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WHY IT MATTERS: Civil Rights
The issue: What, exactly, is discrimination, and what should be done to fight it? This election offers choices on the answers. In areas such as ...
'Clybourne Park' writer upset about blackface
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of "Clybourne Park" says he recently withdrew permission for a Berlin theater company to produce the play after ...
Many strict election laws blocked or delayed
Tough new election laws aimed at forcing voters in many states to show photo identification at polling places have been blocked or delayed, delighting ...
Long history of fan trouble in Serbia
The racial abuse that black English players suffered during a soccer match in Serbia wasn't the first time such problems have occurred at the hands ...
After spat, La. to have 1st black chief justice
The Louisiana Supreme Court resolved a racially tinged power struggle inside its own ranks, ruling Tuesday that Bernette Johnson should be the state's ...
NY stop-and-frisk debate gains political spotlight
After more than a decade of complaints, the New York Police Department's practice of stopping and frisking people on the streets has suddenly moved ...
ACLU says Morgan Stanley over subprime loans
The American Civil Liberties Union accused Morgan Stanley of violating civil rights laws by encouraging a lender to push more expensive and risky ...
Long after death, Confederate spy honored in Ark.
The story of David O. Dodd is relatively unknown outside of Arkansas, but the teenage spy who chose to hang rather than betray the Confederate cause ...
At 0-32, gay-marriage forces seek 1st win at polls
Irene Huskens has the wedding venue picked out: a charming bed-and-breakfast in southern Maryland. But the wedding is no sure thing. The plans made ...
Do black people support Obama because he's black?
Surviving slavery, segregation and discrimination has forged a special pride in African-Americans. Now some are saying this hard-earned pride has ...
Shuttle crossing provides a unique teaching moment
When the space shuttle Endeavour weaves through working-class communities on its way to its retirement home, Hildreth "Hal" Walker Jr. wants the ...
Judges OK SC voter law, say it must wait to 2013
A three-judge panel has upheld South Carolina's law requiring voters to show photo identification but has delayed enforcement until next year — adding ...
High court looks at race in college admissions
Nine years after the Supreme Court said colleges and universities can use race in their quest for diverse student bodies, the justices have put this ...
"Critical mass" key to affirmative action case
Walking across the South Mall, or scanning the football stadium's 100,000 seats on game day, University of Texas admissions director Kedra Ishop sees ...
Study: Race-neutral admissions can work
As the Supreme Court revisits the use of race in college admissions next week, critics of affirmative action are hopeful the justices will roll back ...
Photo ID rule for Election Day in Pa. is blocked
A judge has ruled that Pennsylvania voters won't have to show photo identification to cast ballots on Election Day, a move that could help President ...
Pa. judge blocks photo ID rule for Election Day
Pennsylvania voters won't have to show photo identification to cast ballots on Election Day, a judge said Tuesday in a ruling on the state's ...
Items from Charley Pride's life set for museum
Growing up the son of sharecroppers in Mississippi, Charley Pride developed a love of country music that propelled him into a legendary career as one ...
Churches using 'souls to polls' to rally vote
It's not just the collection plate that's getting passed around this fall at hundreds of mainly African-American and Latino churches in presidential ...
Central figure in Miss. integration defies labels
James Meredith is a civil-rights icon who hates the term "civil rights." It's as if civil rights were somehow set apart from — well, rights. "When it ...
Another big Supreme Court term kicks off Monday
When last we saw the chief justice of the United States on the bench, John Roberts was joining with the Supreme Court's liberals in an unlikely lineup ...
Slave settlements winning rights in Brazil
Luiz Pinto was seemingly everywhere on the patio of his family's hillside home as diners tucked away the last of their pork and beans and a band sent ...
Campaigns pick Iowa poll sites for favored voters
In the weeks before Election Day, University of Iowa students will have a dozen places on campus to vote for President Barack Obama or challenger Mitt ...
NAACP takes bid to ensure US ex-con voting to UN
The NAACP is taking to the U.N. its effort to ensure that all former convicted felons in the United States can vote. A delegation from the National ...
Black women rally against voter ID laws
Deidra Reese isn't waiting for people to come to her to find out whether they are registered to vote. With iPad in hand, Reese is going to community ...