civil rights of the Latino community," its president reported in one of several documents ...
Boston Globe: Roots-reggae pioneer keeps it 'Real' 2009-07-03
Q. As a civil rights activist and now a US resident, how did it feel for you watching Barack Obama become president? A. Oh, it's good. I believe in changes.
Lower Hudson Journal news: Park officer acquitted in fatal shooting 2009-07-03
Mann's family has filed a multimillion-dollar civil rights lawsuit against New Jersey and the park police. Lydia Cotz, an attorney representing the family ...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Jeff Spevak counters Jack Garner's list of music entertainers 2009-07-03
Did the "The Lumberjack Song" foresee today's battle for gay civil rights? 15. Janis Joplin. I can't drive a car on a summer day without hearing her. 14.
Just Out: Bonnie Tinker Killed in Bike Accident 2009-07-03
Long-time Portland activist, marriage equality leader and civil rights crusader, Tinker was killed today in a bike accident in Virginia.
Softpedia: China Delays Order to Deploy Buggy Censorware Following strong ... 2009-07-03
Since then, the order and the application itself have come under scrutiny from hackers, security researchers, international civil right ...
The Tennessean: County Briefs: Gilmore Youth Leadership for girls opens in July 2009-07-03
... and Pearl-Cohn Comprehensive High School worked with mural artist Michael Cooper to depict the civil rights activists known as the Freedom Riders.
2009-07-02: Headlines
Examiner.com: Sex offender database and registry 2009-07-02
... you can easily access information regarding sexual offenders and predators without fearing that you are violating their civil rights.
Earthtimes (press release): Honduras government limits civil rights 2009-07-02
Tegucigalpa - The Honduran government temporarily restricted some civil rights on Wednesday as the dispute over the coup against president Manuel Zelay ...
World Sikh News: On the Passing of a Great Man, True Friend, Inspired Soul 2009-07-02
... his persistent love for all humans, and his full-throated zeal for equality and civil rights can barely imagine a world without him.
????: [WT??] Achievement gap grows in US schools 2009-07-02
At a Washington press conference launching the McKinsey report, Al Sharpton called school reform the civil rights challenge of our time.
Boston Globe: Neediness, compassion on police station steps 2009-07-02
The failure to help her highlights a larger legal struggle between services for the homeless and a person's civil rights to identify their own needs.
The Free Lance-Star: Untangling the hoses 2009-07-02
At issue were two conflicting provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act's Title VII--one prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of race, col ...
Houston Chronicle: One more reason to be eager to hear Sotomayor 2009-07-02
On Monday the Supreme Court overturned the lower courts by a slim 5-to-4, saying the city violated federal civil rights law. That upset gives Sotomayor' ...
Omaha World-Herald: » The generation gap is getting wider 2009-07-02
That's a bigger gap than in turbulent 1969, when 74 percent reported generational culture clashes over Vietnam, civil rights and women's liberation.
Liberty Tribune: This Fourth, revel in hard-earned freedom 2009-07-02
The price would continue to be paid through the years on many fronts, from the Civil War and Civil Rights movement to conflicts overseas.
Bay Area Indymedia: Demo in front of San Jose City Hall Critical of Cops 2009-07-02
Critics say that the police union's leadership is out of touch reality and not fully cognizant of their duties to protect the civil rights of San Jose ...
Daily Kos: Honduras' Coup Congress Cancels Five Basic Liberties 2009-07-02
The Oligarch Diaspora will not likely blink, comforting themselves with the Kool-Aid that this attack on civil rights and freedoms is not (well ...
Jackson Free Press: Jihad, Defined 2009-07-02
More than a religious struggle, modern Jihadism is a reactionary social movement, which Aslan compares—a bit too casually—to civil rights and feminism.
Seattle Post Intelligencer: Spokane Co., Wash., sued in 2007 arrest death 2009-07-02
Spokane County is the target of a federal civil rights lawsuit in the case of an epileptic man who died in May 2007 following a struggle with deputies.
Joplin Globe: Missouri: State renames road, adopted by neo-Nazis, after rabbi 2009-07-02
The state later renamed the road after Civil Rights leader Rosa Parks. The portion of the legislation related to driver's license fee offices puts ...
Albany Times Union: Race and the law 2009-07-02
The Supreme Court has adjourned until the fall, leaving the rest of us to sort out where affirmative action and civil rights laws stand after nine of ...
Examiner.com: Tactics in cybersecurity: Russia & US - don't forget the Council ... 2009-07-02
Do you see the world of cyberspace and cyber-crimes from the perspective of a civil rights protector? From the perspective of a hi-tech crime unit…or ...
