equality
Immigrant bashing in France
September 3, 2010What do France's right wing President Nicolas Sarkozy and Arizona's Republican governor Janet Brewer have in common? Immigrant bashing.
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Women’s Equality Day celebrates hard-won right to vote
August 26, 2010Today, August 26, marks the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution being signed into law.
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Latino 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.
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U.S. ready to sue Arizona sheriff on alleged civil rights abuses
August 19, 2010Justice Department attorneys investigating Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio for civil rights violations, are giving his lawyers until next Tuesday to turn over requested documents.
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Disneyland worker sent home for hijab
August 19, 2010A Muslim employee in Disneyland's Grand Californian Hotel has been sent home from work with no pay for refusing to take off her hijab while working as a hostess in a hotel restaurant.
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