civil rights
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‘I will never regret standing up for my people’
Leonard Peltier is a Native American political prisoner incarcerated unjustly in U.S. federal prisons since 1976. The statement below was…
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New attacks on civil liberties
The Justice Department is planning new policies that will allow the FBI to open investigations against individuals without having any…
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Denver set to cage Democratic Convention protesters
A local CBS affiliate recently exposed that Denver police have set up cages in a warehouse to hold jailed protesters…
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Man arrested for video expressing anger at police
A Philadelphia man who posted an anti-police rap video on YouTube has been sentenced to 23 months of house arrest…
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Disabled march in Pride Parade
Representing the condition of one in five Americans with a visible or invisible disability, an estimated 5,000 people, floats and…
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Longest Walk 2 arrives in Washington, D.C.
Participants in the Longest Walk 2 held ceremonies in Washington, D.C., as they reached the end of a cross-country walk…
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Viacom’s victory against Google to violate user privacy rights
On July 1, a federal judge in New York ordered YouTube to release a database of the viewing habits of…
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Chicago woman jailed after rescuing cop wins $7.9 million lawsuit
The saga of Rachelle Jackson, thrown in jail after helping a cop involved in a car accident, has come to…
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Celebration as same-sex marriages begin in San Francisco
Hundreds from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities, along with supporters, assembled at San Francisco City Hall as same-sex…
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Eugene Puryear’s testimony opposing D.C.’s racist checkpoints
On June 7, the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., established a checkpoint and dragnet sealing off part of the…
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