Newton TAB: Two men arrested; one chased into Newton after Needham bank robbery 2009-07-02
... a 28-year-old Dimitri Long of Norwood was arrested that month and charged with assault with intent to murder, mayhem and civil rights violations.
KARK: Independence Day 2009-07-02
Stockley is an author, historian, and attorney who is committed to the cause of civil rights. He is the author of Blood in Their Eyes: The Elaine Race ...
Newsday: Shane Daniels (Newsday File Photo) 2009-07-02
Accounts of racial taunts by the white men on Daniels, who is black, drew intense media coverage and the attention of civil rights activists.
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune: Life of a military man 2009-07-02
This was the time of the Selma civil rights march, and she heard marchers were coming through Anniston. "I pulled the old Edsel underneath a hedgerow in ...
2TheAdvocate: Inmate, state settle religious access issue 2009-07-02
... at the Louisiana State Penitentiary gave Leger the ability to regularly view Catholic Mass, the civil rights organization said in a news release.
Myrtle Beach Sun News: Businesses may be audited 2009-07-02
Civil rights activists warn that LLR must be careful in how it picks businesses to audit and which public complaints it chases. "They'll have a problem ...
New York Times: This Thriller's Cold War Is Racial 2009-07-02
Jay, who before going to law school was a student radical and civil rights activist, is partly based on Ms. Locke's father, Gene, who is now running ...
FOXNews: The Middle Class Has Just Five Friends on the Supreme Court 2009-07-02
The legal message is this: Wholly race-conscious remedies are illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. (Yes, of course, the whole point of the 1964 ...
OregonLive.com: New laws and old boys 2009-07-02
Legal analysts are all over the map about its significance to employment law and civil rights. It will take more lawsuits, unfortunately, for the federal ...
Above the Law: Commentary: Supreme Court's Unexpected 'Judicial Minimalism' ... 2009-07-02
On June 22, a landmark piece of civil rights legislation somehow just survived Supreme Court review. Voting rights experts had been on edge for month ...
Tampabay.com: Tampa City Council and Hillsborough commissioners present ... 2009-07-02
... a Gay Pride celebration in Ybor City commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that launched the gay civil rights movement.
Bay Area Reporter: DOMA repeal remains on Congress' back burner 2009-07-02
In it she wrote that Representative Jerry Nadler, (D-New York), who sits on the Judiciary Committee and is chairman of the Constitution, Civil Right ...
Houston Chronicle: Re: Gay pride, humility 2009-07-02
As president of Houston's largest civil rights organization for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, I am still trying to fathom for wh ...
Media Research Center: NY Times: Supreme Court Firefighter Decision 'A Blow to Diversity' 2009-07-02
In doing so, it put a new, narrower definition on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which is intended to root out discriminatory policies.
KTEN: CLEAT Calls On Grayson County Sheriff To Stop Jail Privatization 2009-07-02
It goes on to say, "this is about risking the safety of the public, the civil rights of the prisoners and the jobs of the hard working men and women of ...
Chicago Daily Herald: DuPage County briefs 2009-07-02
Several city employees, police officers and the city itself became part of his subsequent civil rights suit. Furstenau and the city released a joint ...
The Associated Press: Today in History - July 2 2009-07-02
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress. In 1979, the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin was released ...
Valdosta Daily Times: What We Think: Valdosta's very own shining light 2009-07-02
A Valdosta native, she witnessed and experienced life before and after the civil rights movement. She thrilled in the positive effects of those changes.
Boston Globe: Sotomayor-advised group opposed Bork 2009-07-02
(Greg Wholford/Erie Times-News via Associated Press) Associated Press / July 2, 2009 WASHINGTON - A Puerto Rican civil rights organization advised ...
Bay Windows: Mass. advocates impressed by visit to Obama White House 2009-07-02
Civil rights or the fight against oppression is not a six-month job. It's a lifetime job. Sometimes things happen dramatically like with marriage ...
Bay Area Reporter: Court to hear Prop 8 challenge today 2009-07-02
Last week, several civil rights groups also filed an amicus brief in the case. The American Civil Liberties Union joined with Lambda Legal Defense ...
USA Today: What people are saying about Supreme Court decision 2009-07-02
But the civil rights laws outlaw discrimination based on race, period. When an acti ... veers so far as to constitute discrimination against white ...
Los Angeles Wave Newspapers: Justice Dept. to deepen probe of Inglewood police 2009-07-02
Reached for comment, Los Angeles Civil Rights Association president Eddie Jones welcomed the FBI announcement. “I am very happy that the FBI is coming in ...
