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King speech to Obama speech: A dream realized?
AP National WriterThe dreamer in him envisioned a day when "Whites Only" signs would no longer hang in restaurant windows. A time when everyone's desire to vote would be respected. A time when blacks and whites would work, pray and live together. He spoke of an America...Tags: Population, Local Elections, Prisons, Population and Census, Research
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Elderly would-be protesters face labor camp
Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday. The women were still at home three days after being officially notified that they would have to undergo...Tags: Human Rights, Demonstration, Olympic Games, Civil Rights, Multi-Sport Events
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Lawsuit: Ill. school funding is unconstitutional
Associated Press WriterUsing property tax revenue to fund schools is unconstitutional and discriminatory, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the Chicago Urban League. The use of property tax violates the 2003 Illinois Civil Rights Act, the group says in the lawsuit,...Tags: Rod Blagojevich, Schools, Trials, Personal Income, Chicago Jobs
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Dissent in U.S. under threat
The bulwark against tyranny is dissent. Open opposition, the right to challenge those in power, is a mainstay of any healthy democracy. The Democratic and Republican conventions will test the commitment of the two dominant U.S. political parties to the...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Demonstration, Hillary Clinton, Freedom of the Press, Minnesota
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Colombian troops kill civilians, groups charge
Tribune NewspapersMELGAR, Colombia — The number of civilians killed by the Colombian armed forces has soared, activist groups say, with many of the abuses committed by army units that had been vetted by the U.S. State Department. There were 329 so-called...Tags: Hugo Chavez, National Government, Alvaro Uribe, Crimes, New York
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Racial diversity in voting system to be examined
247-4749The Hampton City Council decided Wednesday to gather research into whether it might make sense to scrap the current voting system in favor of one that could alter the racial composition of the council itself. The council agreed to ask city staffers to...Tags: Hampton Roads, Political Candidates, Elections, Political Campaigns, Civil Rights
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Colombia military atrocities alleged
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe number of civilians killed by the Colombian armed forces has soared, activist groups allege, with many of the abuses committed by army units that had been vetted by the State Department. There were 329 so-called extrajudicial killings by the...Tags: Hugo Chavez, National Government, Alvaro Uribe, Crimes, New York
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2 women reportedly ordered to labor camp
Associated PressTwo elderly Chinese women who applied during the Olympic Games to protest the loss of their homes have been ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said yesterday, as more foreign activists were detained. The women were still at home three...Tags: International Olympic Committee, Human Rights, Demonstration, Olympic Games, New York
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Minority students paddled more often
Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million U.S. schoolchildren got them last year -- and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human-rights group. The study,...Tags: Punishment, Mississippi, Human Rights, Texas, Polk County
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Sex change is at issue in Virginia hiring lawsuit
Associated PressAn Alexandria, Virginia, woman is suing the Library of Congress. Fifty-two-year-old Diane Schroer alleges that a job offer there was withdrawn one day after she informed an official that she was making the transition from being a man to being a woman....Tags: National Government, Minority Groups, Virginia, Discrimination, Government
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Confederate battle is symbol of racism, bigotry
Of The Morning CallFrom an Aug. 8 column on the display of a Confederate battle flag at Das Awkscht Fescht in Macungie: Everybody's entitled to their opinion, and everybody's entitled to freedom of speech, as well. That did not seem to be the case in 2004, when I...Tags: Adolf Hitler, Freedom of the Press, Das Awkscht Fescht, Macungie, Racism
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Deaths elsewhere
Maudie White Hopkins LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Maudie White Hopkins, who grew up during the Depression in the hardscrabble Ozarks and married a Confederate army veteran 67 years her senior, has died. She was 93. Hopkins, the mother of three children from a...Tags: Robert Mugabe, Diseases, National Government, George Bush, Football
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