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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• This Is a Small World!

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 531
  This great clip of a portion of a sermon by Dr. S.M. Lockridge (1913-2000) has resurfaced over the past week.It is a thrilling conclusion by one of the masters of preaching. Lockridge, who pastored Calvary Baptist Church in San Diego, California, for 40 years (1953-1993), was also the first President of the ...
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• Why Will Wont Pledge--A Boy and His Flag

  
  Dialogic — Authority: 127
  Why Will Wont Pledge: A Boy and His Flag Arkansas Times Will Phillips isnt like other boys his age. For one thing, hes smart. Scary smart. A student in the West Fork School District in Washington County, he skipped a grade this year, going directly from the third to the fifth. When his family goes for a drive, ...
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• Is Ricci a Significant Procedural Case?

  
  Concurring Opinions — Authority: 593
  Much of the buzz about Ricci v. DeStefano before it was decided was that it raised an important equal protection question of the validity of Title VII’s disparate impact definition of discrimination because it requires employers to know and act on the racial consequences of its use of  employment practices, such ...
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• Obama, Hillary and My Weird Emails

  
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  Catholics are rising . It’s 2004 all over again. Can holding back communion be far behind? That’s the talking point from Politico’s Jeanne Cummings today: “There could be political repercussions in the election. It could be harder for the Democrats to keep those Catholics voters they gained and they may ...
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• Religious Left Emerges, Religious Right Erodes

  
  Cocking A Snook! — Authority: 125
  From my hometown newspaper this morning at the heart of Gator Nation and in the South — even though it’s something I can be proud of this time rather than apologize for, like what passes for good communal citizenship just down the road from UF in a giant corporate enclave of relatively wealthy and self-serving ...
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• Divorce in America: End of the American Dream

  
  TNTalk! America. — Authority: 92
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• Rabbi Says Killing Gentiles Is Kosher

  
  White Civil Rights — Authority: 127
  Even the killing of gentile children is permissible. by Ian Mosley It’s right in front of our noses. It always has been. Jews hate us and they have never made any particular secret of the fact. The Israeli equivalent of the New York Times, Ha’aretz , reports: “Just weeks after the arrest of alleged ...
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• Taxpayers foot bill for employees being sued by ‘Joe the Plumber’

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 165
  COLUMBUS — Ohio taxpayers are right in the middle of the civil rights lawsuit that Samuel Joseph — “Joe the Plumber” — Wurzelbacher has filed against three former state employees, charging that they illegally accessed his confidential information through state databases. Ohio Attorney General Richard ...
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• Project shares history of black watermen

  
  Today's Drum - Positive Black News - African American News — Authority: 146
  Stitch by stitch, many hands are joining to tell the untold stories of the black men who have worked the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. Click on image to read article Joan Gaither, an artist and college professor who created a community storytelling quilt focused on President Barack Obama, is back with ...
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• At 50th Birthday Party, Geov Parrish Announces New Lobbying Career

  
  Uppity Wisconsin — Authority: 499
  SEATTLE (FNS)--Longtime activist Geov Parrish unexpectedly revealed to the crowd gathered to celebrate his 50th birthday Friday evening his impending plans to end his decades-long career as a public issues advocate in exchange for new opportunities in the field of corporate communications management and image ...
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• Tobacco poison surrounds child workers

  
  Today's Drum - Positive Black News - African American News — Authority: 146
  A Sunday Times investigation in the southern African state of Malawi has uncovered an environmental travesty that is being inflicted by the tobacco industry on some of the continent’s poorest people. Click on image to read article Downstream from the tobacco processing plants that dominate the outskirts of ...
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• Blacks Comprise 45 Percent of Homeless Vets

  
  Today's Drum - Positive Black News - African American News — Authority: 146
  National Alliance to End Homelessness report also reveals that 42 percent of the the nation’s total homeless population is African-American. Click on image to read article The report was issued on the heels on a pledge made by President Barack Obama to end homelessness among veterans within five years.  ...
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• Lawsuit Accuses WSU’s Murrow College of Violating Journalism Professor’s First Amendment Rights

  
  Dandelion Salad — Authority: 554
  Dandelion SaladSent to DS from Walter Brasch.SPOKANE, Wash. (Spectrum Features Syndicate)For Release Wednesday, October 24, 2009A Washington State University journalism professor Wednesday (Oct. 28) filed a federal lawsuit against four administrators at his university who, he says, violated his First Amendment ...
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• Illegal immigrant protectionism?

  
  The Thinker — Authority: 422
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• Sarah Palin on Terrorists: "Hang em High!"

  
  Greenlee Gazette — Authority: 142
  Image from source, Think Progress There is a very strange cowardliness coming from the right wing. Oh, sure, they talk a good game. George W. Bush was reknowned for his bravado, swagger and "shoot first, ask questions later" approach. But whats all this about right-wingers being so afraid of bringing terrorists ...
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• ‘Claudette Colvin’ – Phillip Hoose’s Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Honors a Teenager Who Wouldn’t Give Up Her Bus Seat

  
  One-Minute Book Reviews — Authority: 471
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• Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Surveillance State, U.S.A.

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 612
  — from TomDispatch Wars come home in strange, unnerving ways -- as Americans have just discovered at Fort Hood. Even before Major Nidal Malik Hasan went on his killing spree, that base, a major military embarkation point for our war zones, was already experiencing the after-effects of eight years of war and ...
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• Saturday Morning Awesome -- Area Man Passionate Defender of What He Imagines Constitution to Be

  
  Institute of Jurassic Technology — Authority: 414
  This awesomeness brought to you by The Onion : ESCONDIDO, CA—Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men ...
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• The Mormon Church Blinks On Discrimination

  
  marmel.com — Authority: 115
  The Mormon Church blinks. SALT LAKE CITY — The Mormon church for the first time has announced its support of gay rights legislation, an endorsement that helped gain unanimous approval for Salt Lake city laws banning discrimination against gays in housing and employment. The Utah-based church’s support ...
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• Qualifying for Civil Rights

  
  A Feather Adrift — Authority: 126
  One thing you can surely count on these days, is that the great slavering beast that is the ultra right, will turn on a dime to attack the latest media subject favorite of the day. The dripping canines are all too happy to release their hold on health care reform rhetoric in favor of biting into the new kid on the ...
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