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ACLU Seeks Public Records To Determine Constitutionality Of Foreclosure Proceedings In Florida
- By: ACLU
- 10/19/2010
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Judge Slams City for FDNY Refusal to Hire New Firefighters
- By: Center for Constitutional Rights
- 10/19/2010
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EPA Moving Forward to Save Waters and Protect Local Community From Harm
- By: Earthjustice
- 10/15/2010
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Southern Poverty Law Center Files Federal Lawsuit Targeting State-Funded Juvenile Facility in Florida
- By: Southern Poverty Law Center
- 10/08/2010
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New Minor Consent Mental Health Law to Take Effect January 2011
- By: National Center for Youth Law
- 10/07/2010
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Civil Rights Groups Call for Moratorium on Home Foreclosures
- By: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- 10/07/2010
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Saddled with Debt, Indigent Defendants Face New Paths Back to Prison
- By: Brennan Center for Justice
- 10/04/2010
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ACLU Staff Sends Hopeful Video Message To Bullied LGBT Youth
- By: ACLU
- 10/01/2010
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Statement by Wade Henderson on Stalled Judicial Nominations and the Senate Recess
- By: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- 10/01/2010
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U.N. Report Highlights Need For U.S. Civil And Human Rights Commission
- By: ACLU
- 09/28/2010
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Environmental Groups Intervene to Defend U.S. EPA Air Rules
- By: Earthjustice
- 09/23/2010
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Connecticut Must Complete Court-Ordered Child Welfare Reform, Federal Judge Rules
- By: Children's Rights
- 09/22/2010
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ACLU Asks Kentucky Zoning Board To Reverse Improper Permit Denial For Muslim Prayer Space
- By: ACLU
- 09/22/2010
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MALDEF'S President and General Counsel Responds to Senate Vote on DREAM Act
- By: MALDEF
- 09/21/2010
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Sierra Club and Earthjustice Sue U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Uphold Clean Air in Texas
- By: Earthjustice
- 09/14/2010
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Former Detainees Join Federal Court Challenge to Post-9/11 Racial Profiling and Abuse of Muslim, Arab and South Asian Men
- By: Center for Constitutional Rights
- 09/13/2010
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Hazleton, PA Anti-Immigrant Law Is Unconstitutional, Federal Appeals Court Rules
- By: ACLU
- 09/09/2010
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Federal Court Orders Patriot Coal to Pay $45 Million to Treat Toxic Selenium from W. Va. Coal Mines, Holds Patriot in Contempt
- By: Public Justice
- 09/03/2010
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BX Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, New York Communities for Change & NYLPI Call for NYC Dept of Education to Remove Toxic PCBs from Classrooms
- By: NYLPI
- 09/02/2010
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Lambda Legal and HIV-Positive Retiree Settle Lawsuit Against North Little Rock Assisted Living Facility
- By: Lambda Legal
- 09/01/2010
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First Ever Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Becomes Law
- By: ACLU
- 08/31/2010
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VA eases rules allowing Vietnam vets to get treatment for Agent Orange exposure
- By: AARP
- 08/31/2010
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For Katrina’s Fifth Anniversary, NCJW Calls for Restoration of Gulf Coast
- By: National Council of Jewish Women
- 08/27/2010
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NSCLC Says Virginia Health Care Ruling is Purely Procedural
- By: NSCLC
- 08/02/2010
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5 Communities Re-examine Use of Police to Intervene in Mental Health Crises
- By: Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- 07/06/2010
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ACLU Asks Alabama Court To Protect The Rights Of Pregnant Women
- By: American Civil Liberties Union
- 07/06/2010
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Americans Win Protection from Toxic Air Pollution
- By: Earthjustice
- 07/06/2010
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Rights Group Urges Congress to Lift Unconstitutional Cuba Travel Ban
- By: Center for Constitutional Rights
- 06/30/2010
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PR Government Agrees to Delay Birth Certificate Law
- By: LatinoJustice
- 06/29/2010
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Law School Non-Discrimination Policy: Lambda Legal Welcomes the Decision
- By: Lambda Legal
- 06/28/2010
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Unequal Access to Citizenship for Muslims
- By: ACLU
- 06/22/2010
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Court Lifts Moratorium, Green Lights More Deepwater Drilling in the Gulf
- By: Earthjustice
- 06/22/2010
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Department of Education Clarifies ‘Battered Immigrants-Qualified Aliens’ as Eligible for Financial Aid
