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Activism and what you can do
California's unorthodox civil rights pioneer
- By: The Los Angeles Times
- 11/12/2007
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Lawmakers seek US action in Jena 6 case
- By: The Associated Press
- 10/16/2007
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L.A., homeless advocates reach deal on sidewalk sleeping
- By: <i>The Los Angeles Times</i>
- 10/11/2007
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Children's rights
State health plan for children OK'd
- By: Appleton Post-Crescent
- 11/28/2007
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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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Children without health insurance lose out on learning at school
- By: McClatchy Newspapers
- 11/18/2007
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Disability rights
Often Disenfranchised, People with Mental Disabilities Can Assert Their Voting Rights
- By: The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
- 10/07/2008
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Providing the Structure the Autistic Need for College Life
- By: The Washington Post
- 10/29/2007
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Mentally ill shift from care to jails
- By: The Richmond Times-Dispatch
- 10/11/2007
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Education access
Children without health insurance lose out on learning at school
- By: McClatchy Newspapers
- 11/18/2007
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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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Green Schools Offer Healthier Classrooms -- and Might Boost Test Scores
- By: AlterNet.com
- 10/29/2007
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Environmental justice
White House Signals That It Might Veto Energy Bill
- By: The Washington Post
- 12/04/2007
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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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Lawmakers Criticize FEMA's Handling of Hazards Posed by Trailers
- By: The Washington Post
- 11/09/2007
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Environmental protection
White House Signals That It Might Veto Energy Bill
- By: The Washington Post
- 12/04/2007
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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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Climate change threatens unprecedented human development reversals
- By: UN Development Programme
- 11/27/2007
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Federalism
Study: Majority of States Bar HIV Tests
- By: The Associated Press
- 10/10/2007
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State and city healthcare reforms collide with a U.S. law
- By: The Christian Science Monitor
- 09/27/2007
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General civil rights
Screening of Austin filmmaker Susanne Mason's "Writ Writer" to be followed by readings from award-winning ex-convict poet Jorge Antonio Renaud
- By: The Texas Civil Rights Project
- 10/10/2008
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Screening of Austin filmmaker Susanne Mason's "Writ Writer" to be followed by readings from award-winning ex-convict poet Jorge Antonio Renaud
- By: The Texas Civil Rights Project
- 10/10/2008
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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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Health care access
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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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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Rights for embryos proposed
- By: The Chicago Tribune
- 12/03/2007
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Housing rights
Ending Another Form of Discrimination
- By: Gotham Gazette
- 03/26/2008
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Justice Dept. Numbers Show Prison Trends
- By: The New York Times
- 12/06/2007
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US Home Foreclosures Hit Record High
- By: The Washington Post
- 12/06/2007
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Immigrants' rights
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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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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Judicial nominations
How to Judge a Would-Be Justice
- By: The New York Times
- 04/14/2008
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Scalia Lives Up To Peppery Persona During Memphis Visit
- By: Memphis Daily News
- 12/19/2007
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Mukasey Wins Vote in Senate, Despite Doubts
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 11/09/2007
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Key cases
Court Rejects Administration's Privilege Claim: Bolten and Meirs Must Testify
- By: Brennan Center
- 08/04/2008
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NCLR Breaking News: NCLR Moves to Protect Gay, HIV+ Pakistani Refugee
- By: The National Center for Lesbian Rights
- 08/04/2008
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Justices Let Stand Ruling on Illegal F.B.I. Search
- By: The New York Times
- 03/31/2008
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Language rights
Alabama senator proposes English only driver test
- By: Associated Press
- 12/03/2007
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Massive sweep deports hundreds
- By: <i>LA Times</i>
- 10/03/2007
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School Can Resume Lessons in Hebrew
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 09/12/2007
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Litigation
Constitutional Litigation Clinic Sues Over Iraq War Illegality
