Salon Directory › c › Civil Rights (62 stories)

Civil Rights

⇐ newest Page 2 of 3 oldest ⇒

Forgotten history lessons: Indefinite internment of prisoners of war is an invitation to abuse and humiliation. Why are we repeating our horrendous mistake of the past?; By Stanley I. Kutler Dec 24, 2004
King vs. King: Sadly, one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughters lent her name to the anti-gay rights movement. Her father never would have.; By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Dec 13, 2004
What would Abe say?: Former Gov. Mario Cuomo, author of a book on the "wisest" president, speculates about what Lincoln's position would have been on preemptive war, stem cell research, restriction of civil liberties.; By Mary Jacoby Jul 3, 2004
That old-time "Southern strategy": How President Bush sent a message with his court appointments.; By Jack Bass Mar 24, 2004
"Letter From a Birmingham Jail": The power of Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights call-to-arms comes from watching a great man grapple with the possibility that he's wrong.; By Joan Walsh Aug 19, 2003
The presses must roll: The Supreme Court's Pentagon Papers decision barred an imperious president from blocking publication of explosive government documents about an ill-conceived war. Today, journalists may not be so brave -- or judges so vigilant.; By Gary Kamiya Jul 1, 2003
The tyrant of Cooperstown: The Republican hack who runs baseball's Hall of Fame censors "Bull Durham's" Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.; By King Kaufman Apr 11, 2003
Killing the messenger: William Harvey discovered the limits of free speech when he paraded a block away from ground zero with a poster of Osama bin Laden.; By Christopher Ketcham Apr 8, 2002
Egypt's free pass: Bush officials stand up for Afghan women. So why do they say nothing as Egypt jails and tortures gay men?; By Cliff Rothman Mar 23, 2002
Any day now: Afghan women hope to use the momentum of international recognition to secure civil rights and a role in government.; By Janelle Brown Dec 3, 2001
Throwing it all away: National security is not justification for the suppression of human rights.; By Robert Scheer Nov 21, 2001
Wilma Mankiller: The first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, she took tragedy and illness and made strength. And don't even ask where she got her name.; By Andrew Nelson Nov 20, 2001
The coming repression: The so-called Patriot Act of 2001 means the end of American due process.; By Robert Scheer Oct 31, 2001
Don't march for Napster: Corporate co-optation of civil rights rhetoric is an abomination. It should be shunned.; By Andrew Leonard Apr 2, 2001
Counting the mix: With a surprising number of African-Americans identifying themselves as multiracial, the Census Bureau has some colorful math to do.; By Daryl Lindsey Mar 16, 2001
The Democratic inquisition: Democrats set out to tar and feather Bush's Cabinet nominees as racists, overlooking their own racial peccadilloes.; By David Horowitz Jan 22, 2001
Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Autobiography of MLK; Martin Luther King, Jr. Oct 5, 2000
"A People's History of the United States": Historian Howard Zinn's analysis of grass roots political movements sheds light on the flip side of American capitalism's success story.; Oct 5, 2000
The civil rights movement is dead, RIP: By David Horowitz; Sep 7, 2000
The civil rights movement is dead, RIP: Black leaders like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson criticize racialing profiling in the legal system, but they espouse the same logic in their own politics.; By David Horowitz Sep 5, 2000
The politics of lynching: A photography exhibit on the once-common horror misses a key part of its legacy: The federal government's hands-off policies.; By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Aug 31, 2000
Has lynch law returned?: Whether it was murder or suicide, the grim spectacle of a Mississippi teen's death shows that interracial dating is still taboo -- in the minds of blacks as well as whites.; By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Jul 13, 2000
Ebony and irony: A folksy George W. Bush speaks to the NAACP as the more dubious parts of his civil rights record go unmentioned.; By Jake Tapper Jul 11, 2000
Nina Simone: Now on a rare tour of the U.S., she's been the "High Priestess of Soul" for decades, making music that's an eloquent blend of joy, sorrow and anger.; By Jennifer Gilmore Jun 20, 2000
The hired men: When it comes to "the help," I need a guilt exorcism.; By Nancy W. Hall Apr 3, 2000

⇐ newest Page 2 of 3 oldest ⇒

Salon Directory › c › Civil Rights (62 stories)

Civil Rights

Daily Newsletter