- By: Legal Momentum
- 06/21/2010
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Report Highlights How Labor Law Anomaly Prevents FedEx Express Ground Transportation Employees from Being Represented by a Union
- By: The Leadership Conference of Civil and Human Rights
- 06/15/2010
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Canadian RCMP Conducting Criminal Investigation of U.S. and Syrian Officials for Maher Arar's Rendition to Torture
- By: Center for Constitutional Rights
- 06/14/2010
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Del Monte Settlement Benefits Migrant Workers
- By: Southern Poverty Law Center
- 06/11/2010
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Victory for Transgender People in Wisconsin Prisons
- By: ACLU
- 06/07/2010
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One is a Lonely Number on the Eighth Circuit
- By: National Women's Law Center
- 06/02/2010
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NAACP LDF Releases Report on Prison-Based Gerrymandering
- By: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- 06/01/2010
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California Supreme Court Set To Address Workers’ Meal And Rest Break Rights
- By: Workplace Fairness
- 05/27/2010
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South Dakota Agrees To Reinstate American Indian Voters Unlawfully Removed From Rolls
- By: ACLU
- 05/26/2010
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Canada Asserts Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar’s Case Not a Threat to Diplomatic Relations As U.S. Government Has Claimed
- By: Center for Constitutional Rights
- 05/24/2010
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Statement by Nancy Zirkin on Historic Senate Passage of Financial Reform Bill
- By: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- 05/20/2010
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Fishermen and Conservationists Sue U.S. Department of Interior For Illegal Waivers of Blowout and Spill Response Planning in Gulf of Mexico Disaster
- By: Earthjustice
- 05/18/2010
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Day Laborer Organizations Challenge Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Ordinance in Oyster Bay
- By: NYCLU
- 05/18/2010
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Obama Administration Sides with Bush DOJ, Asks Supreme Court to Keep Canadian Rendition Victim Maher Arar from His Day in Court
- By: Center for Constitutional Rights
- 05/13/2010
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MALDEF Files Class Action Suit Against Ottawa County For Refusing Michigan Latino Couple the Fundamental Right to Marry
- By: Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund
- 05/11/2010
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SPLC Lawsuit Ends 'Shockingly Inhumane' Abuses of Children in Mississippi
- By: Southern Poverty Law Center
- 05/11/2010
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Decision That Backs Parenting Rights for Non-Biological Mother Lauded by Law School Clinic
- By: Columbia Law School
- 05/04/2010
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Local and National Groups Stand Firmly Against Offshore Drilling
- By: EarthJustice
- 05/03/2010
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Truck Driver Wins Gender Discrimination Case In Fourth Circuit
- By: Today's Workplace
- 04/29/2010
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House Introduces Significant Criminal Justice Legislation
- By: ACLU
- 04/27/2010
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AARP Bulletin Releases New Comprehensive User's Guide to Health Care Reform
- By: AARP
- 04/23/2010
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Statement of Wade Henderson on Gov. Jan Brewer’s Signing of Arizona Anti-Immigration Bill
- By: The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- 04/23/2010
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NCJW Marks Equal Pay Day, Calls for Passage of Paycheck Fairness Act
- By: National Council of Jewish Women
- 04/20/2010
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Groups Report to UN on US Human Rights Failure to Hold Corporations Accountable for Human Trafficking, Child Labor, Torture
- By: Center for Constitutional Rights
- 04/19/2010
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Sentenced to Stigma - Segregation of HIV-Positive Prisoners in Alabama and South Carolina
- By: American Civil Liberties Union
- 04/14/2010
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EPA Hears Call For Cleaner Florida Waters
- By: Earthjustice
- 04/13/2010
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U.S. Census Bureau Sued for Hiring Discrimination, According to Outten & Golden LLP and Co-Counsel
- By: Center for Constitutional Rights
- 04/13/2010
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New Bureau of Prisons Rule Discloses Policies and Conditions in Experimental Segregation Units
- By: Center for Constitutional Rights
- 04/06/2010
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Federal Court Holds DC Mayor Fenty in Contempt for Child Welfare Failings; District Must Fully Implement Reforms
- By: Children's Rights
- 04/05/2010
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More Than 200,000 to Lose Jobless Benefits Monday With Congress Out
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 04/03/2010
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Who Owns Your Genes? You Do.
