civil rights

Within the United States, civil rights refer to a set of rights that are guaranteed to citizens by the constitution. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion are but a few examples of civil rights.

Civil rights laws, however, are meaningless without the support of the executive branch and enforcement from Civil Rights Enforcement Agencies. Civil rights are guaranteed by the United States constitution but enforcing these rights often proves to be an ongoing task.

Civil rights can also address disability rights, as evidenced by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The rights of all citizens, irrespective of physical abilities are protected under civil rights laws.

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• Re-Thinking Hate Crimes

  
  Political Wrinkles — Authority: 499
  I was having a conversation with a friend of mine on a long drive back from a business trip. We were talking about the problems with legislation and of course the topic of hate crimes came up. His assertion was that hate crimes basically become a form of thought policing. Ive read this argument before and wasnt ...
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• NOM: “Carrie who?”

  
  Mock, Paper, Scissors — Authority: 154
  Yes, the inevitable has happened: Ethics-challenged Homophobe, former unwed mother and known beauty queen stalker, El Presidente for Life of the failed social engineering non-profit National Organization for Marriage (NOM, which may be a front for the Mormon Church), Chimpy’s shills for hire, the auture of the ...
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• Muslim advocacy group files complaint with Lewiston School Department

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 171
  LEWISTON — A national Muslim civil rights organization has filed a formal request with the Lewiston School Department to allow a middle school student to pray on school property. The group also wants Lewiston to modify existing policy and provide "constitutionally protected religious accommodation," such as a ...
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• Hardball Fact Checks Rep. Foxx

  
  Past in Print Weblog — Authority: 110
  I heard about this from a tweet and then went to check it out.  Like Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), whose rebuke of Foxx immediately followed the latter’s remarks from the House floor, ‘I couldn’t believe my ears.’ Check out my post regarding Foxx’s revisionism – Virginia Foxx and the GOP civil rights ...
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• "The South shall rise again" riles the PC crowd

  
  U.S. Politics Online: A Political Discussion Forum — Authority: 157
  Traveler brought this up in another thread and frankly, Im pissed at the assholes that think people of the south want to see blacks enslaved again all because we are proud to be southerners and we enjoy the North-South good-natured rivalry. Before the LSU/Ole Miss game today, the KKK protested because University of ...
  9 hours ago

• *OUTRAGE: Civil Rights Lawyer Lynne Stewart Jailed- Free Lynne Stewart Now!

  
  AMERICAN LEFT HISTORY — Authority: 151
  Click on title to link to the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee site. Markin comment, November 21, 2009: Below is a repost of a commentary that I posted on this site in January 2008. I can only repeat here what I said there and in the headline- Free Lynne Stewart Now! Monday, January 28, 2008 Defend Lynne ...
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• Oh My … It’s Burkha Barbie! No, This is Not from The Onion, It is Real … Barbie gets a Burkha Makeover

  
  Scared Monkeys — Authority: 603
  Hey Barbie … You’ve Come a Long Way Baby, or Not! Define irony … a charity action to save the children by promoting a doll that displays the subjugation that female children should be saved from. “I think this is really important for girls, wherever they are from they should have the opportunity to play ...
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• Union reformists file federal complaint against SEIU Local 221

  
  OB Rag Blog — Authority: 135
  A federal complaint was filed Monday against the results of recent union elections conducted by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 221, in San Diego. The complaint charges massive voter disenfranchisement and illegal conduct by election officials and by incumbent candidates.Filed by Reform221, a group ...
  10 hours ago

• Tampa Bay Homeless

  
  Re/Creating Tampa — Authority: 469
  Jimmy Wales promotes a new site to help Tampa Bay’s homeless. Tampa Bay Homeless Resource Wiki . If you belong to some sort of community organization, charity, or good deeds club, you might consider spending an afternoon adding resources and information to the wiki.
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• Who’s Who and What’s Up with the Manhattan Declaration

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 764
  photo: bastique via Flickr I’ve been looking at the list of signers on the conservative “Manhattan Declaration” that was released yesterday . One group of signers are the leading culture warriors and theological purists in the Roman Catholic church. Cardinal Rigali of Philadelphia was joined by conservative ...
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• Party at John Yoos House Sunday: Youre Invited

  
  Let's Try Democracy — Authority: 524
  November 22, 2009, Bay Area, CA * 10-11 a.m. protest at John Yoos (Torture Professor) house, 1241 Grizzly Peak Blvd., Berkeley, CA Followed by events on David Swansons book tour: "Daybreak, Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union" * 12:00 p.m. in downtown Walnut Creek Community Center 1375 ...
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• The Real Ambassadorsps - Tumblr’s formatting often sucks. I...

  
  EM — Authority: 138
  The Real Ambassadors ps - Tumblr’s formatting often sucks. I tried to post the lyrics here and even with html breaks it wouldn’t display correctly.
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• The Anti-Communism of Barack Obama

  
  Kasama — Authority: 431
  The following presentation was given at the Rethinking Marxism conference. It is detailed and nuanced — but on hearing it delivered by Barbara Foley there was also a very sharp and even emotional impact. It lays bare the fact that Obama’s politics and purpose are the opposite of the hidden socialism he is accused ...
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• Sarah Palin attacks, BarackObama.com, Organizing for America, Obama thugs attack Palin, Going Rogue, Orwellian, Nazi brownshirts, Obama and Democrats attack America

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 583
  Barack Obama, the Obama camp and the Democrat Party continue to attack Sarah Palin. They are openly, flagrantly, requesting donations to continue their Orwellian attacks on Palin. Attacking Palin is attacking America, American values and us, the American people. If they want war with the American people, by God they ...
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• Hacker Blows the Whistle on Global Warming Researchers

  
  White Civil Rights — Authority: 128
  by James Buchanan Two times within the last 100 years, there have been periods of Global Cooling. During the first time in the 1970s, Newsweek noticed the cooling period and put an alarmist article on their cover about the earth temperature plunging. The UK Daily Telegraph reports that “There IS a problem ...
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• Jesse Jackson’s Plantaton Mindset

  
  BitsBlog — Authority: 141
  Martin Luther King : “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Jesse Jackson, via Project 21 : “You can’t vote against health care and call yourself a black man.” ...
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• Paging W.T. Sherman

  
  Revolution 21's Blog for the People — Authority: 429
  If any son of the South is honest with himself -- any white son of the South, that is -- sooner or later, he comes up hard against the truth of his "Southern heritage." Namely, that all the popularly defined aspects of "Southern pride" are nothing to be proud of. For Southerners -- particularly we of a certain ...
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• Be That Woman

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 514
  The Washington Area Womens Foundation , in partnership with RP3 Agency , produced this video depicting the tough circumstances women confront far too often, especially in urban centers like Dallas.But the story doesnt need to end there.Investing in the lives of girls and women pays off big time!
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• Obama Appoints First Black American Envoy To The Philippines

  
  Today's Drum - Positive Black News - African American News — Authority: 147
  Harry Thomas was nominated on Friday to succeed American envoy Kirstie Kenney, who has held the post in Manila since her appointment in 2006. Click on image to read article A former ambassador to Bangladesh, Thomas until late this year was concurrently director general of the Foreign Service and director of ...
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• Computer scam hits African-American churches

  
  Today's Drum - Positive Black News - African American News — Authority: 147
  The churches thought they were providing a free service to parishioners, but instead got stuck for thousands of dollars in lease fees. Click on image to read article Dozens of African-American churches in California have allegedly fallen victim to a scam involving computer kiosks. The scheme cost the ...
  23 hours ago

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