Right to love is for everyone Oct 11, 2008
We hope for a better day in our community, and we believe that California is in a position to be a leader for human and civil rights ... Geezer wrote on Oct 11, 2008 9:15 AM:" Students are sometimes wiser than some of us old folks. This not the first time students have seen the need to honor civil rights while others scoffed and criticized. Keep up the good work, L.I.F.E. members! ". (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
49ers can't say 'sorry' enough Oct 11, 2008
Yvonne Lee, a former U.S. civil rights commissioner and a member of a community coalition that invited York to the meeting, cringed at the bucktoothed image that was reminiscent of anti-Japanese propaganda during WWII, and said she wants the team to enforce a zero-tolerance policy for bigotry. Gordon Chin, executive director of the Chinatown Community Development Center, said he longs for the days when players came to Chinatown every Monday during football season to meet children. (Yahoo News -- Asian Americans)
Asian-Americans step up to ballot box Oct 11, 2008
More than 40 percent of Asian-Americans who cast ballots last November in Massachusetts were voting for the first time, according to a survey released yesterday by a civil rights group. That proportion of first-time voters was higher in Massachusetts than in many other states surveyed across the country, according to exit polls conducted by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund. (Yahoo News -- Asian Americans)
Minorities, Women Gain Professionally Oct 11, 2008
Decades after civil rights campaigns opened hiring to women, the nation's police and fire departments remain overwhelmingly male, census numbers show. But minorities have made strides in both fields, helped by lawsuits and a recent push for recruitment of Spanish-speaking police officers. (Yahoo News -- Census)
Post a comment » Oct 11, 2008
Muslim countries have horrible civil rights policies and quality of life. Do you want to live that way. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Letters to the Editor (Oct. 5) Oct 11, 2008
We must not compromise on civil rights ... 28) confused being willing to discuss the issue with being willing to concede the compromise of our neighbors civil rights ... I even defend the civil rights of people I disagree with. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Art world comes to CHS Oct 11, 2008
Images from the Great Depression and civil rights movements accompanied by images of great architecture such as the Brooklyn Bridge and New York landscape are just a few of the images CHS been awarded. CHS was one of over 26,000 schools and public libraries across the nation who received the Picturing America program grant. (Columbus Colorado County Citizen, TX)
Feds, Waller County resolve county voter registration lawsuit Oct 11, 2008
By promptly agreeing to settle this matter, the county has demonstrated a commitment to addressing past problems and to complying with federal law in the future, said Grace Chung Becker, acting assistant attorney general in the Justice Department s civil rights division ... The suit also alleges that the county violated a provision of the Civil Rights Act by rejecting certain registration applications on immaterial grounds. (KHOU.com, TX)
County faces more legal woes Oct 11, 2008
On June 4, the family and estate of the late Austin Wells, 17, of Dover, filed a civil rights and wrongful death complaint against Bureau County, Sheriff John Thompson and correctional officers Sherry Keefer and Chris Spiegel for the events surrounding Wells June 9, 2007, suicide when he was an inmate in the county jail. On Sept. 18, Terry D. Wilson, a current inmate at the Bureau County Jail, filed a civil rights lawsuit in Peoria s federal court listing a number of complaints, including... (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Does the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy still cast a shadow on campus? Oct 11, 2008
The University also has to make its position clear, and their commitment to civil rights has to be irreproachable. . (Yale Herald, CT)
Obama breaks out in new poll reading Oct 11, 2008
I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights ... McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio,... (Birmingham Star)
The punishment should fit the crime Oct 11, 2008
That kind of money serves as a harsh enough lesson in both civility and civil rights. As the case stands today, the only ones who ll learn from it are opportunistic inmates inspired to sue for big bucks over minor transgressions. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Frankland accused of pointing Taser Oct 11, 2008
He cited section 50-a of the state Civil Rights Law, which deals with the confidentiality of law enforcement officials personnel records ... Both agencies cited the Civil Rights Law legislation. (Utica NY Obserer, NY)
Justice Dept. Database Stirs Privacy Fears Oct 11, 2008
But civil-liberties and privacy advocates say the scale and contents of such a database raise immediate privacy and civil rights concerns, in part because tens of thousands of local police officers could gain access to personal details about people who have not been arrested or charged with crimes ... Much information will be kept out of the system, including data about public corruption cases, classified or sensitive topics, confidential informants, administrative cases and civil rights probes... (Yahoo News -- Privacy Issues)
