civil rights
Immigrants, allies call for halt to deportations, path to citizenship
January 7, 2013A coalition of immigrant groups and community allies kicked off a 1,000-mile caravan to Washington, D.C here on Jan. 3, with a press conference at Orlando City Hall.
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“Free the Wilmington Ten!” forty years later
January 4, 2013Forty years. Damn it's been a long time.
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ACLU criticizes record deportation numbers
December 26, 2012New detainer policy is a positive step, but serious Constitutional problems still remain.
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NAACP continues campaign to restore ex-felons’ voting rights
October 16, 2012Voting: it's one of the fundamental rights of a citizen in a democracy, and yet millions of Americans who are ex-felons are denied it, even after they have paid their debt to society.
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Indigenous protesters killed in Guatemala
October 15, 2012The protesters were met by elements of the armed forces and the National Civil Police, who, evidently ordered to disperse them, opened fire, resulting in the deaths and injuries.
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