On AlterNet: civil rights movement

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The Death of Voting Rights: Will New State Laws Reverse The Civil Rights Movement?

Wendy Weiser, Brennan Center for Justice. May 16, 2012.

Democrats are not saints. But since 2010 Republicans have been willing to unwind the Civil Rights movement's gains to stay in power.

Excerpt: Southern Stalemate: Five Years without Public Education in Prince Edward County, Virginia

Christopher Bonastia, AlterNet. April 24, 2012.

One county in Virginia froze its black citizens out of public education -- for five long years.

Why the Racist History of the Charter School Movement Is Never Discussed

Christopher Bonastia, AlterNet. March 9, 2012.

Touted as the cure for what ails public education, charter schools have historical roots that are rarely discussed.

How the GOP Became the White Man's Party

Robert Perkinson, AlterNet. May 26, 2010.

In this excerpt from Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire, Robert Perkinson shows how the Right embraced racial animus as a political strategy.

In Arizona, Is Brown the New Gay?

Hans Johnson, AlterNet. May 13, 2010.

Arizona's new anti-immigrant law finds echos in the anti-gay laws of the past. It's time for immigration and LGBT activists to step up for each others' causes.

The Tea Party Movement Is a Challenge to the U.S. State, And Its Bigots Are Dangerous

Melissa Harris-Lacewell, The Nation. March 23, 2010.

Attacks on black and gay members of Congress over healthcare have prompted comparisons to the civil rights movement. In fact, we need to move the historical lens further back.

Zinn's 'People's History' Masterwork Hits the History Channel

Dave Zirin, AlterNet. December 11, 2009.

Don't miss Howard Zinn's 'Voices of a People's History' debut on the History Channel on December 13th.

Anti-War Soldier Jonathan Hutto: People, Not Politicians, Will End the War in Iraq

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 25, 2008.

The author of Antiwar Soldier discusses the GI movement, the election and why "the military needs racism" to fight its wars.

April 4, 1968: The Moment That Made Me a Radical

Michael C. Dawson, The Root. April 4, 2008.

Forty years ago, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. radicalized a generation of African Americans.