Your daily dose of civil rights and related news
Sorry for the delay folks, I was on the Hill this morning.
In a resolution offered by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), the House of Representatives has formally apologized for slavery and Jim Crow.
There is much to criticize with regards to the efforts against AIDS in the Black community.
In a related story, if Black Americans were a country, they'd rank 16th in the world in AIDS infections.
ICE has got a fool-proof new immigration strategy: Deport yourself!
The US will finally and belatedly end its ban on HIV-positive travelers.
The Catholic community is registering its concern with stepped up immigration raids.
The Houston Chronicle: If Hispanics don't succeed, Houston doesn't succeed.
Californians may soon be able to register to vote online.
The Federal government has gotten involved in the case of a racially-tinged fatal beating of a Hispanic immigrant.
Hispanics in West Palm Beach, Florida are complaining that immigration authorities are racially profiling them.
Three men who were assaulted in a scrap yard are filing a federal civil rights claim against their attackers.
Backers of the ballot initiative which would strip gay couples of their right to marry in California are pissed that voters will be told that their initiative will tell voters... it would strip gay couples of their right to marry in California.
The House once again is looking to circumvent DC's right to home rule by getting rid of its revised gun registration rules.
The Massachusetts legislature passed a bill repealing a 1913 law which prohibited out of state gay couples from marrying. The bill was originally targeted at inter-racial marriage.
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