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NEWS ABOUT: Civil Rights Act

Civil Rights Act stories: 6 news summaries

Some Blacks Think Obama Could Threaten Progress

Experts fear success could close discussion

Aug 25, 08 8:43 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Equal Pay Bill Blocked in Senate 

Clinton and Obama declare truce to back bill stomped by GOP

Apr 24, 08 3:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama interrupted their rival campaigns yesterday to vote together on a bill that would make it easier for women to sue employers for pay discrimination. But their moment of unity proved fruitless as Senate Republicans blocked the bill, likely killing it for the rest of the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Mitch McConnell • Civil Rights Act • US Supreme Court • pay discrimination • Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act • Lilly Ledbetter • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission • equal pay

Invoking King May Backfire for Clinton in SC

Influential congressman reconsiders neutral stance in primary

Jan 11, 08 4:30 PM CST
(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... More »

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

House Bans Bias Against Gays at Work

Major civil rights measure now
moves to Senate

Nov 7, 07 10:14 PM CST
(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... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • gay rights • workplace discrimination • Ted Kennedy • House of Representatives • homosexuality • Civil Rights Act • Human Rights Campaign • Susan Collins • National Gay and Lesbian Task Force • Ed Koch • Employment Nondiscrimination Act • Stonewall Rebellion

Save the Whales—but Forget the
Delta Smelt

Endangered Species Act hurts animals, industry

Sep 9, 07 5:16 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

High Court Curbs Pay
Bias Suits

Ginsburg dissents on decision limiting  charges to 180 days

May 30, 07 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court severely limited the right of women to sue employers over pay discrimination in a stormy 5-4 decision yesterday. A lone woman employee at a tire factory sued because she was paid less than male coworkers over her long career; the court held that such charges must be... More »

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women • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • women's rights • discrimination • Civil Rights Act • civil rights • US Supreme Court

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