Jerusalem Post: 'IDF charges deviate from reasonability' 2009-07-02
Abu Rahma and four human rights organizations, including the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), B'Tselem, Yesh Din and the Public Committee ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune: Greenfield tagged 'high risk' 2009-07-02
... alleging slander, libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress, malfeasance, civil-rights violations and violation of the oath of office.
Memphis Daily News: Cohen's War Chest Gets Deeper in June 2009-07-02
Attendees included civil rights leader Maxine Smith, attorney Arnold Perl and former local Democratic Party chairman David Cocke. Twelve fellow members ...
WSAV-TV: July Ushers In New Ga. Laws, Ga 2009-07-02
The measures set to take effect Wednesday include a resolution that seeks to celebrate the Confederacy while also honoring a civil rights leader.
Northside Sun: Refinancing spreads money around 2009-07-02
However, the 37-year-old Smith is also the son of Dr. Robert A. Smith Sr. of Jackson, (the civil rights hero who opened a clinic in West Jackson to provide ...
RealClearPolitics: Firefighter Case Shows Seamy Side of Racial Politics 2009-07-02
DeStefano, the case of the New Haven firefighters, was a ringing endorsement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964's ban on racial discrimination and ...
Naperville Sun: Furstenau, city reach settlement 2009-07-02
... Councilman Richard Furstenau and the city announced each has signed an agreement settling a civil rights lawsuit the councilman brought against the city ...
Socialist Worker Online: No jail time for batterer in blue 2009-07-02
Abate had also been named as a defendant in a civil rights lawsuit several years before his attack on Obrycka. Obrycka was so frightened by Abbate's assault ...
The Public Record: ACLU: Obama Admin. Relying On Tortured Confession In Habeas Case 2009-07-02
... through torture to support the indefinite detention of a prisoner being held at Guantanamo Bay who is being defended by the civil rights organization.
2009-07-01: Headlines
Dailyrecord.com: Noise up the road as Christ Church opens 2009-07-01
There were also stories about the church's federal civil rights suit against the township and obstacles along the way, such as the state's Highlands Act.
SunHerald.com (registration): Judge won't toss lawsuit in Miss. Klan slaying 2009-07-01
The teens' remains were found in July 1964 when federal authorities searching for the bodies of three civil rights workers who had also disappeared th ...
10TV: Civil Rights Group Hears Complaints About Police 2009-07-01
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A civil rights group held a public hearing Tuesday night into allegations of misconduct by Columbus Police. The Columbus NAACP heard ...
PR Leap (press release): APPLICANT INTERFACE ADDED TO INSTASCREEN PREMIERE™ 2.0 AS QUICKAPP™ 2 2009-07-01
Industry concern surrounding the Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as well as various state civil rights laws, has caused concern for companie ...
ColorsNW: Herb Tsuchiya: A Lifetime of Kindness 2009-07-01
... not giving home or small business loans if you were a person of color,” he says of the period before the civil rights struggles of the 1960s.
Jackson Clarion Ledger: Lawsuit over black teens' 1964 slayings goes forward 2009-07-01
It is the first such lawsuit to clear the hurdle of the statute of limitations since unpunished killings from the civil rights era began to be reopened ...
Examiner.com: Michael Jackson's legacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS 2009-07-01
... solo artist in the 1980s and early 1990s, Jackson utilized his talent and world wide fame to bring attention to civil rights issues, including HIV/AIDS.
Examiner.com: UC Santa Barbara professor not disciplined—anti-Israel free speech ... 2009-07-01
For example, the Zionist Organization of America filed a complaint with the Civil Rights Office of the US Department of Education, alleging an anti-Semitic ...
The Associated Press: Supreme Court decisions made in the 2008-09 term 2009-07-01
The city says it acted because it might have been vulnerable to claims that the exam had a "disparate impact" on minorities in violation of the Civil Right ...
Sun-Sentinel.com: Mary Sanchez: Politicians, keep your sex lives to yourselves 2009-07-01
Martin Luther King Jr. led the nation to civil rights reform, but his philandering is equally well established. To all the politicians with a roving eye ...
The Associated Press: Court rulings loom on campaign funds, civil rights 2009-07-01
But the conservatives still should be able to muster majorities in the areas of civil rights and campaign cash. The court suggested this week ...
Kern Valley Sun: Still fighting for civil rights 2009-07-01
The first gut punch was the introduction of Proposition 8. How dare anyone have the audacity to put something as personal as my marriage on the ballot?
Examiner.com: After Ricci v. DeStefano ruling, Sotomayor's judicial activism ... 2009-07-01
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 clearly states that an employer may not “discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensati ...
