On AlterNet: civil rights
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "civil rights"
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. November 19, 2009.
Wow.
Ali Gharib, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. July 13, 2009.
Show your solidarity for the human rights of the protesters in Iran at a local event near you.
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. March 11, 2009.
Experts say it's the first civil rights probe to focus on immigration enforcement.
Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. January 21, 2009.
"Dick Cheney might as well have been rolled out to the Star Wars 'Imperial March' with a white cat on his lap."
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. January 21, 2009.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Walker and civil rights hero Moses on the struggles that paved the way for Obama's success.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. December 3, 2008.
Influential folk singer Odetta has passed away.
John Farr, Huffington Post. November 11, 2008.
The movies that help illuminate the centuries-old struggle for racial freedom and equality in America.
Davin Hutchins, American News Project AlterNet: Election 2008. November 5, 2008.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech comes to fruition.
Lisa Derrick, Firedoglake AlterNet: Video. October 29, 2008.
Ouch.
Digby, Hullabaloo AlterNet: PEEK. October 24, 2008.
In California, you don't EVER go against the [religious] family.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. September 3, 2008.
"It's like we don't have rights. Like we don't even live here."
Martin Luther King, Jr., AlterNet. August 28, 2008.
Today is the 45th anniversary of MLK's historic speech.
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.
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.
Steve Benen, The Carpetbagger Report AlterNet: Election 2008. August 4, 2008.
Senator stumped, stumbles.
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.
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.
Brave New Films, Democracy Now! AlterNet: Video. June 18, 2008.
Democracy Now! pays tribute to the civil rights icon.
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.
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.
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.
Kim Sengupta, The Independent UK. February 1, 2008.
Six years after "liberation," civil rights are getting worse in Afghanistan.
Norman Solomon, AlterNet. January 23, 2008.
Our own mourning should help us understand and strive to prevent the unspeakable pain of others.
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".
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.
