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Some in Miss. Push to Save Till Landmark

The fading, whitewashed brick walls of the old Bryant Grocery & Meat Market store are crawling with vines, and the roof caved in long ago.

Presidents Join Mourners at King Funeral

Reunited at last in death, Coretta Scott King was laid to rest beside the tomb of her husband after a stirring funeral with 10,000 mourners that was both lyrical and mournful, and at times political.

Washington Governor Signs Gay Rights Bill

Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a gay civil rights bill into law Tuesday, though the law may be held in limbo if opponents are successful in forcing a referendum.

U.S. Civil Rights Leaders

Some of the leaders of the 1960s civil rights movement who are still alive:

Judge Refers Ex-Cop's Release to Justice

The Justice Department should decide whether a former police officer serving a five-year prison term in the jailhouse torture case of a Haitian immigrant can qualify for early release, a federal judge said Monday.

The Wire

I feared they were going to kill us all, says man shot by police

Source: news.scotsman.com

A man shot in the chest during a dawn raid on his home by anti-terror police told yesterday how he feared his family were going to be killed "one by one". Mohammed Abdul Kahar, 23, broke down in tears as he described being wakened by his younger brother's screams as 250 police  …

Welfarism a Vaccine Against Fascism

This article is written in response to the article The Coming American Civil War written by a Newsvine member with the pen name Behind My Screen. It is a very well written article.

NSA spying on digital publics

Source: zephoria.org

Just because things can be made persistent or information about people's social lives can be revealed does not mean that it should be done.

'Va. Jihad' Case Hailed As Key in War on Terror

Source: washingtonpost.com

"We're arresting people for talking about things, thinking about things, training for things," said Andrew McBride, a former federal prosecutor in Alexandria.

For the women of Iraq, the war is just beginning

Source: news.independent.co.uk

The women of Basra have disappeared. Three years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, women's secular freedoms - once the envy of women across the Middle East - have been snatched away because militant Islam is rising across the country.

Complete List of Civil Rights Violations Regarding The Pirate Bay Raid

Source: xMule.ws

This is a list of all civil rights violations that happened in relation to the raid on The Pirate Bay’s Servers 5 days ago. This is wrong. The White House had no right to order this raid. Seems like the MPAA holds more sway than I previously thought.

Race and Death? A Black and White Situation??

Source: washingtonpost.com

Murdered blacks get little notice, but Rosenbaum's death did because "1) He was a white male, 2) he was a prominent journalist and 3) he was Jewish." The Rev. Anthony Evans, president of the D.C. Black Church Initiative, unloaded both barrels at Kenneth Wainstein, U.S.

Black Men Torn Between Promise and Doubt

Source: MSNBC

A recent survey conducted by The Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University indicates that Black men in America today are deeply divided over the way they see themselves and their country.

Military Rapes are Unforgivable

Source: cnn.com

Locals say soldiers from one ethnic group are systematically raping and mutilating women from another group, with the intention, they say of destroying their child-bearing capabilities.

California Supreme Court Justices: DUI Suspects Can Run But Can't Hide

Source: cbs13.com

(AP) SAN FRANCISCO Police may enter Californians' homes without warrants to arrest those suspected of driving under the influence, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case testing the scope of the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seiz …

U.S. Wants Companies to Keep Web Usage Records

Source: nytimes.com

They just keep chipping away at my rights.

Gay marriage is 'battle of our times'

Source: csmonitor.com

(A recent Gallup poll found 58 percent of Americans opposing same-sex marriage and 39 percent favoring it.

Who Are "We"?

Source: motherjones.com

Restrictionists in Congress are trying to push legal immigrants, and even some naturalized citizens, to the edges of society. And the cultural message this sends to people here and people around the world—if you don’t speak fluent English, you don’t belong here.

Op-Ed: Tyranny of the Christian Right

Source: alternet.org

Michelle Goldberg writes that the largest and most powerful mass movement in the nation -- evangelical Christianity -- has set out to destroy secular society.

NYC Mayor Advocates use of DNA and/or fingerprints to make a U.S. Worker Database

Source: breitbart.com

Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, is proposing to use DNA and fingerprint technology to create a worker ID database.

Renew your passport and beat the ID cards plan

Source: silicon.com

"Throughout May anti-ID card group No2ID has been running a campaign encouraging people to renew their passports, which the group said will keep people out of the National Identity Register (NIR) - the database behind the system - until 2016."

Top 10 Signs of the Impending U.S. Police State

Source: alternet.org

From secret detention centers to warrantless wiretapping, Bush and Co. give free rein to their totalitarian impulses.

Mugabe proposes eavesdropping law

Source: mg.co.za

Ironically, while Bush is being flogged for allowing the eavesdropping of Americans without a court order and defenders say national security interests comes first, Zimbabwe has presented a similar bill that will enhance the strict control of the country's telecommunication.

Rep. John Conyers: Taking the President to Court

Source: huffingtonpost.com

Eleven members of the US House of Representatives plan to take President Bush to court to defeat the Republican budget bill that was improperly signed into law without both the House and the Senate voting to pass the same version of it.

Supreme Court: Police can enter home to stop injury

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday police can enter a house without a warrant when they believe an occupant is seriously injured or threatened, a case that pitted police powers against privacy rights.

US civil rights 'made in India'

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The humanist movement of the 20th century, one of my favorite topics: The book, The Bystander: John F Kennedy and the Struggle for Black Equality, focuses on the often fraught relationship between Jack Kennedy and the American civil rights movement.

John Lewis: 'Conscience' with clout

Source: ajc.com

Rep John Lewis strode down the sidewalk wearing a gray pinstriped suit and blue dress shirt open at the neck. "They don't like for you to wear a tie," he said. By "they" he meant the police who were waiting to arrest him.

German to fight on after CIA torture lawsuit fails | Reuters.com

Source: today.reuters.com

In a case that has sparked fierce criticism of U.S.

Crackdown on opposition in Egypt and Syria

Source: gulfnews.com

The US pledge to facilitate reforms and democracy in the Middle East was dealt another blow yesterday in Egypt and Syria when security forces in both countries raided houses of opposition leaders and scores of activists on charges of endangering stability and instigating the publi

Gay Marriage? No.--Civil Union? Maybe.

There is no chance of American acceptance of gay marriage in our lifetime. Demanding it will only cause a marriage protection amendment to be added to the constitution.

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