http://dir.salon.com/topics/civil_rights/?source=rss&aim=civil_rights en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT By Michael Lind Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/15/race/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/15/race/index.html?source=rss Diversity is healthcare reform's worst enemy. White America has never liked social insurance for people of color By Joe Conason Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/08/28/kennedy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/08/28/kennedy/index.html?source=rss His list of achievements is epic, but he worked to fix healthcare for 40 years. Let's finish the job in his name By Lilly Fowler Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/10/churches_quit_marriage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/07/10/churches_quit_marriage/index.html?source=rss Since gays and lesbians can't say "I do," some churches are getting out of the marriage business By Bob Morris Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/27/morris_prop8/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/05/27/morris_prop8/index.html?source=rss How does it feel to be one of the same-sex couples whose marriage is still legal in California? By Lauren Hermele Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/02/civil_rights_veterans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/04/02/civil_rights_veterans/index.html?source=rss In the 1960s, they protested in Alabama, registered voters in Mississippi and marched on Washington. In a new photo essay, they speak out on race and Obama. By Joan Walsh Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/01/20/inauguration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/01/20/inauguration/index.html?source=rss Denzel, Diddy, Jay-Z and Beyonce are left alone while inauguration crowds flock to history makers like the Tuskegee Airmen. By Gary Kamiya Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/01/20/obama_hawaii/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/01/20/obama_hawaii/index.html?source=rss On this day when we vow to begin again, a prayer for a sea change in America. By Joan Walsh Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/19/mlk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/19/mlk/index.html?source=rss MLK helped pave the road to the White House for Obama, but it will take more than Tuesday's inauguration to fulfill King's dream. By Glenn Greenwald Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/01/civil_liberties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/01/civil_liberties/index.html?source=rss The good news is that it's clear what the Obama administration must do to end the decade-long war on the Constitution. By Daniel Handler Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/12/08/odetta/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/12/08/odetta/index.html?source=rss The "Lemony Snicket" author remembers his nerve-racking musical run-in with Odetta, the late folk singer and activist. Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/sexiest_man_living/2008/11/20/jones/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/sexiest_man_living/2008/11/20/jones/index.html?source=rss A do-gooder who fights for civil rights and the environment -- and looks like he wandered straight off a Ralph Lauren shoot. By Michael Lind Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/11/helms_lind/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/11/helms_lind/index.html?source=rss His politics and his methods live on -- among liberals as well as conservatives. By Sara Miles Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/17/gay_marriage/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/05/17/gay_marriage/index.html?source=rss And it's still the dream we hold, even if our marriage is -- for now, anyway -- legal. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/07/mildred_loving/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/05/07/mildred_loving/index.html?source=rss The late civil rights pioneer on the right to marry. By Edward McClelland Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/08/hillary_1968/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/08/hillary_1968/index.html?source=rss The former Goldwater Girl became a member of the Democratic Party's new vanguard. But that's not how many liberals see her today. By Lynn Harris Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/12/ladies_night_law/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/12/12/ladies_night_law/index.html?source=rss Do price breaks for women discriminate against men? By Garrett Epps Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/12/electoral_college/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/12/electoral_college/index.html?source=rss Created to protect the slave states, it is championed now by conservatives who fear the power of America's true majority. It's time to ditch the antiquated way we choose presidents. By Susan Stryker Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/11/transgender/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/10/11/transgender/index.html?source=rss Transgender people are not beggars at the civil rights table set by gay and lesbian activists. They are integral to the struggle for gender freedom for all. By Novella Carpenter Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2007/08/01/black_panthers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2007/08/01/black_panthers/index.html?source=rss I worry that Alice Waters' crusade for local, seasonal food isn't reaching the people who really need it. By Alia Malek Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/28/eeoc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/07/28/eeoc/index.html?source=rss A White House plan to install a DOJ official with a lousy reputation on workers' rights to the powerful EEOC falters as Barack Obama and former DOJ employees protest. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/07/13/lady_bird/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/07/13/lady_bird/index.html?source=rss A staunch opponent of segregation, Lady Bird Johnson shares the glory of the greatest presidency for civil rights since Lincoln. By Debra Dickerson Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/19/naacp/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/06/19/naacp/index.html?source=rss The venerable advocacy group changed history with its civil rights leadership -- so why does it seem to have lost its way? By Mark Follman Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/03/30/tainted_doj/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2007/03/30/tainted_doj/index.html?source=rss More details on how the Bush administration used the Justice Department as a partisan tool. By Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/13/sexism_racism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/13/sexism_racism/index.html?source=rss The Washington Post asks the dubious question: Is America more racist or more sexist? By Michael Ratner, with Sara Miles Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/26/habeas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/26/habeas/index.html?source=rss For eight centuries, habeas corpus has shielded people from detention without trial. The Senate "compromise" denies this right -- and threatens the rule of law.