Cherry Hill Courier Post: State looks into bias claims against prosecutor's office 2009-07-01
His suit claims nine counts of civil rights violations and one count of malicious prosecution. Buckman did not return a call for comment.
Washington Post: US-POLITICS Summary 2009-07-01
The court's 5-4 ruling held that the city of New Haven, Connecticut, violated federal civil rights law when it threw out the results of a promotion exam ...
Centre Daily Times: Judge dismisses some claims against Marshall 2009-07-01
A federal judge has dismissed the civil rights claims that a victim of domestic violence made against former Centre County prosecutor Lance Marshall.
The News Journal: Tuxedo test for firefighters is coming back in style 2009-07-01
In a skit in which cast member Garrett Morris played a TV talk-show host, he asked his guest, civil rights leader Julian Bond, about "the myth that white ...
Hartford Courant: Impact Of Supreme Court's Ricci Decision Already Being Felt ... 2009-07-01
The issue arises from conflict within Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law prohibits race-based personnel decisions. But it requires employer ...
The Ledger: Profit vs. Health Care 2009-07-01
The American people are going to have to raise their voices higher than in the days of civil rights or anti-war activists' movements have done in the past.
The Daily Advertiser: Court takes small, unbiased step 2009-07-01
The city government, fearing a legal claim under the 1964 Civil Rights Act, threw out the test. Frank Ricci, one of the white firefighters who passed ...
School Library Journal: Multimedia Review 2009-07-01
This landmark 1954 civil rights case argued successfully that Mexican Americans were "a class apart." Narrated by actor Edward James Olmo ...
WND.com: The case against Sotomayor 2009-07-01
It bills itself as a "civil rights" organization. It would be more appropriate to say it disguises itself as such. It camouflages itself as such.
DollyMix: 13 year old girl strip-searched at school 2009-07-01
It can be hard to look at a pupil's civil rights violation objectively when caning was widely used until just a couple of generations ago.
Real News Network: Chavez, why? 2009-07-01
... struggle between the poor people and the elite, the poor people who support Ahmadinejad and the elites who support Mousavi to get more civil rights.
San Diego Union Tribune: Busby seeks help to fight 'intimidation' 2009-07-01
Busby's letter said the deputies violated people's civil rights. It did not accuse the Sheriff's Department of being politicalbut focused on ...
Rutland Herald: Closet case 2009-07-01
Obama understands the history of the word patience as it relates to civil rights. Martin Luther King memorably addressed those who counseled blacks ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger: Attorney: No offer in duplex lawsuit 2009-07-01
Melton faced civil rights charges related to the raid. His federal trial ended in a hung jury in February. A retrial was scheduled, but charges were dropped ...
Denver Post: Designated beneficiary rules grant unmarried pairs decision-making ... 2009-07-01
"We see this as the civil-rights fight of the 21st century." Colorado and Hawaii are the only states that offer these types of agreements.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Phila. settled firefighters' discrimination suit 2009-07-01
Not only did the city pay five lieutenants between $30000 and $40000 each in the January settlement of a 2007 federal civil-rights lawsu ...
Sky News: Public To Get View Of Jacko Body At Neverland 2009-07-01
Even Rev Al Sharpton, a fierce civil rights orator, joined in with the dancing before paying a tribute to Jackson. "He's bad, he's our brother ...
CBS 5: Fed Judge Likely Won't Grant Prop. 8 Injunction 2009-07-01
... couple from Northern California and an unmarried gay couple from Southern California, in maintaining that Proposition 8 violates their civil rights.
Boston Herald: Justice only narrowly prevails in New Haven 2009-07-01
... charging violations of the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection of the laws and of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The city argued that if it ...
Indianapolis Star: Southern Democrats switched parties because of race issues 2009-07-01
But Meier neglected to mention that after the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964 many of the Southern racists in the Democratic Party suddenly became ...
Concord Monitor: Conservative court majority got it right 2009-07-01
The nation's civil rights laws were murky before the Supreme Court issued its 5-4 ruling Monday in the case between New Haven, Conn., and the white ...
Earthtimes (press release): Sedative linked to Jackson death - Summary 2009-07-01
... national barriers and made a way for Tiger Woods, made a way for Oprah Winfrey, made a way for Barack Obama," said civil rights activist Al Sharpton.
Independent: Mark Steel: The macabre details of Michael Jackson's death 2009-07-01
Because the sense of shock and grief were identical, in one case millions feeling a new era of civil rights and peace had been cruelly snuffed out;
Arizona Daily Star: Around the nation 2009-07-01
In the lawsuit, two unmarried same-sex couples say the ban voters narrowly approved in November violates their civil rights. DETROIT — Gunmen in a green ...
