civil rights
Muslim worker asks federal probe of Disney discrimination
August 30, 2010The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has been asked to probe Disney's discrimination against a Muslim woman worker.
Read moreLatino civil rights pioneer Mario G. Obledo dies at 78
August 24, 2010Mario Guerra Obledo, a son of Mexican immigrants who became a champion of civil rights and the first Latino official to head a California state agency, died Aug. 18 at age 78.
Read moreDisney worker rejects employer’s substitute hijab
August 23, 2010ANAHEIM, Calif. - Is Disney policy part of the Islamophobia being trumpeted by the ultra-right?
Read moreIs this about immigration?
August 17, 2010What's really behind the sudden and righteous-sounding call from the senator from South Carolina, Lindsey Graham, to change the 14th Amendment to the Constitution?
Read moreMarriage equality supporters celebrate Prop. 8 ruling
August 5, 2010SAN FRANCISCO - Marriage equality supporters celebrated a ruling striking down Proposition 8, which seeks to limit marriage to a man and a woman.
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