Arbitron Inc. Seeks Declaratory Judgment and Injunctive Relief against the New Jersey Attorney General Oct 11, 2008
The Company acknowledged today that the State of New Jersey has commenced litigation against Arbitron in the Superior Court of New Jersey for Middlesex County, alleging violations of New Jersey consumer fraud and civil rights laws relating to the marketing and commercialization in New Jersey of the PPMTM radio ratings service ... The Company also acknowledged today that the State of New York has commenced litigation against Arbitron in the Supreme Court of New York for New York County alleging... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
How "Kumbaya" Became an Insult Oct 11, 2008
It was recorded by Pete Seeger; the Folksmiths; the Weavers; the Seekers; Peter, Paul & Mary and Joan Baez during the 1950s and 1960s, becoming a staple of the protest rallies of the Civil Rights Movement. Oh, how things have changed. (Slate)
Watching the Detective Oct 11, 2008
The civil rights leader invites you to picket the Treasury Department. Bonnie Goldsteinposted Sept. 24, 2008. (Slate)
Tiananmen protesters still held 18 years on Oct 11, 2008
Chinese Human Rights Defenders said three men who had been sentenced either to suspended death sentences or life in prison in 1989 had been released in 2006, partly as a result of pressure from the west, but were still deprived of full civil rights. They quoted the unnamed former prisoner who spent four years compiling the list as saying: "I want to tell those who claim that Tiananmen belongs to another era that, behind the high, barbed-wire-ringed walls of the Chinese prisons, Tiananmen... (Yahoo News -- Human Rights)
Opinon nuggets: Marriage protection Oct 11, 2008
Civil rights not the issue: Unfortunately, if we want to continue the idea that marriage is strictly between a man or a woman, there needs to be a law within the constitution that specifically says so. Only that level of law can eliminate any ambiguity that comes from conflicting thoughts based on existing laws that leave a doubt and leave the door open for one judge to make a decision that goes against what literally millions of citizens want for this society. (Florida Times-Union)
Educator Salazar appointed to nationwide human and civil rights committee Oct 11, 2008
Salazar, who teaches fifth grade at Albert F. Algenziano School was just appointed to the National Education Association s Human and Civil Rights Committee, a group that works to increase minority involvement in the teachers union ... As part of NEA s Human and Civil Rights Committee, Salazar wants to inform minority teachers about NEA programs ... In her new position, Salazar will also award teachers who show outstanding work in human and civil rights. (Somerville Journal, MA)
The Express Review Oct 10, 2008
His relationship with Schwartzwalder is often strained, with the grizzled aging coach finding himself at the same moral crossroads as the increasingly desegregated nation at the height of the civil rights movement. Ernie is torn between his love for the game and what is required of him to remain on the team, and his sense of obligation to speak out against injustice and racism. (IGN FilmForce)
Lawsuit: Georgia Illegally Purges Votes Oct 10, 2008
filed by several civil rights groups on behalf of a single plaintiff, claims the state is violating the Voting Rights Act and the National Voter Registration Act by purging possibly thousands of voters less than 90 days before the election and relying on a flawed database to question the citizenship of registered voters ... They are going beyond whats allowed for by federal law, Jon Greenbaum, an attorney with the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights told CBS News. (CBS News)
Apartheid murder plotters guilty Oct 10, 2008
"If the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) perseveres in not treating the ANC's leaders equally to other offenders, then any further prosecutions will amount to selective morality and a witch hunt," the Afrikaans civil rights group, Afri-forum, said in a statement reported by the AFP news agency. But victims of apartheid say justice should be served. (Yahoo News -- South Africa)
In California, gay rights activists mark progress one step at a time Oct 10, 2008
During its most recent session, the Legislature - which now includes five openly gay members - approved five gay civil rights bills, bringing the total in the past 10 years to 50. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Judge raps plan to deport plaintiff Oct 10, 2008
She said the deportation should wait until his civil rights lawsuit against the Boston Police Department goes to trial in April ... Still, Gertner's musing resonated with Charles's mother, Ursula Charles Manzoni, who attended part of a hearing on the civil rights case where her bespectacled 58-year-old son sat quietly next to his lawyer ... Outside the courtroom, John P. Roache, a lawyer hired to defend Boston in the civil rights claim, said he was unaware of any contact between immigration... (Boston Globe)
