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  • August 2008

    • Some Blacks Think Obama Could Threaten Progress

      New York Times  |  Aug 25, 08 8:43 AM CDT

      Some Blacks Think Obama Could Threaten Progress

      (Newser) - Despite being a landmark in black American history, Barack Obama’s pending nomination could stall civil rights progress, some blacks say, because his success could fuel an argument that racial divisions have been healed, the New York Times reports. The danger is “that we declare victory,” a sociologist said. “Historic as this moment is, it does not signify a major victory in the ongoing battle.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • race relations  • African Americans  • civil rights  • blacks  • Civil Rights Act  • Voting Rights Act

  • April 2008
  • January 2008

    • Invoking King May Backfire for Clinton in SC

      New York Times  |  Jan 11, 08 4:30 PM CST

      Invoking King May Backfire for Clinton in SC

      (Newser) - The highest-ranking African American in Congress, Rep. Jim Clyburn, is reconsidering his neutrality in South Carolina’s Democratic primary after comments by Hillary Clinton he perceived as “denigrating” Martin Luther King. Competing with Barack Obama over the legacies of JFK and MLK, Clinton said: “King’s dream began to be realized when President Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It took a president to get it done.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Martin Luther King Jr.  • South Carolina primary  • Civil Rights Act  • Jim Clyburn

  • November 2007

    • House Bans Bias Against Gays at Work

      New York Times  |  Nov 7, 07 10:14 PM CST

      House Bans Bias Against Gays at Work

      (Newser) - It took more than 30 years, but House Democrats today passed a bill banning workplace discrimination against homosexuals, the New York Times reports. Thirty-five Republicans joined 200 Democrats to pass the legislation, which would amend the Civil Rights Act and safeguard workers against discrimination because of their “actual or perceived sexual orientation.” Ted Kennedy says he will introduce it in the Senate. More »

  • September 2007

    • Save the Whales—but Forget the Delta Smelt

      Economist  |  Sep 9, 07 5:16 AM CDT

      Save the Whales—but Forget the Delta Smelt

      (Newser) - The Endangered Species Act , enacted in 1973 to protect the likes of the bald eagle and the California grizzly, is in desperate need of overhaul, the Economist argues. The act’s latest ravagement is the protection of the delta smelt, a three-inch fish a judge deemed important enough late last month to warrant shutting down giant pumps that supply two-thirds of California's water supply. More »

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      list  • California  • endangered species  • species  • Endangered Species Act  • Civil Rights Act

  • May 2007

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