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General civil rights
Saddled with Debt, Indigent Defendants Face New Paths Back to Prison
- By: Brennan Center for Justice
- 10/04/2010
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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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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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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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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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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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Unequal Access to Citizenship for Muslims
- By: ACLU
- 06/22/2010
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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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NAACP LDF Releases Report on Prison-Based Gerrymandering
- By: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- 06/01/2010
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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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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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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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AIDS Discrimination Victim Gets New Trial
- By: Workplace Fairness
- 03/25/2010
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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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Kucinich Challenges Potential Extrajudicial Killing of Americans
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 02/05/2010
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LEGENDARY HISTORIAN HOWARD ZINN DIES AT 87
- By: NAACP
- 01/29/2010
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Obama Administration Calls for Tougher Wall Street Rules
- By: LCCR
- 01/22/2010
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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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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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Trumped-Up Reasons For Termination Can Prove Retaliatory Discharge
- By: Workplace Fairness
- 08/21/2009
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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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Justices Indicate They May Uphold Voter ID Rules
- By: The New York Times
- 01/10/2008
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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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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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Civil Libertarians Warn of ‘Patriot Act Lite’
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 11/28/2007
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Court won't review San Diego home hunts
- By: Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- 11/26/2007
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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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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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Mukasey Wins Vote in Senate, Despite Doubts
- By: The New York Times
- 11/09/2007
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Bush Turns Civil Rights Commission Into ‘Conservative Rights’ Commission
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 11/06/2007
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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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Finding Love Abroad, Then Support Online for Visa Quest
- By: The Washington Post
- 10/29/2007
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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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A Court Decision Elbows a Village in Favor of Religious Rights
- By: The New York Times
- 10/21/2007
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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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Lawmakers seek US action in Jena 6 case
- By: The Associated Press
- 10/16/2007
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Verdict triggers strong reactions
- By: St. Petersburg Times
- 10/14/2007
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Noose on Door at Columbia Prompts Campus Protest
- By: The New York Times
- 10/11/2007
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Sexual Stereotypes, Civil Rights and a Suit About Both
- By: The New York Times
- 10/10/2007
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Going to Court, but Not in Time to Live
- By: The New York Times
- 10/08/2007
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Executions On Hold Across US
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 10/05/2007
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More Doctors in Texas After Malpractice Caps
- By: New York Times
- 10/05/2007
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Texas High Schooler Kicked Out of School for Wearing John Edwards T-Shirt
- By: AlterNet
- 10/03/2007
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Supreme Court to Hear Key Civil Rights Cases This Term
- By: civilrights.org
- 10/02/2007
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Guantanamo inmates' rights to get a fresh look
- By: Los Angeles Times
- 10/01/2007
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Fight Back Against Giving Kids’ Names to Military
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 09/30/2007
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Surgeon general nominee in limbo
- By: The Courier-Journal
- 09/29/2007
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House Cuts Transgender People from Hate Crimes Bill
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 09/28/2007
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Judge Rules Provisions in Patriot Act to Be Illegal
- By: The New York Times
- 09/27/2007
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Verizon Reverses Itself on Abortion Messages
- By: CommonDreams.org
- 09/27/2007
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High court to decide constitutionality of voter ID law
- By: The Associated Press
- 09/25/2007
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Justices to judge constitutionality of lethal injections
- By: TheAssociated Press
- 09/25/2007
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Small Louisiana town braces for one of biggest protests since '60s
- By: The Edmonton Journal
- 09/20/2007
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Republican Mayor of San Diego Abandons Homophobia, Embraces Same-Sex Marriage
- By: AlterNet.org
- 09/20/2007
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Civil rights' ONLINE movement
- By: The Seattle Times
- 09/19/2007
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Senate Fails on Habeas Corpus
- By: The Associated Press
- 09/19/2007
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Furor Ends in Deanship for Liberal Scholar
- By: The New York Times
- 09/18/2007
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Jury Consulted the Bible, but Death Sentence Stands
- By: The New York Times
- 09/11/2007
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Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries
- By: The New York Times
- 09/10/2007
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Judge Voids F.B.I. Tool Granted by Patriot Act
- By: The New York Times
- 09/07/2007
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An Overlooked Problem with Title VII's Protections Against Discrimination: Procedural Obstacles to Invoking the Law
- By: FindLaw
- 09/04/2007
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Suit Takes Aim at Rules on Immigrant Workers
- By: The New York Times
- 08/30/2007
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Bush's Bid for a Death Penalty Fast Track
- By: The Independent UK
- 08/28/2007
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Spying Program May Be Tested by Terror Case
- By: The New York Times
- 08/26/2007
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Judge Voids Ordinance on Illegal Immigrants
- By: New York Times
- 07/27/2007
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In 4th Decade On High Court, Stevens Stays True to Form
- By: The Washington Post
- 05/21/2007
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In South, Pardons for Segregation Era Offenses
- By: The Boston Globe
- 05/18/2007
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Breakthrough Gay Advances in Past Three Weeks
- By: AlterNet
- 04/30/2007
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The Feminine Face of Poverty
- By: AlterNet.com
- 04/19/2007
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Student, 16, Finds Allies in His Fight Over Religion
- By: The New York Times
- 02/19/2007
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