- By: American Civil Liberties Union
- 03/30/2010
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Lawyers' Committee and Co-Counsel File Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Long Island Exclusionary Zoning Fair Housing Case
- By: Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
- 03/26/2010
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AIDS Discrimination Victim Gets New Trial
- By: Workplace Fairness
- 03/25/2010
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Cash Register Justice
- By: Brennan Center for Justice
- 03/23/2010
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Fifth Circuit Remands English Language Learner Case to Determine Cause of "Alarming" Failure Rate of Students
- By: MALDEF
- 03/23/2010
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Women Guestworkers Challenge Seafood Company's Gender-Based Job Restrictions
- By: ACLU
- 03/17/2010
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Georgia Child Welfare Practices May Risk Kids’ Lives, Children’s Rights Advocates Charge in Federal Court
- By: Children's Rights
- 03/15/2010
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SPLC Sues Mississippi Over Mental Health System for Children on Medicaid
- By: Southern Poverty Law Center
- 03/10/2010
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NAACP Applauds US Secretary Duncan’s Speech Affirming Renewed Commitment to Quality Education and Civil Rights Protections
- By: NAACP
- 03/08/2010
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Congressional Delegation Lays Wreath at Civil Rights Memorial
- By: Southern Poverty Law Center
- 03/07/2010
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Grammy Award Winner Alicia Keys and Comedian Margaret Cho Join the National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights' 2010 Youth Contest
- By: National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights
- 03/02/2010
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MALDEF Enters Statewide Lawsuit to Address Inadequate Funding for English Learners and At-Risk Students
- By: MALDEF
- 02/26/2010
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Sex-Segregated Education on Trial Today
- By: ACLU
- 02/24/2010
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New York Lawyers for the Public Interest Lauds Rite Aid For Improving Access for the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired
- By: New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
- 02/24/2010
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SPLC Seeks Justice in Police Shooting of Elderly Louisiana Man
- By: Southern Poverty Law Center
- 02/14/2010
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Kaiser Sued For Discrimination Against Children With Autism; Accused Of “Sham Excuses” For Refusal To Treat Disabled Children
- By: Disability Rights Advocates
- 02/11/2010
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Lawsuit to Reform Harmful Oklahoma Child Welfare System May Proceed as Class Action, Federal Appeals Court Rules
- By: Children's Rights
- 02/08/2010
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Kucinich Challenges Potential Extrajudicial Killing of Americans
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 02/05/2010
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MALDEF, ACLU/SC and NDLON File Lawsuit Challenging City of Costa Mesa's Anti-Solicitation Ordinance
- By: MALDEF
- 02/02/2010
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Civil Rights Coalition Launches Second Run of Census Transit System PSAs Targeted at Hard-to-Count Communities
- By: The Leadership Conference Education Fund
- 02/01/2010
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LEGENDARY HISTORIAN HOWARD ZINN DIES AT 87
- By: NAACP
- 01/29/2010
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Alliance for Justice Decries Republican Obstruction of Joseph Greenaway
- By: Alliance for Justice
- 01/27/2010
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Happy Anniversary, Roe!
- By: ACLU
- 01/26/2010
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Obama Administration Calls for Tougher Wall Street Rules
- By: LCCR
- 01/22/2010
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New Report Shows Atlanta Backsliding on Child Welfare Reforms, Threatening Abused and Neglected Kids’ Safety
- By: Children's Rights
- 01/22/2010
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Judiciary Republicans Seek to Delay Johnsen Confirmation
- By: People for the American Way
- 01/14/2010
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Court Forces Bed Rest on Pregnant Woman
- By: ACLU
- 01/13/2010
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Historic Victory: Court Rules FDNY Hiring Practices Intentionally Discriminated on the Basis of Race for Decades
- By: Center for Constitutional Rights
- 01/13/2010
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Former Detainees Boumediene and Deghayes Address President Obama on Guantánamo Anniversary
- By: Center for Constitutional Rights
- 01/11/2010
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Civil Rights Groups Raise Concerns about Final Health Care Bill
- By: LCCR
- 01/07/2010
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No Joke: Nassau County Town Outlaws "Waving While Latino"
- By: ACLU
- 01/06/2010
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Disability Groups Win Landmark Case Affirming Rights of People with Mental Disabilities in State-Funded Adult Homes
- By: Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- 09/09/2009
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NAACP CONTINUES ITS SUPPORT OF VAN JONES AND WHITE HOUSE GREEN JOBS INITIATIVE
- By: NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- 09/04/2009
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Climate of Fear: Latino Immigrants in Suffolk County, N.Y.
