Civil Rights

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Gay leaders blame TV ads, Obama for loss in Maine

AP News 20 days ago

Gay leaders blame TV ads, Obama for same-sex marriage loss in Maine; conservatives rejoice Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders Wednesday blamed scare-mongering ads — and President Barack Obama's lack of engagement — for a bitter election setback in Maine that ...

Florida AG: Make licensing for felons tougher

AP News 21 days ago

Fla. attorney general urges lawmakers to make occupational licensing tougher for ex-felons Attorney General Bill McCollum urged Florida lawmakers Tuesday to make it tougher for former felons to get occupational licenses for jobs involving children, seniors and disabled people. McCollum, who's also ...

Canadian sent to Syria can't sue U.S. over torture

Reuters US Online Report World News 22 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Canadian man who was detained at a New York airport and then moved to Syria, where he says he was tortured, cannot sue the United States, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday. Maher Arar, a Syrian-born ...

High court won't review civil rights-era case

AP News 22 days ago

Supreme Court won't review reputed Klansman's conviction in Civil Rights Era cold case The Supreme Court on Monday left in place a judge's ruling that allowed prosecutors to charge a reputed Ku Klux Klansman with kidnapping more than 40 years after two ...

SCLC elects MLK's daughter as 1st female president

AP News 25 days ago

SCLC, co-founded by Martin Luther King Jr., names his daughter Bernice as 1st female president The Rev. Bernice King embraced the legacy and leadership of her parents on Friday as she became the first woman to head the civil rights organization co-founded ...

Obama Quiet On Gay-Inclusive Hate Crimes Bill

On Top Magazine 29 days ago

President Obama has yet to comment on passage of a gay-inclusive hate crimes bill President Obama has yet to comment on passage of a gay-inclusive hate crimes bill. On Thursday, senators voted 68 to 29 in favor of expanding hate crimes legislation ...

Former LA Times journalist Jack Nelson dies at 80

AP News 34 days ago

Jack Nelson, former Los Angeles Times reporter and Washington bureau chief, dies at 80 Jack Nelson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who covered the civil rights movement and the Watergate scandal for the Los Angeles Times and was the paper's Washington bureau ...

EQCA Honors Proponents Of Gay Rights

On Top Magazine 34 days ago

Equality California (EQCA) honored gay rights proponents Saturday at its annual awards ceremony in Palm Springs Equality California (EQCA) honored gay rights proponents Saturday at its annual awards ceremony in Palm Springs. Over 400 people attended the Equality Awards, one of the ...

Justice Dept. seeks action vs. gay discrimination

AP News 41 days ago

On gay rights, new role seen for Justice Department in fighting discrimination The Obama administration's point man on civil rights said Wednesday he will seek to fight discrimination against gays, an area in which the Justice Department has had only a small ...

Australian Aboriginal Issues

Inform 41 days ago

The world is no longer inhabited by its earliest residents-and not only in the United States. In Australia, recent government statistics revealed that aborigines, the country’s indigenous people, make up only about two percent of the total population. They make up about ...

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