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Saudi Women: "If you are dependent on another person, you've got nothing."

Daniel Howden, Rachel Shields, Independent UK. April 21, 2008.
In Saudi Arabia, women literally belong to men. A new report describes the demoralizing reality of this gender apartheid system.

Defending Our Living Constitution

Kirsten D. Levingston, Brennan Center for Justice. March 17, 2008.
Without our "living constitution," some of the most important advances in American racial equality would not have happened.

Are We Headed Back to the Era of Segregation?

Amanda Paulson, Christian Science Monitor. January 28, 2008.
Schools, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest, are looking more and more like they did during segregation.

Southern School Holds First Prom for Blacks and Whites

Carmen K. Sisson, Christian Science Monitor. April 25, 2007.
A half century after the Supreme Court ended racial segregation, parents and students in Ashburn, Ga., were still clinging to old ways, holding whites-only and blacks-only dances. This spring, the school finally broke that color barrier.

UPDATE: GOP resuscitates racist Lott [VIDEO]

Evan Derkacz, AlterNet: Video. November 15, 2006.
Reacquaint yourself with the new Senate minority whip...

Bush Admin. pushes sex-segregated education