Socialist Worker Online: Political frame-ups of two activists in LA 2009-07-01
TWO LEADING civil rights and immigrant rights activists in Los Angeles have been charged with felonies and face possible prison time--and it's clear in both ...
The Tennessean: DCS shows some signs of overdue improvement 2009-07-01
Conditions were so problematic at one point the department wound up in a settlement in a federal class-action civil rights lawsuit known as "Brian A." Ir ...
San Francisco Chronicle: Ricci vs. DeStefano decision disappoints 2009-07-01
According to a civil rights lawyer I spoke to after the ruling, the problem with the court's reasoning is that it "completely ignores the context" of ...
OPB News: What Is Cesar Chavez's Connection To Oregon? 2009-07-01
Next week, Portland City Council will vote on whether to rename 39th Avenue for the storied civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.
San Jose Mercury News: Only six months left to name this awkward decade 2009-07-01
The '60s have more nicknames than Shaquille O'Neal: the counterculture age, the decade of change, the swingin' '60s, the Vietnam era, the civil rights er ...
Examiner.com: Sentencing for convicted trafficker in Virgina 2009-07-01
You can see more details in the statement issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) which was issued February 25, 2009: "The Civil Rights Divisi ...
DeSoto Times Today: County, cities settle civil rights cases 2009-07-01
DESOTO COUNTY - DeSoto County and two of its cities have closed the book on several federal civil rights lawsuits filed against them.
Joplin Globe: Missouri: Judge rejects eminent domain ballot summary 2009-07-01
The decision drew criticism from private property and civil rights advocates and prompted efforts in many states to tighten the use of eminent domain.
Denver Daily News: 'Personhood' returns 2009-07-01
For Garcia Jones, who is Catholic, the issue is about both “protecting every child by love and by law,” as well as equal civil rights. “It's a civil right ...
TPMCafé: Gays In The Military: There Is A Season 2009-07-01
Obama may be doing what Lincoln did with slavery, and what Kennedy/Johnson did with Civil Rights. He might have a larger game plan in mind, but has to w ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Georgians get 89 new laws to obey and enjoy 2009-07-01
... and History Month, thanks to legislation that also designated Savannah's Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum an official state civil rights museum.
Daily Kos: Maria Cantwell - America's Sexiest HealthCare Denier 2009-07-01
... something have to pass to be supported? I guess there will always be those on the wrong side of history. Independence, Slavery, Civil Rights, Health Care.
Roanoke Times: Minister from Salem resigns from megachurch 2009-07-01
He praised the church for its contributions to civil rights and peace, and said he hoped to learn from the experience. Conflicts between parishioners ...
2009-06-30: Headlines
Washington Post: Mr. Smith Leaves Washington 2009-06-30
He stroked his chin thoughtfully as Anthony Kennedy announced his majority view in the civil rights case. He glanced around the room with a melancholy look ...
OregonLive.com: Legislature gives DOJ money for civil rights, with restrictions 2009-06-30
SALEM -- In its final hours, the 2009 Legislature is on track to approve $642000 for a civil rights unit within the Department ...
Indianapolis Star: Ball State in some Title IX trouble? 2009-06-30
A four-person team from the US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights conducted interviews with Ball State athletic department officials ...
Boston Globe: Supreme Court rules in favor of Conn. firefighters 2009-06-30
At the heart of the case is Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which makes it illegal to base hiring decisions on the basis of “race, color, religion, sex ...
NewsBusters: CBS Frames New Haven as 'Conservative' Justices vs 'Civil Right ... 2009-06-30
ANDREWS: New Haven's Mayor said he would respect the decision but complained the city was obeying 38 years of civil rights law forbidding anything th ...
Wall Street Journal: Firefighter Justice 2009-06-30
deStefano, Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the city of New Haven violated civil-rights law when it threw out firefighter promotional exams because more ...
DeSoto Times Today: County, cities settle civil rights cases 2009-06-30
DESOTO COUNTY - DeSoto County and two of its cities have closed the book on several federal civil rights lawsuits filed against them.
India Daily: A big win for US consumer and civil rights groups against JPMorg ... 2009-06-29
The ruling is largely a victory for consumer and civil rights groups in America against questionable practices by major banks. “We're disappointed that ...
msnbc.com: Another energy vote breakdown 2009-06-29
He's been very pathetic when it comes to supporting civil rights and is little different from Scalia on racial matters. Glad to see the great news th ...
