civil rights

Source: news.aol.com --- 31 days ago
Filed under: Republicans , John McCain , 2008 President , Race During the recent flap over the McCain campaign's accusation that Barack Obama had "played the race card from the bottom of the deck," I must have missed this statement by Rick Davis, McCain's campaign manager: "We are not going to let anybody paint John McCain, who has fought his entire life for equal rights for everyone, to be able to be painted as racist," Davis said Friday on "Today" on NBC. "We've seen this happen before and we're not going to let it happen to us." Although the notion that Obama was accusing McCain of racism has been pretty well debunked, McCain's record on fighting his entire life for equal rights for everyone didn't get a lot of scrutiny. A reporter asked McCain about it in Florida on Friday, and an awkward silence ensued. Here's the video, followed by a little background information on McCain's claim. It seems McCain made good use of the pause, coming up with amorphous mischaracterizations of his record, and a flat-out lie. Here's the rest of his answer. Let's take a closer look at John McCain, civil rights Warrior. To his credit, he supported a Senate apology for slavery in October. Unfortunately, in February and April, McCain was no longer counted among the bill's supporters, and his campaign refused to comment as to why. Senators Obama and Clinton were both supportive of the measure. McCain was doubtless still sorry about that whole slavery ...

Source: www.nytimes.com --- 34 days ago
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Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 1 day ago
Black lawmakers and civil rights activists charged today that the administration of Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) is reneging on compromises negotiated in a new law that expands police powers to collect DNA samples from crime suspects. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 18 hours ago
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Source: www.moreover.com --- 2 days ago
What's new Relevant topic: civil rights Complaints in U.S. District Courts, 1990 - 2006 Examines civil rights claims based on race, age, sex, or national origin involving employment, welfare, housing, voting, or other civil rights discrimination ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 2 days ago
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Source: www.huffingtonpost.com --- 1 day ago
"At a business dinner a very senior manager reached across the table and snatched the dessert that was placed in front of me. He commented loudly that if Obama wins, the team would need me to stay healthy and get all the new business. I was shocked and insulted. Was my health not important before? My experience and intelligence should be all that counts. If they thought I might have an advantage in a new administration, did they ever think about the advantage they've always had?" -- African American female Are the historic presidential primaries - the first woman, the first African American, the oldest - indicative of the fact that we live in a post civil rights era? If a woman, an African-American and a 72-year-old can be viable candidates for the most important job in the country - quite possibly the world - certainly there must be a level playing field in workplaces across the United States, right? In August 2008, the Level Playing Field Institute conducted a nationally representative study of over 1,000 working adults concerning the impact of the presidential contest on race, age and gender relations in the workplace. When asked to suggest specific steps their employers could take to foster better working relationships across groups, the most popular response - stated by 24% of respondents - was that employers should treat people fairly based on performance and merit, irrespective of race, age or gender. Despite the popularity ...

Source: www.pbs.org --- 30 days ago
Jeffrey Brown takes a look at a new exhibit exploring the civil rights movement through photographs, including some that have never been seen before, and finds the stories behind the powerful images. ...

Source: thinkprogress.org --- 6 hours ago
Last night during her speech to the Republican National Convention, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sought to play up her experience as mayor of a small town in Alaska by mocking community organizing: PALIN: And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what [...] ...

Source: corner.nationalreview.com --- 4 hours ago
Yes it is ... Dare I say: Yes we can do something about it. Going into Ward Connerly's crusade now would make for a home run ... ...

Source: www.jsonline.com --- 1 day ago
The area's central transportation planning agency violated federal civil rights rules when it added construction... ...

Source: upcoming.yahoo.com --- 1 day ago
!After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the civil rights Legacy' will include recent and newly commissioned works of art by group of young, influential emerging artists and collectives. They will produce projects in all media that honor the legacy of the civil rights Movement while exploring the continuing relevance of progressive social change that it encapsulates. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 3 days ago
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Source: upcoming.yahoo.com --- 1 day ago
!After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the civil rights Legacy' will include recent and newly commissioned works of art by group of young, influential emerging artists and collectives. They will produce projects in all media that honor the legacy of the civil rights Movement while exploring the continuing relevance of progressive social change that it encapsulates. ...

Source: upcoming.yahoo.com --- 3 days ago
This exhibit features a rich collection of artifacts, including photographs and newspaper articles m many not seen in half a centruy. ...

Source: blog.al.com --- 2 days ago
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Source: www.rockymountainnews.com --- 1 day ago
In HBO's latest bid for a breakout hit, vampires have come out of the coffin and into polite society thanks to the development of an elixir that has eliminated their need to feed on humans. ...

Source: www.accessatlanta.com --- 2 days ago
There have been umpteen films and documentaries heralding African-American achievement. So what makes HBO's "The Black List" different? ...

Source: newsblaze.com --- 1 day ago
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in a video message to the conference, noted that human rights have been at the core of the UN's work since 1948. ...

Source: www.motherjones.com --- 31 days ago
What does Martin Luther King Jr. have to do with payday lenders? Nada, but that hasn't stopped African American leaders from invoking his name as they shill for the credit industry. ...