Native Americans
Road trip in the heartland
August 9, 2010My trip through the Great Plains was pretty tame compared to the travels of Jack Kerouac and Ken Kesey, but this gray-haired son did make a few observations along the way.
Read more20,000 march in Detroit as Social Forum opens
June 23, 2010DETROIT - Opening the U.S. Social Forum here, 20,000 from around the nation, a multi-ethnic rainbow of young and old, marched Tuesday calling for jobs and social justice.
Read moreMinority, women farmers’ discrimination suits near settlement
May 27, 2010U.S. government discrimination against minority farmers and women will be a thing of the past if the Obama administration has anything to say about it.
Read moreACLU challenges disfranchisement
February 9, 2010The American Civil Liberties Uunion has filed a federal lawsuit in South Dakota on behalf of Native American voters who were denied the right to vote in 2008.
Read moreFirst Americans & all Americans
November 11, 2009Fulfilling a campaign pledge, President Obama met with nearly 400 leaders of Native American tribes, Nov. 5, at a White House Tribal Nations Conference.
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