The Canadian Press: Victoria's Canada Day party brings civil rights warning; police ... 2009-06-29
VICTORIA, BC — Canada Day celebrations in Victoria, BC, appear destined to create a bang that lasts beyond the singing of O Canada and the often rowdy ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer: Deputy accused of beating teen was offered plea deal 2009-06-29
The proposal fell through when the US Justice Department, which could seek to indict Deputy Paul Schene on federal civil rights violations, would not agree ...
Louisville Courier-Journal: Pursuing fairness across Kentucky 2009-06-29
Just a decade ago, basic civil rights were denied individuals living in Jefferson County. Until 1999, someone could be legally fired from their job ...
New York Daily News: Forty years after watershed moment for gay rights, it's time ... 2009-06-29
If a lesbian is denied credit because she is a lesbian and wants to file a civil rights suit based on federal law, she cannot. If a bisexual man is thrown ...
WQAD: Education Secretary Duncan calls education 'civil rights issue' 2009-06-29
By AP CHICAGO (AP) — US Education Secretary Arne Duncan is calling access to quality education "the civil rights issue of our generation.
Daily Kos: Of the Senate and Filibusters - 1964 Civil Rights Act 2009-06-29
Today is an appropriate day to do, because on this day in 1964 the filibuster against the 1964 Civil Rights act was finally ended with a cloture vote.
Oregon Commentator: War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength 2009-06-29
I'll spare you the boring details of the letter, but it basically tells the OUS that they better stop making up laws that violate Oregonian's civil rights.
WKRG-TV: Selma Project Clears Views Of Landmark Bridge 2009-06-29
Tourists from around the world come to Selma to photograph the bridge where civil rights activists were beaten and gassed in 1965 as they tried to walk ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Civil rights icon Xernona Clayton yanked off Atlanta Urban League ... 2009-06-29
Unbeknownst to Perry and without warning to a civil rights icon, Williams approached and plucked Trumpet Awards founder Xernona Clayton off the carpet ...
Signal: Unloading civil rights 2009-06-29
They are also obsessed with shredding the constitutional civil rights of all Californians - a cherished goal of Democrats who hate that pesky document.
MarketWatch: US Civil Rights Commission to Hold Public Business Meeting on July ... 2009-06-29
WASHINGTON, June 29, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The United States Commission on Civil Rights announced that it will hold a public busine ...
Mediapost.com: Stonewall 40: The Power of Ideas in Social Media 2009-06-29
With Stonewall 40 as punctuation, an online organizing network known as The Power today will officially launch a movement to expand the 1964 Civil Right ...
EDGE Boston: NY Congressman backs LGBT-inclusive Civil Rights Act 2009-06-29
Y.] joined more than a dozen other politicos and activists who called for an expansion of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to include LGBT-specific protections.
Rome News Tribune: 89 new laws take effect Wednesday 2009-06-29
One establishes April as Confederate History Month; it includes the designation of the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum in Savannah as an official ...
NPR: Rev. Jackson On The Loss Of Michael 2009-06-29
Tell Me More, June 29, 2009 · Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson has been acting as a spokesman for the family of late pop legend Michael Jack ...
New York Daily News: Forty and fabulous! The gay-rights movement hits a milestone ... 2009-06-28
Forty years ago, a little bar in the West Village spawned a powerful movement for gay civil rights in America. Sunday, the area will host plenty ...
Nashua Telegraph: 'Green Lama' a step in march for civil rights 2009-06-28
But I also believe this early, baby step in the long march for civil rights deserves recognition. As the Green Lama would say, "Be American!
Malaysia Today: Our Civil Rights Movement 2009-06-28
I am also convinced they will more fully appreciate that over the past three years we've been undergoing our very own civil rights movement.
United Press International: G-20 security worries civil rights groups 2009-06-28
PITTSBURGH, June 28 (UPI) -- Civil rights groups say they're worried security efforts for the Group of 20 meeting in Pittsburgh will squelch free speech ...
History News Network: Sean Wilentz: Abe Lincoln, Politician 2009-06-28
Thus Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement had to compel the southern wheeler-dealer Lyndon B. Johnson to support civil rights and voting ...
2009-06-29: Headlines
Daily Illini: Legislators must act for equal rights 2009-06-29
Sunday marked the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which was the beginning of an unsung civil rights movement in American history: the gay right ...
Los Angeles Times: US Supreme Court looks over 9th Circuit's shoulder 2009-06-29
The reversals affect a broad range of civil rights and business practices challenged in the nine states and two Pacific territories covered by the US 9th ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution: Civil rights icon Xernona Clayton yanked off Atlanta Urban League ... 2009-06-29
Unbeknownst to Perry and without warning to a civil rights icon, Williams approached and plucked Trumpet Awards founder Xernona Clayton off the carpet ...
