civil rights
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Community on Chicago’s south side fights parking meter expansion
For over a month, the Centro Communitario Juan Diego on Chicago’s south side has staged militant neighborhood actions and a…
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A victory against police repression
In June 2008, the Washington, D.C. police established martial law-style checkpoints in the neighborhood of Trinidad, preventing entry to people…
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Sotomayor and the Supreme Court
The following is an abridged version of a presentation at a New York City PSL forum June 12. On May…
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In the spirit of Stonewall, marriage equality movement surges
The narrow victory last November of the reactionary Proposition 8, which denies the right of same-sex couples in California to…
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Senate votes to block release of torture photographs
On May 21, the Senate unanimously passed—with the full support of the Obama administration—the Detainee Photographic Records Protection Act of…
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Supreme Court denies challenge to bigoted “don’t ask, don’t tell”
Citing "the government's legitimate interest in military discipline and cohesion," the U.S. Supreme Court refused on June 8 to hear…
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Same-sex marriage legal in New Hampshire
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community activists and their supporters rallied outside the New Hampshire statehouse June 3 as the…
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Community expresses solidarity with activist targeted by San José police
More than 30 members of the community spoke out during a San José City Council meeting June 2 in response…
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Black farmers fight for funds from 1999 civil-rights lawsuit
In 1999, Black farmers won a $2.3 billion settlement against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for institutionalized racist discrimination in…
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Bigoted Prop. 8 ruling puts LGBT struggle back in the streets
On May 26, the California Supreme Court announced its 6-to-1 ruling upholding Prop. 8. The homophobic, reactionary ballot initiative passed…
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