FBI File of NAACP’s Benjamin Hooks Reveals Death Threats

by Jamilah King on January 25 2011, 11:50AM

Hooks was both spied on and protected by the FBI.

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Civil Rights Complaints Against Schools Spike to Record High

by Julianne Hing on October 14 2010, 10:17AM

Education Department says more people are speaking up because they believe feds will help now.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Tea Partiers Hijack Malcolm X Speech

by Jamilah King on September 13 2010, 2:27PM

It would be funny if it weren’t so sad.

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Little Rock Nine’s Jefferson Thomas Passes Away

by Julianne Hing on September 7 2010, 4:37PM

Over fifty years later, the battle to desegregate schools continues.

Topics: Schools & Youth

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Hate-Crime Sentence and Ruling on Marriage Cross a Spectrum of Justice

by Michelle Chen on August 7 2010, 9:32AM

A hate-crime killing and Judge Walker’s ruling speak to a spectrum of inequality from the county courthouse to a Brooklyn street.

Topics: Immigration, On Gender

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Weed Arrests A ‘Civil Rights Issue,’ Says NAACP

by Jamilah King on June 30 2010, 3:39PM

In what drug policy reform advocates are calling a “landmark moment”, the California NAACP announced its support yesterday for Proposition 19, a controversial ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana in the state. The group stood with leaders from the California…

Topics: Criminal Justice

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Civil Rights Groups Not as Hot for Kagan as She Is for Marshall

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on June 29 2010, 4:33PM

Endorsements come with qualifications, if at all.

Topics: Elena Kagan

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SB 1070’s Impact on Kids: Broken Families and America’s Soul

by Michelle Chen on May 3 2010, 9:01AM

Children are the hidden casualties of America’s war on immigrants, and the passage of Arizona’s new racial profiling legislation could open up countless opportunities for local law enforcement to break up families by putting undocumented parents on the fast-track to…

Topics: Immigration

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Untying the Knot of Seperate and Unequal Marriage

by Jorge Rivas on September 21 2009, 8:38AM

While more states move to legalize same-sex marriage, California has instead eliminated this right with the passage of Proposition 8. Legal scholar Tobias Barrington Wolff and civil rights attorney Eva Jefferson Paterson join the Hammer Museum to discuss the…

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If I Ruled the World

by Donna Hernandez on June 19 2009, 2:09PM

Last night Nas’ song If I Ruled the World kept playing back in my head after a long discussion with a friend of mine about Medgar Evers. Today marks the anniversary of the day that civil rights leader Medgar…

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ProLibertad and parole

by Michelle Chen on June 12 2009, 11:07PM

After about three decades behind bars, a Puerto Rican revolutionary might soon be free at last. A generation ago, Carlos Alberto Torres was part of a major movement for human rights and self-determination for Puerto Rico. Driven by the…

Topics: Global Affairs

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Looking Beyond the Supreme Court on Voting Rights

by Dom Apollon on April 29 2009, 10:56AM

As you may have heard, lawyers on opposing sides of a slew of critical civil rights cases have been arguing before the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court lately. Last week our nation’s closely-split high court heard what they call…

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Attacking Families Outside the Box

by Seth Freed Wessler on April 24 2009, 2:46PM

Marriage equality is hot these days. This week the fire—and the brimstone—was in Maine, where the legislative judiciary committee held a hearing on a proposed marriage bill. Thousands of Mainers proudly came out to support the bill, filling the Augusta,…

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Check Out Our Q&A with Andrea Shorter

by Julianne Hing on April 9 2009, 12:53PM

It’s been a big week for gay marriage. The good news started with Iowa last week, then Vermont followed a few days later. Today we have our fingers crossed for D.C and are very excited for New York. California better…

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Writing the Next Chapter on Race

by Guest Columnist on March 31 2009, 1:50PM

By Judith Browne-Dianis, Co-Director Advancement Project For several months, the media has been pushing the fairy tale that the United States moved beyond racism with the election of President Obama. As untrue as that is, there are people who started…

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¡Feliz Cumpleaños, César Chávez!

by Jorge Rivas on March 31 2009, 6:56AM

Ann Street Elementary School, in Downtown Los Angeles, pays tribute to Cesar Chavez through a photo montage by the students. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is the second largest public school system in the United States and…

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Watch Live Stream of Prop 8. Supreme Court Oral Arguments

by Jorge Rivas on March 5 2009, 10:43AM

It’s 10:45am Pacific, and the California Court Oral Arguments aren’t going so well. You can watch live court proceedings online at The California Channel. California Supreme Court Oral Arguments TOPIC: Proposition 8 - Same Sex Marriage CASE: (13) Strauss et…

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Representing D.C.

by Michelle Chen on February 26 2009, 4:17PM

Of all the civil rights struggles that have drawn people to the streets of the nation’s capital, one of the most enduring conflicts is a homegrown one: the basic political enfranchisement of the District of Columbia’s residents. Today, the…

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Rights without borders

by Michelle Chen on January 22 2009, 3:20PM

Behind the inaugural celebration was a backdrop of global turmoil that will push the project of“remaking America” far beyond US borders. The question of America’s role in the world casts another light on the civil rights struggles stretching from King’s…

Topics: Global Affairs

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The content of his character: views on Obama and change

by Michelle Chen on January 19 2009, 1:58PM

According to a new CNN poll, a significant majority of Black Americans believe the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. has been “fulfilled.” And yet the optimism about race relations has faded somewhat since the post-election euphoria has begun to…

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