Afro American: Missouri Court Rejects Connerly Initiative 2009-06-29
The lawsuit was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union in December against a ballot initiative proposed by the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative.
Examiner.com: Michael Jackson, Elvis & Sinatra-Civil rights leaders? 2009-06-28
Who did more for racial progress...Michael Jackson? Elvis Presley or Frank Sinatra? In response to my earlier article "Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley ...
Nashua Telegraph: 'Green Lama' a step in march for civil rights 2009-06-28
But I also believe this early, baby step in the long march for civil rights deserves recognition. As the Green Lama would say, "Be American!
WA today: Time for Obama to defend gay rights 2009-06-28
LIKE all students caught up in the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s, I was riveted by the violent confrontations between the police ...
Houston Chronicle: Limited options US must be careful not to undermine Irani ... 2009-06-28
He invoked the nonviolent “bearing witness” philosophy of civil rights martyr Dr. Martin Luther King, who preached that the arc of the moral universe ...
Malaysia Today: Our Civil Rights Movement 2009-06-28
I am also convinced they will more fully appreciate that over the past three years we've been undergoing our very own civil rights movement.
History News Network: Sean Wilentz: Abe Lincoln, Politician 2009-06-28
Thus Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement had to compel the southern wheeler-dealer Lyndon B. Johnson to support civil rights and voting ...
Gay NZ: Ireland: Partnership rights for gay couples 2009-06-28
Rueters reports that Kieran Rose, the chairman of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, is hailing the Bill as "an historic civil rights reform that ...
United Press International: G-20 security worries civil rights groups 2009-06-28
PITTSBURGH, June 28 (UPI) -- Civil rights groups say they're worried security efforts for the Group of 20 meeting in Pittsburgh will squelch free speech ...
Atlantic Online: The Line Between Civil Rights And Revolution 2009-06-27
It seems, from a distance, to be true that the Iranian protestors are motivated not by revolutionary ardor but by a demand for normalcy.
Kentucky.com: Medicaid cut prompts inquiry 2009-06-27
The US Department of Health and Human Services has launched a civil rights investigation into Kentucky' ...
Lew Rockwell: “Civil Rights” Group Begs for Martial Law 2009-06-27
Apparently, the “civil rights” group considers it improper to encourage people to exercise the most elemental individual right — that of armed self-defense ...
The National Law Journal: Civil Rights Laws Don't Insulate Against 'Innuendo,' Judge Rules 2009-06-27
Ruling there is no constitutional right to be free from "innuendo," a federal judge has dismissed a civil rights suit brought by a police chief who claimed ...
Mankato Free Press: Civil rights suit proceeds 2009-06-27
A former Mankato banker's claims that his civil rights were violated by a special agent with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety ...
Durham News: Episcopals commemorate civil rights champion 2009-06-27
The Durham Convocation of Episcopal Churches has announced an upcoming service to commemorate the life of the Rev.
Austin American-Statesman: The house of civil rights leaders Volma and Warneta Overton is ... 2009-06-27
The house at 1403 Springdale Road was home to Austin's civil rights history. Owned by Volma and Warneta Overton, the house, which has been designated a City ...
2009-06-28: Headlines
The Desert Sun: Valley reflects on 40th anniversary of Stonewall riots 2009-06-28
Gay civil rights is an issue that resonates in the Palm Springs valley, which has one of the largest gay communities, per capita, in the United States.
FireFighting News.com: Promotional Exam At Center Of Supreme Court Case 2009-06-28
destefano argued that their civil rights were violated under Title 7 of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the equal-protection clause of the 14th Amendment ...
Nashua Telegraph: 'Green Lama' a step in march for civil rights 2009-06-28
But I also believe this early, baby step in the long march for civil rights deserves recognition. As the Green Lama would say, "Be American!
New York Times: Climate Change Bill May Be Election Issue 2009-06-28
... Democrat of Massachusetts and one of its authors, comparing it to a combination of the Apollo Project and the Civil Rights Act. Representative Steny H.
Washington Post: Obama Urges Senators to Back Cap and Trade Bill 2009-06-28
...and commits human and civil rights violations with microwave radiation "directed energy weapons" under the false flag of "keeping America safe.
Brisbane Times: Time for Obama to defend gay rights 2009-06-28
LIKE all students caught up in the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s, I was riveted by the violent confrontations between the police ...
