Civil Rights

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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?
King vs. King 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.
What would Abe say? 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.
That old-time "Southern strategy" That old-time "Southern strategy"
How President Bush sent a message with his court appointments.
 "Letter From a Birmingham Jail" "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.
The presses must roll 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.
The tyrant of Cooperstown The tyrant of Cooperstown
The Republican hack who runs baseball's Hall of Fame censors "Bull Durham's" Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.
Killing the messenger 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.
Egypt's free pass Egypt's free pass
Bush officials stand up for Afghan women. So why do they say nothing as Egypt jails and tortures gay men?
Any day now Any day now
Afghan women hope to use the momentum of international recognition to secure civil rights and a role in government.
Throwing it all away
National security is not justification for the suppression of human rights.
Wilma Mankiller 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.
The coming repression
The so-called Patriot Act of 2001 means the end of American due process.
Don't march for Napster
Corporate co-optation of civil rights rhetoric is an abomination. It should be shunned.
Counting the mix Counting the mix
With a surprising number of African-Americans identifying themselves as multiracial, the Census Bureau has some colorful math to do.
The Democratic inquisition
Democrats set out to tar and feather Bush's Cabinet nominees as racists, overlooking their own racial peccadilloes.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Autobiography of MLK
"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.
The civil rights movement is dead, RIP
By David Horowitz
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.
The politics of lynching 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.
Has lynch law returned? 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.
Ebony and irony Ebony and irony
A folksy George W. Bush speaks to the NAACP as the more dubious parts of his civil rights record go unmentioned.
Nina Simone 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.
The hired men
When it comes to "the help," I need a guilt exorcism.
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