Category Archives: Civil Rights

Ariz. sues feds over Voting Rights Act

By doris | Published: August 28, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Opening up a new front in its legal battles with the Obama administration, the state of Arizona on Thursday challenged the federal Voting Rights Act, prompting a swift response from Attorney General Eric Holder. “The Voting Rights Act plays a vital role in our society by ensuring that every American has [...]

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Recall election scheduled for city of Bell

By doris | Published: November 6, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com BELL, Calif. — The crowd outside Bell City Hall erupted in cheers when the City Council for the scandal-plagued Los Angeles suburb voted to hold a recall election, although many were not happy that they couldn’t watch the historic moment in person. Minutes earlier, police had cleared the City Council chambers [...]

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Across America, people speak out on tea party

By doris | Published: October 18, 2010

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com The Tea Party Express, one of the largest national organizations in the fractured political movement that aims to elect candidates who fiercely advocate for lower taxes and smaller government, is leaving for a cross-country bus tour Monday. Sarah Palin, a champion of the movement, kicks off the trip with a speech in [...]

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Ex-congressman in Ohio has signatures to run again

By doris | Published: August 31, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — An elections board in Ohio says a former congressman who served time in federal prison has enough valid signatures to run again for a U.S. House seat. Director Tom McCabe says the Mahoning County board on Monday approved more than 30 disputed signatures to allow Jim Traficant (TRAF’-eh-kehnt) [...]

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Virginia attorney general: Traffic stops can be status checks

By doris | Published: August 5, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Virginia police officers can question stopped motorists about their immigration status, the state’s attorney general has said, adding fuel to a contentious debate over states’ immigration policies in the wake of a controversial law enacted in Arizona. “It is my opinion that Virginia law enforcement officers, including conservation officers, [...]

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Arizona appeals — now what?

By doris | Published: August 3, 2010

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com From NBC’s Pete WilliamsArizona has now asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals for a fast-track review of its request to put a hold on this week’s order by Judge Susan Bolton. Her ruling blocked the state from enforcing the most controversial parts of its new immigration law. The first thing [...]

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Legalizing marijuana is civil rights issue, California NAACP says

By doris | Published: July 12, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Legalizing marijuana is a civil rights issue, according to one of California’s most prominent African-American advocacy groups. The California State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, led by President Alice Huffman, recently announced its “unconditional endorsement” for Proposition 19, a legislative initiative on the [...]

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Feds sue to overturn Arizona immigration law

By doris | Published: July 8, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The Justice Department on Tuesday weighed in on one of the most explosive issues in American politics, filing a lawsuit to overturn a tough new Arizona immigration law that has sharply divided people along partisan, ideological and ethnic lines. It also asked the federal courts to grant an [...]

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The New Revolutionaries

By doris | Published: July 5, 2010

Full Story at Newsweek.com It’s not just the 4th of July holiday that’s raising memories of revolution. The idea of active anti-government resistance, once the province of the fringe or a mere historical parable, is now a common component of the national discourse. If all the voices actively calling for or raising the specter of [...]

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Rand Paul: Obama BP criticism ‘un-American’

By doris | Published: May 22, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com WASHINGTON – Taking another unconventional stand, Kentucky’s Republican Senate nominee Rand Paul criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the Gulf oil spill Friday as anti-business and sounding “really un-American.” Paul’s defense of oil company BP PLC came during an interview as he tried to explain his controversial take on civil rights [...]

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Civil rights groups file challenge to Arizona immigration law

By doris | Published: May 18, 2010

Full Story at PoliticalTicker.BlogsCNN.com (CNN) – (CNN) – A broad coalition of civil rights groups filed a class-action lawsuit Monday challenging Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, saying, among other things, that the measure violates the U.S. Constitution and will lead to racial profiling. The coalition includes the American Civil Liberties Union, the Mexican American Legal [...]

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