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On AlterNet: civil rights

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "civil rights"

As Unlawful Arrests Continue, St. Paul Feels Like a City Under Siege for Some Residents

As Unlawful Arrests Continue, St. Paul Feels Like a City Under Siege for Some Residents

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. September 3, 2008.
"It's like we don't have rights. Like we don't even live here."

Martin Luther King: 'I Have a Dream'

Martin Luther King: 'I Have a Dream'

Martin Luther King, Jr., AlterNet. August 28, 2008.
Today is the 45th anniversary of MLK's historic speech.

Dems Nominate Obama, Unify and Transform the Party

Dems Nominate Obama, Unify and Transform the Party

John Nichols, TheNation.com. August 28, 2008.
A hundred years ago, Dems questioned whether to take a stand against lynching. Today, Obama's nomination completes a long process of transformation.

At JFK Airport, Denying Basic Rights Is Just Another Day at the Office

At JFK Airport, Denying Basic Rights Is Just Another Day at the Office

Emily Feder, AlterNet. August 18, 2008.
I was recently stopped by Homeland Security as I was returning from a trip to Syria. What I saw in the hours that followed shocked and disturbed me.

McCain's Dishonest Spin on MLK Day in AZ

McCain's Dishonest Spin on MLK Day in AZ

Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: Election 2008. August 4, 2008.
Senator stumped, stumbles.

How to Solve America's Wage Crisis

How to Solve America's Wage Crisis

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. July 24, 2008.
When labor rights are protected, wages go up. It's time to make union-membership a civil right.

Party Crashing: How the Facebook Generation Does Politics

Party Crashing: How the Facebook Generation Does Politics

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. June 26, 2008.
Author Keli Goff on how today's youth -- black youth in particular -- choose their leaders. Hint: It's not by skin color or party affiliation.

Remembering Medgar Evers

Remembering Medgar Evers

Brave New Films, Democracy Now! AlterNet: Video. June 18, 2008.
Democracy Now! pays tribute to the civil rights icon.

McCain's Dismal MLK Record Proves He Didn't Believe in King's Dream or Civil Rights

McCain's Dismal MLK Record Proves He Didn't Believe in King's Dream or Civil Rights

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Election 2008. April 4, 2008.
The fact of the matter is that McCain brought this on himself, with his paper trail of cozying up to racists and his voting record.

David Paterson: a NY Activist, Progressive, and Now Governor

David Paterson: a NY Activist, Progressive, and Now Governor

John Nichols, The Nation AlterNet: PEEK. March 13, 2008.
Paterson has been handed a remarkable opportunity to be not just a state officials but a national leader.

Waterboarding? Racist Cops Have Been Torturing Black Suspects for Years

Waterboarding? Racist Cops Have Been Torturing Black Suspects for Years

Thomas J. Gardner, Madison Capital Times. February 29, 2008.
Torture is not a new phenomenon. Just ask the Memphis police officers who beat me forty years ago.

Afghan Journalism Student Sentenced to Death for Reading About Women's Rights

Afghan Journalism Student Sentenced to Death for Reading About Women's Rights

Kim Sengupta, The Independent UK. February 1, 2008.
Six years after "liberation," civil rights are getting worse in Afghanistan.

What We Learn from Mourning those We Love

What We Learn from Mourning those We Love

Norman Solomon, AlterNet. January 23, 2008.
Our own mourning should help us understand and strive to prevent the unspeakable pain of others.

Right Wing Spends MLK Holiday Spreading Lies About King

Right Wing Spends MLK Holiday Spreading Lies About King

Mister Leonard Pierce, Sadly, No! AlterNet: PEEK. January 21, 2008.
Conservative columnist Paul Greenberg called the lifelong liberal activist "the very definition of an American conservative".

Reclaiming King: Beyond 'I Have a Dream'

Reclaiming King: Beyond 'I Have a Dream'

Adam Howard, AlterNet. January 21, 2008.
People usually focus on the historic "I Have a Dream" speech, but it's the work King was doing at the end of his life that deserves more attention.

Media's Political Coverage Like Kindergartners Playing Telephone

Media's Political Coverage Like Kindergartners Playing Telephone

Megan Garber, Columbia Journalism Review. January 17, 2008.
How the press fanned Dem candidates' so-called "racial tension."

Obama Reaches Out: His Truce with Hillary

Obama Reaches Out: His Truce with Hillary

GottaLaff, Cliff Schecter's Blog AlterNet: Election 2008. January 15, 2008.
Looks like this time it's Obama who showed some--what's the word? Oh yeah--leadership.

Swimming in Rosa Parks' Footsteps: Workers for the Wealthiest Still Struggle for Dignity

Swimming in Rosa Parks' Footsteps: Workers for the Wealthiest Still Struggle for Dignity

Eliseo Medina, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. December 2, 2007.
Eliseo Medina: For the minority workers shipped into America's richest enclave, the fight for basic human dignity continues.

Is the Justice Department Conducting Latino Outreach on Behalf of the GOP?

Is the Justice Department Conducting Latino Outreach on Behalf of the GOP?

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. October 22, 2007.
Civil rights attorneys say the DOJ has turned away from suing on behalf of minority voters that tend to support Democrats.

Are Voter Registration Drives Being Put Out of Business?

Are Voter Registration Drives Being Put Out of Business?

Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. July 25, 2007.
After the wave of successes in 2004 voter registration drives by groups like ACORN, a half-dozen states passed severe laws that scared off voting activists -- and now the Senate is weighing in.

Breakthrough Gay Advances in Past Three Weeks

Breakthrough Gay Advances in Past Three Weeks

Deb Price, Creators Syndicate. April 30, 2007.
The United States has seen a series of astonishing gay advances in the past three weeks.

The Harder Path Traveled

Richard Blair, AlterNet: PEEK. April 25, 2007.
Richard Blair: Long before the civil rights struggles of the 1960's, Capt. David Parham (USN-Ret.) blazed trails for the military.

The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV

The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV

Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen, AlterNet. April 4, 2007.
Every year on April 4, as Americans commemorate MLK's death, we get perfunctory news reports that fail to account for the last several years of his life -- and for good reason.

Michael Savage calls for deportation of journalist

Michael Savage calls for deportation of journalist

Paul Schmelzer, AlterNet: PEEK. March 15, 2007.
Paul Schmelzer: After Somali reporter covered "flying Imams" story...

Gordon Out But NAACP Problems Remain

Gordon Out But NAACP Problems Remain

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. March 7, 2007.
The NAACP's embrace of showy, symbolic fights does little to solve the problems of drugs, crime, gangs and soaring joblessness among young blacks, or the astronomical rate of prison incarceration of blacks.