civil rights
Americans with Disabilities Act hits 20 year mark
July 28, 2010ADA, credited with transforming tens of millions of people's lives, hits 20 year mark this week.
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Sherrod, Obama, and the strength of roots
July 24, 2010How would members of the Obama administration have reacted to racist pressure from the Deep South in the early '60s?
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NAACP, tea party, Shirley Sherrod and racism
July 22, 2010Tea party supporters can deny all they want that their "movement" is rife with racism. The American people aren't buying it.
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Progressive center machine-gunned
July 16, 2010SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Southwest Workers Union's living quarters was sprayed with semi-automatic rifle fire July 11, leaving a 23-year-old intern in critical condition.
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La Raza conference: Overturn Arizona law
July 15, 2010SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Some 30,000 participants turned out for the National Council of La Raza annual conference here last weekend, where a major focus was Arizona's anti-immigrant SB 1070 law.
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