Hef's the centerfold in 'Mr. Playboy' biography Oct 10, 2008
As the civil rights battles heated up, Hefner pushed integration in his Playboy Clubs, which often involved buying out franchisees in cities such as New Orleans and Miami. Throughout Playboy's rapid ascent, Hefner was keeping pace with Dexedrine, an appetite suppressant that affected both his looks and mood; friends and staffers forced him to quit. (USA Today)
Leading the pack Oct 10, 2008
Politician and Irish civil rights leader, Hume, was the leader of the Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP), which he co-founded for over 20 years. In the 1970s, he was instrumental in negotiations leading to a power-sharing agreement that gave the Catholic minority proportional representation in parliament. (CNN -- International)
Mississippi’s evolution hidden by racial history Oct 10, 2008
For years now, she has been stopping at the roadside site in her hometown where three civil rights workers were abducted in one of America s most infamous race murders ... So does Posey, 54, as she recounts her unlikely involvement in the case that helped pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act and inspired the Oscar-winning 1988 film Mississippi Burning ... Republican Gov. Haley Barbour has signed bills to create a civil rights curriculum for public schools and a civil rights museum in Jackson, the... (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
Changing America Oct 10, 2008
The new attitude to race is the result of a generational shift that began with the civil rights movement, and has now affected not only the "baby boomer generation" born in the 1950s but their children as well, he says. Economic challenges. (BBC News -- Americas)
Uyghurs stuck in Guantanamo limbo Oct 10, 2008
WASHINGTON - Civil rights groups in the United States had lauded Tuesday's Federal Court decision to release 17 Chinese Muslim Uyghurs held without charges for seven years at the infamous US military detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Now, it seems they spoke to soon. (Asia Times Online)
L.A. lifts first gang member from injunctions Oct 10, 2008
Civil rights and community activists have long complained that gang members on the injunctions can never escape the label ... "For years there have been major concerns about possible violations of individuals' civil rights because no person has ever successfully been removed from a gang injunction," said Councilman Tony Cardenas, who for three years, has worked with city prosecutors to craft a removal process. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Group says many Pa. voters may face lines at polls Oct 10, 2008
voters may face lines at polls. The Washington-based Advancement Project, which scrutinized selected counties and cities in seven states, said the surge in voter registration and an expected larger-than-usual turnout this year could overwhelm many precincts in the Nov. 4 election. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Political dynasties: Bush the third? Oct 10, 2008
Political dynasties: Bush the third. - Americas, World - The Independent. (Yahoo News -- Bush Family)
HUD: Tallassee couple forced to move after black neighbors visit Oct 10, 2008
Law judge finds the defendants guilty he can award damages for actual loss, emotional distress, humiliation, and loss of civil rights. He can also add civil penalties. (WSJA.com, AL)
Lack Of Leadership? Look At Oakland Oct 10, 2008
District elections have become the most popular election process in metropolitan centers since the civil rights movement in the mid-1960s. San Francisco dropped citywide elections and moved to district elections in 2000. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
How Obama can win Appalachia Oct 10, 2008
Moreover, the civil rights and anti-slavery movements were long a part of Appalachia, says Rash. "Rosa Parks attended a workshop in Appalachia before she sat on that bus.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
D.C. Voting-Rights Debate Nears Do-or-Die Moment Oct 10, 2008
"We think unless something happens -- arms are twisted -- that we have it," said Nancy Zirkin, a top official with the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, another major backer of the bill. But opponents, led by Senate Minority Leader (R-Ky. (Yahoo News -- U.S. Congress)
Town officials chat over school renovations Oct 10, 2008
Representatives from Quisenberry Arcari also provided their plan for the high school, which includes much-needed major renovations to the science department, as well as bringing the building in compliance with the state's Office of Civil Rights review. The estimated cost for standard renovations would be $48. (Wethersfield Post, CT)
Obama purchases half hour of primetime on CBS, also in talks with FOX, NBC... DEVELOPING... Oct 10, 2008
But hey, the party of slavery and the party against the civil rights act, you cannot expect much from them. So for the record, sorry, but I could careless if he is black or asian or white. (The Drudge Report)
Sharpton convicted of disorderly conduct Oct 10, 2008
