civil rights
Civil rights group: Stop speedup in poultry plants!
May 10, 2012The National Council of La Raza, has joined the campaign against an Obama administration Agriculture Department proposal to speed up poultry plant processing lines.
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Grijalva, immigrant rights leaders discuss Supreme Court hearing
April 26, 2012A vicious backhand to undocumented people, Arizona's SB1070 is a law that allows local police to detain and arrest anyone.
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Phoenix mayor opposes discrimination against LGBT community
April 12, 2012This development comes after a recent example of such prejudice, in which a lesbian couple was kicked out of a restaurant.
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Golden Gods awards: Damien Echols, musicians speak out
April 12, 2012These teenagers were vilified simply because they looked and dressed differently, and listened to heavy metal.
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Should union organizers get civil rights protections?
April 10, 2012Workers who are trying to unionize should be added to the groups of people protected by the nation's civil rights laws, two authors say. Currently those laws apply to women and minorities. Their idea, in the...
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