Raw Story (Free subscription) | yesterday
Following the death of a Florida teen, a civil rights group founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is calling on the state's governor ban the so-called "non-lethal" Taser. Calling application of the weapon "electrocution without prosecution," the Southern Christian Leadership Conference wants a temporary stay on all Taser use by police until a more-strict [...]
God's Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
In Crossing the Lines: A Novel , author Richard Doster enabled me to enter the world of Jack Hall, an idealistic white reporter based in the South during the late 1950s who struggled between his need to report the truth with…
Swimming World Magazine News (Free subscription) | yesterday
EVANSTON, Illinois, November 6. The College Swimming Coaches Association of America learned today that the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights will investigate a Title IX complaint ...
Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
By Adam Jones Staff Writer TUSCALOOSA | University of Alabama officials presented plans to commemorate Foster Auditorium’s civil rights history Thursday, but cautioned that the plan is not finished.
gay persons of color (Free subscription) | yesterday
I think it's now safe to say that Referendum 71 (R71) , the initiative that asked Washington state voters to re-confirm the expansion of domestic partnership rights and obligations in the state's originally limited domestic partnership legislation, has passed. Although ballot counting continued Friday, and opponents of R71 have at this point still refused to concede defeat, reports across the state...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
In a final push to get health care reform through the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama warned lawmakers on Saturday that a vote against the legislation would not immunize them from Republican attacks. The president, according multiple attendees, played the role of political prognosticator during his roughly 30 minute address before Democratic caucus members on Capitol Hill. Addressing,...
Pam's House Blend (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Just received this in the inbox;we'll post the testimony as it comes in. Here is the the testimony as prepared of Thomas E. Perez to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions at the hearing "Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Ensuring Opportunity for All Americans." Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Enzi and members of the HELP Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear...
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
By Senator Jeff Merkley. Senator Merkley is the junior Senator for Oregon. I know everyone is tuned in to the big political issues right now: the debate over health care, the battle to rein in the Wall Street banks, and the fight to invest in American energy independence. These issues are ones that I’m working on each and every day, but I wanted to take a moment and give the Blue Oregon community...
Gay Geeks.Org (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The nerve of her: Maggie Gallagher, head of NOM, attends pro-gay marriage rally in DC; still supports Carrie Prejean [video] [Metro Weekly]
Joanne Jacobs (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
With women earning 58 percent of bachelor’s degrees, some private liberal arts colleges are practicing affirmative action for male applicants to preserve a gender balance in enrollment. Private colleges have the legal right to discriminate against women, but don’t like to publicize it. Now the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is investigating whether the practice [...]
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Winning the prize for Weirdest Front Page Story of the Week is the Tuesday Washington Post story on the NAACP spreading out to all colors – in the Maine State Prison . So now it’s the National Association for the Advancement of Criminals and Prisoners? Post reporter Krissah Williams described the scene as NAACP leader Benjamin Todd Jealous surveyed the troops: "White face after white...
bilerico.com (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
"We didn't [win in Maine], and there's a simple reason. Our message to protect our civil rights is about us, not about all of America. We've failed to make our cause a universal battle for civil rights. A message about us also defines the battle as one being waged against them." --Sue O'Connell, Bay Windows
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy group tonight condemned an attack on Fort Hood military base in Texas that left at least 12 people dead.2009/11/7
NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | yesterday
Disbarred lawyer C. Vernon Mason - a civil rights leader at the heart of the Tawana Brawley case - is on the transition team for Manhattan District Attorney-elect Cy Vance.
Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
There is a rally this Monday, November 9 from 6 to 7 pm at the Capitol Building in Albany, State Street entrance, in favor of marriage equality. The NY State Senate is preparing for a special session on Tuesday, November 10th. Apparently, the Senate leadership has indicated that the Marriage Fairness bill (S.4401/Duane) might be voted on that day. The local NYCLU even came up with talking points if...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) –Los Angeles Clippers basketball team owner Donald Sterling has agreed to pay $2.725 million to settle a housing discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. Sterling, longtime owner of the NBA team and a real estate mogul, was accused of discriminating against blacks, Hispanics and families with children at apartment buildings he owns. The government said...
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