Civil rights leader participated in protests over NYC police shooting ... NEW YORK - A judge has convicted the Rev. Al Sharpton of disorderly conduct during protests over a police shooting and sentenced the civil rights leader to time served. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Thousands defy smoking ban in mass protest Oct 10, 2008
Liam Mullone in his Civil Rights Response Unit, which offers outdoor smokers comfort as they contemplate. the death of civil liberties. (Yahoo News -- Smoking)
ACORN: A Clear and Present Danger Oct 10, 2008
To give you some idea how all-encompassing the group is, they have schools where the children of leftists are trained in class-consciousness; they run boot camps for training street activists; and, like Jesse Jacksons Rainbow Coalition, they extort money from banks and other businesses by threatening racial violence and trumped-up civil rights charges. One can almost imagine Marx, Lenin and Stalin, shaking their heads in admiration and hoisting their glasses in toast. (Townhall.com)
KATHLEEN PARKER: Candidates owe respect to Appalachia Oct 10, 2008
Jim Webb wrote in The Wall Street Journal: "The greatest realignment in modern politics would take place rather quickly if the right national leader found a way to bring the Scots-Irish and African-Americans to the same table."Moreover, the civil rights and anti-slavery movements were long a part of Appalachia, says Rash. "Rosa Parks attended a workshop in Appalachia before she sat on that bus."Thus, when Obama visits the region, Rash recommends that he say the following:"I know that for well... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Georgia sued over voter citizenship verification Oct 10, 2008
Also representing Morales are the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, the New York-Based Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and Atlanta attorney Brian Spears. As of Friday, Handel s office had asked counties to check the status of 2,675 individuals statewide whose driver s license records indicated they were not citizens, but who had registered to vote, according to Handel s office. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
LETTERS: NCT, Oct. 10, 2008 Oct 10, 2008
Also, I am dismayed to read of the amounts of money being spent to prevent "those" people from having the same civil rights and responsibilities afforded me. If a gay couple want to enter into a legally recognized union, that in no way diminishes the sanctity of my own relationship. (North County Times)
Clintons cancel DNC book signing Oct 10, 2008
My Life," Clinton's 957-page autobiography, will appear in stores on June 22, with 1.5 million copies printed. Representatives of the Clintons talked about hosting a signing party at the State Room, the 33rd-floor ballroom at Sixty State Street formerly known as the Bay Tower Room, said Elaine Twombly, director of catering and sales manager at the State Room, but the idea was ultimately dropped.Currently there is a party at the State Room organized by friends of the Clintons, which the Clintons... (Yahoo News -- Hillary Rodham Clinton)
Peter Chianca: Meet the candidates ... If you dare! Oct 10, 2008
These same people say it s the only reason he got into Columbia, Harvard Law School, became editor of the Harvard Law Review and got his jobs as a civil rights attorney and teaching constitutional law at University of Chicago Law School. It turns out you can just check the African American box on all of those applications and you re in, no questions asked. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
New effort to solve segregation era cases Oct 10, 2008
He formed the Emmett Till Justice Campaign in 2003, and the group later sought help from Lewis, himself a veteran of the civil rights movement ... Tom Coburn, an Oklahoma Republican, placed a hold on the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act among dozens of other measures involved in a budget dispute. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Mayor's comments provoke gag order Oct 10, 2008
The mayor is due in federal court in less than five weeks to stand trial on civil rights charges related to the Aug. 26, 2006, raid on a Ridgeway Street duplex. Former bodyguard Marcus Wright pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor conspiracy charge and agreed to assist prosecutors. (The Clarion-Ledger)
DA clears election commissioner in voter-purge probe Oct 10, 2008
The spokesman cited a July letter from a principal deputy assistant attorney general that said Civil Rights Division officials continue "to review the facts and are prepared to take whatever action is necessary to ensure compliance with federal law.". Sautermeister did not purge the names from the system but did remove them from the voter registration books. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Cydney Wells, William Dix: Lesson in torched Obama sign Oct 10, 2008
Since he already has covered units on racism and the struggle for civil rights, we imagine he is forming his own opinions. Cydney Wells and William Dix. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Unsolved crime bill could give America closure Oct 10, 2008