- By: Southern Poverty Law Center
- 09/02/2009
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Don't Leave Young Latinas Behind in the Classroom or on the Field
- By: National Women's Law Center
- 08/31/2009
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Public Justice Wins Second Major Decision Requiring Coal Mine Cleanups
- By: Public Justice
- 08/28/2009
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WOMEN'S EQUALITY DAY, 2009
- By: Office of the Press Secretary, THE WHITE HOUSE
- 08/26/2009
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Trumped-Up Reasons For Termination Can Prove Retaliatory Discharge
- By: Workplace Fairness
- 08/21/2009
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Native, Green Groups Oppose State Department Dirty Pipeline Permit: Court challenge is being prepared to overturn decision
- By: Earthjustice
- 08/20/2009
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Landmark Housing Desegregation Victory
- By: Anti-Discrimination Center
- 08/17/2009
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New Study Claims Women Responsible for Glass Ceiling – What?
- By: National Women's Law Center
- 08/12/2009
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Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss in Lambda Legal’s Case of Evicted HIV-Positive Retired Minister
- By: Lambda Legal
- 08/10/2009
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Advocates Appeal Rhode Island Decision Barring Children from Seeking Child Welfare Reform in Federal Court
- By: Children's Rights
- 08/10/2009
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President Obama Nominates Edward M. Chen for Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern California
- By: Equal Justice Society
- 08/07/2009
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Judge Sotomayor's Confirmation to Supreme Court is Historic Moment for People with Disabilities
- By: The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- 08/06/2009
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Bronx Mother to sue over toxic caulk in NYC schools
- By: NYLPI
- 06/25/2009
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Federal Court Upholds Rights of People with Mental Illness in Adult Homes
- By: NYLPI
- 06/25/2009
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Judge Affirms Plaintiff Class of Foster Children with Disabilities
- By: NYLPI
- 06/25/2009
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Supreme Court Ruling Leaves in Place Core Provision of the Voting Rights Act
- By: NAACP LDF
- 06/25/2009
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Berkeley's Plan to Promote Diversity in Schools Stands
- By: NAACP LDF
- 06/25/2009
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Brief in Challenge to Use of Race in University Enrollment
- By: NAACP LDF
- 04/15/2009
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Supreme Court Will Not Hear Mumia Abu-Jamal's Claim of Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection
- By: NAACP LDF
- 04/06/2009
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NAACP Legal Defense Fund Files Supreme Court Brief Supporting Quality Education for all Arizona Students
- By: NAACP LDF
- 03/30/2009
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MALDEF Congratulates President-Elect Obama and Commits to Working with Transition Team
- By: MALDEF
- 11/10/2008
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FORMER CHICAGO POLICE COMMANDER JON BURGE ARRESTED ON CHARGES RELATING TO TORTURE OF OVER 100 AFRICAN AMERICANS
- By: People's Law Office
- 10/21/2008
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Study Conducted by Princeton University Expert for Rutgers-Newark Law School Shows That 10,000 NJ Voting Machines Are Very Vulnerable to Tampering
- By: Rutgers-Newark Law School
- 10/17/2008
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MALDEF Advocates For Latinos On Economic Recovery Legislation Final Bill Provides Minimal Protections for Latino Homeowners
- By: MALDEF
- 10/08/2008
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APPEAL TO BE HEARD TODAY IN AUSTIN COURT OF APPEALS ON LANDMARK VOTING RIGHTS CASE
- By: TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT
- 10/08/2008
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New HHS Rule Changes List of Diseases Barring Travel to the US, but Does Not Remove HIV
- By: Immigration Equality
- 10/08/2008
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Tamez Honored by Texas Civil Rights Project
- By: The Texas Civil Rights Project
- 10/07/2008
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Tamez Honored by Texas Civil Rights Project
- By: The Texas Civil Rights Project
- 10/07/2008
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Muslim Inmate Loses Supreme Court Case Over Koran, Prayer Rug
- By: Fox News
- 01/22/2008
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Justices Indicate They May Uphold Voter ID Rules
- By: The New York Times
- 01/10/2008
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Massachusetts Sees Nearly 300,000 Uninsured Enroll for Coverage Under Health Care Law
- By: Kaiser Daily Health Report
- 12/07/2007
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C.I.A. Admits It Destroyed Tapes of Harsh Interrogations
- By: The New York Times
- 12/06/2007
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Justice Dept. Numbers Show Prison Trends
- By: The New York Times
- 12/06/2007
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Almost Half of U.S. Residents Support Providing Emergency Care for Immigrants, Poll Finds
- By: Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
- 12/06/2007
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US Home Foreclosures Hit Record High
- By: The Washington Post
- 12/06/2007
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White House Signals That It Might Veto Energy Bill
- By: The Washington Post
- 12/04/2007
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Court: Prison Program Unconstitutional