Malaysia Today: Our Civil Rights Movement 2009-06-28
I am also convinced they will more fully appreciate that over the past three years we've been undergoing our very own civil rights movement.
CTV.ca: Canada Day party brings civil rights warning 2009-06-28
Canada Day celebrations in Victoria, BC, appear destined to create a bang that lasts beyond the singing of O Canada and the often rowdy fireworks show th ...
OpEdNews: 40 Years After Stonewall, Still a Long Way to Go 2009-06-28
While some progress has certainly been made, we as a society still have a long way to go in this newest civil right ...
Bay Windows: Controversial DOMA suit gets first airing in court this week 2009-06-28
The July 2 hearing is just the first step in what Laurence Tribe, an expert on constitutional law at Harvard who has long advocated for LGBT civil right ...
Afro American: Missouri court strikes down proposed ban on anti-equal opportunity ... 2009-06-28
The lawsuit was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union in December against a ballot initiative proposed by the Missouri Civil Rights Initiative.
Schenectady Gazette: Now not the time for marriage bill 2009-06-28
The civil rights movement, he noted, spanned decades and in some ways is still being fought today. But he said that the movement for gay rights is nearing ...
New York Times: 40 Years Later, Still Second-Class Americans 2009-06-28
LIKE all students caught up in the civil rights and antiwar movements of the 1960s, I was riveted by the violent confrontations between ...
Statesville Record & Landmark: Republican Women's Club talks gun rights 2009-06-27
She then stated her belief that the rights granted by the Second Amendment — largely, "the right of the people to keep and bear arms — are civil rights.
PR-USA.net (press release): National Education Association Bestows Human & Civil Rights H ... 2009-06-27
One School at a Time, with a special Human and Civil Rights Award at the Association's Annual Meeting in San Diego, Calif., on July 2.
Lew Rockwell: “Civil Rights” Group Begs for Martial Law 2009-06-27
Apparently, the “civil rights” group considers it improper to encourage people to exercise the most elemental individual right — that of armed self-defense ...
Austin American-Statesman: The house of civil rights leaders Volma and Warneta Overton is ... 2009-06-27
The house at 1403 Springdale Road was home to Austin's civil rights history. Owned by Volma and Warneta Overton, the house, which has been designated a City ...
Durham News: Episcopals commemorate civil rights champion 2009-06-27
The Durham Convocation of Episcopal Churches has announced an upcoming service to commemorate the life of the Rev.
Kentucky.com: Medicaid cut prompts inquiry 2009-06-27
The US Department of Health and Human Services has launched a civil rights investigation into Kentucky' ...
Tampa Tribune: What we saw, and what we got 2009-06-27
Naively, I assumed civil rights bean-counters would be satisfied: Now they have a black man in the White House and fewer blacks in the big house.
The National Law Journal: Civil Rights Laws Don't Insulate Against 'Innuendo,' Judge Rules 2009-06-27
Ruling there is no constitutional right to be free from "innuendo," a federal judge has dismissed a civil rights suit brought by a police chief who claimed ...
Mankato Free Press: Civil rights suit proceeds 2009-06-27
A former Mankato banker's claims that his civil rights were violated by a special agent with the Minnesota Department of Public Safety ...
Irish Independent: New legal rights for gay couples 2009-06-27
"This is a major civil rights reform that will resolve many immediate and pressing issues faced by lesbian and gay couples," said Kieran Rose ...
Kentucky.com: Newspaper says Medicaid target of federal probe 2009-06-27
The state's Medicaid program is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Saturday that the US Department ...
Washington Times: Bishop leads the battle against same-sex unions 2009-06-27
The son of a civil rights activist who fled Florida with his family when a state trooper threatened his father at gunpoint, Mr. Jackson knows firsthand ...
Atlantic Online: The Line Between Civil Rights And Revolution 2009-06-27
It seems, from a distance, to be true that the Iranian protestors are motivated not by revolutionary ardor but by a demand for normalcy.
Daily Kos: Good riddance, Michael Jackson. 2009-06-27
Al Sharpton, stalwarts of civil rights, continue to heap praises on Michael Jackson, calling him a great human being and a great American.
The Public Record: Obama Reportedly Preparing Draft Exec. Order For 'Indefinite ... 2009-06-27
... Democratic Party, including the human and civil rights communities, which hailed the new president's decisions to outlaw torture and shutter Guantanamo.
New York Daily News: Let my two moms marry! On Stonewall anniversary, kids of gay ... 2009-06-27
A soon-to-be senior at Skidmore College, Shain sees gay marriage as one of the biggest civil rights issues of her lifetime. She's living with her parent ...