On Tuesday, President Bush signed into law the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act. The bill clears the way for allocating $10 million annually for 10 years to the federal Department of Justice to prosecute unsolved killings from the civil rights era ... The legislation limits expenditures to civil rights killings committed before 1970. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Candidates On The Best And Worst Of Times Oct 10, 2008
"We hold these truths as self evident that all men are created equal endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights, among these, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." That idea just kept pushing throughout centuries, through a civil war, through civil rights, through women's rights. It became the North Star for people, not just in America but around the world. (CBS News -- Evening News)
Friendship across time and place Oct 10, 2008
She said it was the most important TV history documentary - better than acclaimed accounts of America's civil war and civil rights eras. "In my view, this series exceeds those two both in the virtuosity of the television making, the excellence of the documentary skills brought to it, the rigour and the range of historical sources and the length of the historical period covered.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Tech war: The battle over Shawsheen Oct 10, 2008
The criteria are required by federal and state civil rights laws. That s what all vocational schools have to meet the compliance of. (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)
Douglas rancher's appeal of verdict is denied Oct 10, 2008
He is scheduled to go on trial next year in federal court in connection with a separate incident in which illegal immigrants accused him of violating their civil rights and of kicking one of them. The issue at the heart of the lawsuit in the Arizona courts stems from claims by Ronald Morales that Barnett threatened his family and a friend of his daughter while they were hunting. (AZCentral -- Business)
Letters: A few bad apples in law enforcement spoil the bunch Oct 10, 2008
I never cease to be amazed at the ignorance of people who do not want to acknowledge people here have had their civil rights trampled on. I have seen it, and I have never been in trouble with the law. (Daily Triplicate)
Uniontown was his training ground Oct 10, 2008
Now, 45 years after his death, a Hollywood drama titled "The Express" depicts Davis' life and the struggles he faced against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. It opens in theaters today. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Man files suit claiming improper imprisonment Oct 10, 2008
The lawsuit includes claims for civil rights violations, false imprisonment, abuse of process and invasion of privacy. Millvale Solicitor Mike Witherel said he had not seen the lawsuit and therefore could not comment. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Forgotten story attracts Quaid to role Oct 10, 2008
"He was a groundbreaker in that he was one of the first coaches to actively recruit African Americans to a team," Quaid said, "but the civil rights movement was just bubbling up and he didn't really want that coming on to his field, and that was his world." ... "It's definitely a story that needed to be told, I could tell that the first time I read the script. It's a story that's more than about football. Ernie Davis transcended football, he transcended race and color in his short life. Had he... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Minorities, Women Gain Professionally Oct 10, 2008
Decades after civil rights campaigns opened hiring to women, the nation's police and fire departments remain overwhelmingly male, census numbers show. But minorities have made strides in both fields, helped by lawsuits and a recent push for recruitment of Spanish-speaking police officers. (Yahoo News -- Census)
Another View: We must protect marriage Oct 10, 2008
or can we do whatever we want to in California if is an expression of our love and is one of our civil rights ... - " Melissa wrote on Oct 9, 2008 2:16 PM:" "Mr./Ms. Teacher, what sex is considered normal and what is abnormal . . . or can we do whatever we want to in California if is an expression of our love and is one of our civil rights?" ... "Mr./Ms. Teacher, what sex is considered normal and what is abnormal . . . or can we do whatever we want to in California if is an expression of our... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Post a comment » Oct 10, 2008
Muslim countries have horrible civil rights policies and quality of life. Do you want to live that way. (Canton Daily Ledger, IL)
Letters to the Editor (Oct. 5) Oct 10, 2008
We must not compromise on civil rights ... 28) confused being willing to discuss the issue with being willing to concede the compromise of our neighbors civil rights ... I even defend the civil rights of people I disagree with. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Gibbons and Gansert asks for assurance regarding voter fraud Oct 10, 2008
Another option is the nation's largest nonpartisan voter protection coalition, led by the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Election Protection. Election Protection offers voters a free and nonpartisan hotline at 1-866-OUR VOTE for English speakers and 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA for Spanish speakers. (KRNV.com, NV)