- By: Constitutional Litigation Clinic at Rutgers School of Law–Newark
- 05/12/2008
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U.S. Trying to Block Calif. on Emissions
- By: <i>The Washington Post</i>
- 09/25/2007
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Billing in "pro bono" cases is fodder for ethics debate
- By: <I>Seattle Times</I>
- 09/17/2007
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LGBT rights
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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Congress to Bush: Repeal HIV Travel Ban
- By: Immigration Equality
- 09/22/2008
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NCLR Breaking News: NCLR Moves to Protect Gay, HIV+ Pakistani Refugee
- By: The National Center for Lesbian Rights
- 08/04/2008
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Media and Communications
GRIT TV Launches, Will Feature Campaign Video
- By: GRIT TV with Laura Flanders
- 05/13/2008
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Intel Official: Expect Less Privacy
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 11/12/2007
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Finding Love Abroad, Then Support Online for Visa Quest
- By: <i>The Washington Post</i>
- 10/29/2007
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National legislation
White House Signals That It Might Veto Energy Bill
- By: The Washington Post
- 12/04/2007
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Civil Libertarians Warn of ‘Patriot Act Lite’
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 11/28/2007
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Kids' health bill passes; veto still looms
- By: The Miami Herald
- 10/26/2007
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Racial justice
U.S. human rights hypocrisy exposed
- By: Final Call News
- 03/19/2008
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Justice Dept. Numbers Show Prison Trends
- By: The New York Times
- 12/06/2007
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Alabama senator proposes English only driver test
- By: Associated Press
- 12/03/2007
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Senior citizens' rights
Aging and Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight
- By: <i>The New York Times</i>
- 10/09/2007
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Aging inmates clogging nation's prisons
- By: <i>USA Today</i>
- 09/29/2007
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State and city healthcare reforms collide with a U.S. law
- By: The Christian Science Monitor
- 09/27/2007
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States rights
U.S. Trying to Block Calif. on Emissions
- By: <i>The Washington Post</i>
- 09/25/2007
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What's happening in Congress
Congress to Bush: Repeal HIV Travel Ban
- By: Immigration Equality
- 09/22/2008
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Civil Libertarians Warn of ‘Patriot Act Lite’
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 11/28/2007
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Democratic Defections Clear Path For Mukasey
- By: <i>The Washington Post</i>
- 11/03/2007
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What's happening in the courts
Court Rejects Administration's Privilege Claim: Bolten and Meirs Must Testify
- By: Brennan Center
- 08/04/2008
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NCLR Breaking News: NCLR Moves to Protect Gay, HIV+ Pakistani Refugee
- By: The National Center for Lesbian Rights
- 08/04/2008
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Justices Let Stand Ruling on Illegal F.B.I. Search
- By: The New York Times
- 03/31/2008
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What's happening in the media
Fake CNN Website Tries to Frame Hispanic Group for Wildfires
- By: AlterNet.com
- 10/29/2007
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Bush Vetoes Children's Health Bill, Leaves Millions Of Kids Without Coverage
- By: AlterNet
- 10/03/2007
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Verizon Reverses Itself on Abortion Messages
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 09/27/2007
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What's happening at the state level
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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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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Women's rights
Rights for embryos proposed
- By: The Chicago Tribune
- 12/03/2007
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Abstinence Only Fails While Comprehensive Sex Education Proves Effective
- By: Feminist Majority Foundation
- 11/09/2007
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Deluded Judge Suggests Domestic Violence Victim Wanted to Be Hit
- By: AlterNet.com
- 10/25/2007
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Workers' rights
Justices Express Skepticism in a Discrimination Case
- By: The New York Times
- 12/03/2007
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U.S. Falls to No. 15 in Average Worker Income
- By: AlterNet.com
- 11/13/2007
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'Don't ask, don't tell' before appeals court
- By: <i>The Seattle Post-Intelligencer</i>
- 11/06/2007
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Other
Screening of Austin filmmaker Susanne Mason's "Writ Writer" to be followed by readings from award-winning ex-convict poet Jorge Antonio Renaud
- By: The Texas Civil Rights Project
- 10/10/2008
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Screening of Austin filmmaker Susanne Mason's "Writ Writer" to be followed by readings from award-winning ex-convict poet Jorge Antonio Renaud
- By: The Texas Civil Rights Project
- 10/10/2008
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High Court won't hear two religion cases
- By: <I>Associated Press</I>
- 10/01/2007
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