civil rights
Court ruling victory for African American firefighters
May 25, 2011African Americans represent 32.4 percent of Chicago but they make up only 17 percent respectively of the city's fire department.
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Facing outrage, corporations belatedly pull support for anti-gay law
May 24, 2011Companies that belong to the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, and even the Chamber itself, are backing off from the Chamber's suppport for anti-gay legislation signed by Republican Gov. Bill Haslam on Monday.
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Business group pushed Tennessee to pass anti-gay bill
May 23, 2011The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry, whose members include Nissan, AT&T, FedEx, Comcast, DuPont, Pfizer, Blue Cross Blue Shield and others, actively supported the measure.
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New Florida election rules would disenfranchise many
May 16, 2011In Florida, a state that only a few decades ago was officially segregated, some people think this possible disenfranchisement is no accident.
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At American Islamic banquet, warning about “surveillance society”
May 10, 2011"We now live in a surveillance society," civil liberties attorney Chip Pitts charged, "and the dangerous thing is that [it is being] taken for granted, like water is for fish."
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