- By: Associated Press
- 12/03/2007
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Justices Express Skepticism in a Discrimination Case
- By: The New York Times
- 12/03/2007
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Alabama senator proposes English only driver test
- By: Associated Press
- 12/03/2007
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Rights for embryos proposed
- By: The Chicago Tribune
- 12/03/2007
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A New Push to Roll Back ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
- By: The New York Times
- 11/30/2007
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E.P.A. Is Sued by 12 States Over Reports on Chemicals
- By: The New York Times
- 11/29/2007
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Civil Libertarians Warn of ‘Patriot Act Lite’
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 11/28/2007
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State health plan for children OK'd
- By: Appleton Post-Crescent
- 11/28/2007
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Climate change threatens unprecedented human development reversals
- By: UN Development Programme
- 11/27/2007
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Court won't review San Diego home hunts
- By: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- 11/26/2007
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Juvenile offenders start life over with a crochet hook
- By: The Christian Science Monitor
- 11/21/2007
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Gitmo Policy Faces Another Supreme Court Test
- By: IPS News
- 11/21/2007
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Paperwork logjam threatens 2008 voting for immigrants
- By: The Seattle Times
- 11/20/2007
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Gun Control Case
- By: The New York Times
- 11/20/2007
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S.F. focuses on racial, cultural groups in pioneering health plan
- By: The San Francisco Chronicle
- 11/18/2007
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Children without health insurance lose out on learning at school
- By: McClatchy Newspapers
- 11/18/2007
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Police Shoot Unarmed 18-Year-Old Black Man in Brooklyn Twenty Times
- By: AlterNet.com
- 11/15/2007
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Homophobic Surgeon General Nominee Reveals Bush's Plan to Recess Appoint Him
- By: AlterNet.com
- 11/14/2007
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ID Cards for Residents Pass a Vote in California
- By: The New York Times
- 11/14/2007
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Emissions pact wins backing
- By: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
- 11/14/2007
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Black Pastor Comes Out of the Closet, His Congregation Kicks Him Out of the Church
- By: AlterNet.com
- 11/13/2007
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Bush Vetoes Health and Education Bill, Signs Huge Pentagon Funding Increase
- By: AlterNet.com
- 11/13/2007
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U.S. Falls to No. 15 in Average Worker Income
- By: AlterNet.com
- 11/13/2007
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Intel Official: Expect Less Privacy
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 11/12/2007
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California's unorthodox civil rights pioneer
- By: The Los Angeles Times
- 11/12/2007
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Abstinence Only Fails While Comprehensive Sex Education Proves Effective
- By: Feminist Majority Foundation
- 11/09/2007
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Health insurer tied bonuses to dropping sick policyholders
- By: The Los Angeles Times
- 11/09/2007
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Mukasey Wins Vote in Senate, Despite Doubts
- By: The New York Times
- 11/09/2007
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Iraq veteran healthcare could top $650b
- By: The Boston Globe
- 11/09/2007
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Lawmakers Criticize FEMA's Handling of Hazards Posed by Trailers
- By: The Washington Post
- 11/09/2007
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Healthcare initiative reaches out
- By: The Boston Globe
- 11/08/2007
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Fought for America? Bush Still Won't Give You Health Care
- By: AlterNet.com
- 11/08/2007
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POLL: Support for Civil Unions Rises, Yet Sharp Divisions Remain
- By: ABC News
- 11/08/2007
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Bush Turns Civil Rights Commission Into ‘Conservative Rights’ Commission
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 11/06/2007
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'Don't ask, don't tell' before appeals court
- By: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- 11/06/2007
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Lawsuit: State discriminated against blacks with insurance choice
- By: The Lincoln Journal-Star
- 11/05/2007
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Winter-Heating Crisis Looms
- By: The Wall Street Journal
- 11/05/2007
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Landmark Katrina Lawsuit Against State Farm Begins
- By: My Fox Memphis
- 11/05/2007
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Developer Would Include Low-Cost Units in East Side Towers
- By: The New York Times
- 11/05/2007
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Democratic Defections Clear Path For Mukasey
- By: The Washington Post
- 11/03/2007
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Toxins Threaten to Uproot Entire Town
- By: IPS News
- 11/01/2007
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47 million Americans lack health insurance: report
