Commentary: New Hampshire Speaker Seeks to Disenfranchise Students
It seems that once again, the radical right-wing elements of the Republican Party are attempting to...
With Images of Civil Rights, Blacks Urged to Vote
ATLANTA – On the Sunday before Election Day, preachers told black churchgoers across the coun...
Commentary: What the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Means to Black Women
This week marks the 40th anniversary of a landmark Supreme Court case that legalized abortion in th...
Va Guv Tells Felons: Write Letter to Get Voting Rights
Va Guv Tells Felons: Write Letter to Get Voting Rights...
45-year-old civil rights slaying still unresolved
45-year-old civil rights slaying still unresolved...
Kerry Washington Pens Op-Ed on Why She Supports Obama
The actress explains the ways the president has pushed women's rights forward....
Ala. Ex-Trooper Pleads in Civil Rights-Era Slaying
Ala. Ex-Trooper Pleads in Civil Rights-Era Slaying...
Marchers Mark "Bloody Sunday" in Selma
Thousands of marchers marked the 46th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" voting rights confrontatio...
High Court Rules Narrowly in Voting Rights Case
High Court Rules Narrowly in Voting Rights Case...
D.C. Suffers Setback on Voting Rights
Republicans want D.C. to repeal Gun Control laws to get a vote in Congress....
100th Anniversary of International Women's Day
The head of the new U.N. women's agency said there has been "remarkable progress" since Internation...
Haitian Lawmakers Vote to Allow Dual Nationality
The move allows Haitians living abroad to have a say in the nation's political affairs....
Commentary: Say What?! Why Mitt Romney Is Wrong About Planned Parenthood
Given that African-Americans have disproportionately higher rates of many preventable conditions, i...
Gay Advocates Win Victory at UN
Critical language on sexual orientation is restored in a human rights resolution that condemns the ...
Vote for the 2011 Soul Train Awards Best Soul Site
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WNBA Player Seimone Augustus Takes Stand Against Minnesota Law On Same-Sex Marriage
A vote next month in Minnesota threatens to ban gay marriage and dampen Augustus' own wedding plans...
Breakdown: Apartheid vs. Jim Crow
The pervasive racism, discrimination and degradation faced by Blacks and other ethnic minorities un...
Malawi's President Vows to Repeal Gay Ban
President Joyce Banda declared Friday she wants to repeal Malawi's laws against homosexual acts, go...
News| Hurricane Katrina | Civil Rights Leaders Prepare New Orleans Election Fight
Posted March 24, 2006 -- First they were battered, brutalized by Hurricane Katrina, and scattered t...
News| Politics | Black America's Vanishing Vote: Myth or Reality?
We want to hear your opinion. Click the “Discuss Now” link and weigh in on the debate. Posted Aug. ...