- By: Reuters
- 11/01/2007
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Court Gives Nehemiah Ray of Hope: Feds Move to End Down Payment 'Gifts' Delayed
- By: KnowledgePlex
- 11/01/2007
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Supreme Imbalance: Of Liberals and Conservatives
- By: The Huffington Post
- 10/31/2007
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Governors sign emissions pact
- By: The Albany Times-Union
- 10/30/2007
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Green Schools Offer Healthier Classrooms -- and Might Boost Test Scores
- By: AlterNet.com
- 10/29/2007
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Providing the Structure the Autistic Need for College Life
- By: The Washington Post
- 10/29/2007
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Finding Love Abroad, Then Support Online for Visa Quest
- By: The Washington Post
- 10/29/2007
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Fake CNN Website Tries to Frame Hispanic Group for Wildfires
- By: AlterNet.com
- 10/29/2007
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Supreme Court to review Exxon Valdez damages
- By: CNN
- 10/29/2007
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US top court takes up case of Muslim who alleges harassment in prisons, jails over faith
- By: International Herald Tribune
- 10/29/2007
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No end in sight for housing slump
- By: The Christian Science Monitor
- 10/26/2007
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Kids' health bill passes; veto still looms
- By: The Miami Herald
- 10/26/2007
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U.N. Warns of Rapid Decay of Environment
- By: The New York Times
- 10/26/2007
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House to Vote on New Version of Child Health Bill
- By: The New York Times
- 10/25/2007
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Deluded Judge Suggests Domestic Violence Victim Wanted to Be Hit
- By: AlterNet.com
- 10/25/2007
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Bill Giving Children Path to Citizenship Blocked
- By: NPR
- 10/24/2007
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Democratic Senate confirms Bush judicial nominee
- By: Reuters
- 10/24/2007
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Georgia declares state of emergency
- By: Reuters
- 10/23/2007
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Wounded Troops Overwhelming Healthcare System
- By: AlterNet.com
- 10/23/2007
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Repeat Offender Smithfield Sues Union
- By: Political Affairs Magazine
- 10/23/2007
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A Court Decision Elbows a Village in Favor of Religious Rights
- By: The New York Times
- 10/23/2007
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California plans global warming suit against EPA
- By: The Daily News Los Angeles
- 10/22/2007
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College Costs Rising at Double the Inflation Rate
- By: The New York Times
- 10/22/2007
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SCHIP children living in limbo
- By: Bucks County Courier Times
- 10/22/2007
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A Court Decision Elbows a Village in Favor of Religious Rights
- By: The New York Times
- 10/21/2007
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Two Migrant Workers Sue Pilgrim’s
- By: The Daily News Record
- 10/20/2007
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Deciphering the State of the Death Penalty
- By: The New York Times
- 10/19/2007
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Mukasey disavows torture memo
- By: Associated Press
- 10/17/2007
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Failing Schools Strain to Meet U.S. Standard
- By: The New York Times
- 10/16/2007
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Lawmakers seek US action in Jena 6 case
- By: The Associated Press
- 10/16/2007
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States May Reduce Number of Children In Insurance Plan
- By: The Washington Post
- 10/16/2007
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Birth control costs climb at colleges
- By: The Charlotte Observer
- 10/15/2007
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New York City Is One of the Biggest Destroyers of the Amazon Rainforest
- By: AlterNet.com
- 10/15/2007
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Verdict triggers strong reactions
- By: St. Petersburg Times
- 10/14/2007
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Crackdown Upends Slaughterhouse’s Work Force
- By: The New York Times
- 10/12/2007
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Mentally ill shift from care to jails
- By: The Richmond Times-Dispatch
- 10/11/2007
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Guantanamo inmates' rights to get a fresh look
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Legacy of School Segregation Endures, Separate but Legal
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New Illinois Planned Parenthood Clinic Opening Blocked
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Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries
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Suit Takes Aim at Rules on Immigrant Workers
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Bush's Bid for a Death Penalty Fast Track
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Spying Program May Be Tested by Terror Case
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Judge Voids Ordinance on Illegal Immigrants
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Stacking the Court
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Ex-Justice Official Accused of Aiding Scheme to Scratch Minority Voters
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New Orleans Deaths up 47%
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Restaurants: The New Sweatshops
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Lawmakers Push for Big Subsidies for Coal Process
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Rebusting the Air Traffic Controllers
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Study Shows Sexual Harassment Targets Women Who Defy Gender Stereotypes
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Abortion Foes See Validation for New Tactic
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Harvard Isn't Enough
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Supreme Court: Parents Have Enforceable Rights Under IDEA
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In South, Pardons for Segregation Era Offenses
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Medical Translators Overcome Language Barrier
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Couples Enter New Terrain in Push for Gay Marriage in Connecticut
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FEMA Provides Toxic Trailers for Hurricane Refugees
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Link Between Race, Hazardous-Waste Sites Still Strong
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31 States Target Global Warming
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Defrauding Seniors
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Massachusetts Challenges Federal Energy Rules
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Hospitals Bill Uninsured Patients More Than Health Insurers, Medicare, Study Finds
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A Decade of Race-blind Admissions at Cal
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Study: Child Abuse, Troop Deployment Linked
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Park Service Plans Higher Fees at a Third of the Parks Through 2009
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English-Only Workplaces Spark Lawsuits
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Murder of Union Organizer Alarms Workers, Activists
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Report Exposes Dangers to Children in Unsafe Housing
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Oregon Senate OKs Bill Granting Domestic Partnerships for Same-Sex Couples
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Report Assails Wal-Mart Over Unions
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Texas Residents Rebel over Toxic Waste
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Race Gap Cited in Traffic Searches
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OSHA Leaves Worker Safety in Hands of Industry
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U.S. Canal Project Raises Tensions with Mexico
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Fighting the Corporate Theft of Our Water
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Spitzer Plans to Introduce Gay Marriage Bill
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Healing 27-Year Rift, Yonkers Settles a Fight Over Housing Segregation
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Colorado Senate OKs adoption by same-sex couples
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California has most minorities near toxic facilities
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Ga. Senior Class To Try Integrated Prom
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From L.A., a reinvention of Big Labor
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Wealthy Connecticut School District Starts to Grapple With Racial Imbalance
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Walmart Pledges to Stock and Provide EC
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Most Pediatricians Do Not Hire Professional Interpreters for Bilingual Patients, Study Finds
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Female state leaders double since 2000
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Supreme court rules against Bush in global warming case
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Ohio won't seek abstinence-only funds
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Appeals Court Rules Union Pacific Railroad's Policy To Not Provide Coverage for Contraceptives Not Discriminatory
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Leaders of Task Force and Congregation Beth Simchat Torah arrested during 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' protest at Times Square
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Feinstein: Indian health clinics need federal funds
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Fewer employers offer health insurance, report says
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New York Court Upholds Westchester County Executive Order Resepecting Out-of-State Marriages of Same-Sex Couples
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Citizens Who Lack Papers Lose Medicaid
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U.S. Accuses Walgreen of Racial Bias
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City Ousting Transsexual Manager
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Patrick Seeks $72M Hike in Health Aid
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Increase in State Funding for Anti-Abortion Crisis Pregnancy Centers
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Supreme Court's New Tilt Could Put Scalia on a Roll
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Student, 16, Finds Allies in His Fight Over Religion
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Civil Unions Begin In New Jersey
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Jury finds Curtiss-Wright liable in gender bias case
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Giuliani Shifts Abortion Speech Gently to Right
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Gay retirees need protection from discrimination
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