Op-Ed: Rodriguez: Vandalized by speech
From the Los Angeles Times:
School District Told to Replace Web Filter Blocking Pro-Gay Sites
From The New York Times:
CAMDENTON, Mo. — Students using the computers at Camdenton High School here in central Missouri have been able to access the Web sites for Exodus International, as well as People Can Change, antigay organizations that counsel men and women on how to become heterosexual.
Taking On Police Tactic, Critics Hit Racial Divide
From the New York Times:
ALBANY — Black and Latino lawmakers, fed up over the frequency with which New York City police officers are stopping and frisking minority men, are battling what they say is a racial divide as they push legislation to rein in the practice.
New York State Faults Care for the Disabled
ALBANY — Nearly 300,000 disabled and mentally ill New Yorkers face a “needless risk of harm” because of conflicting regulations, a lack of oversight and even disagreements over what constitutes abuse, according to a draft state report obtained by The New York Times.
‘It Could Have Been Me’: a Black-Studies Graduate Student Responds to the Killing of Trayvon Martin
A perspective on the Trayvon Martin shooting…
“The murder of Trayvon Martin, a black teenager from Sanford, Fla., who was gunned down by a neighborhood-watch volunteer who said he acted in self-defense, has sparked outrage and grief, especially among black Americans. The teen, who the shooter told police looked “suspicious,” was wearing a hoodie as he
Rutgers University Spycam Case Stirs Debate Over Hate Crime Laws
NEW YORK — There was a verdict in the Rutgers webcam spying case, but no resolution to a broader question that hovered over it: To what extent are hate crime laws a help or a hindrance in the pursuit of justice?
Read more: http://diverseeducation.com/article/16915/
Religous of the Sacred Heart of Mary
This particular organization is working for social justice…..
Defendant in Rutgers Spying Case Guilty of Hate Crimes
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A jury on Friday convicted a former Rutgers University student, Dharun Ravi, of hate crimes for using a webcam to spy on his roommate kissing another man in their dorm room.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/nyregion/defendant-guilty-in-rutgers-case.html
Birmingham’s Civil Rights Institute Personalizes a Struggle
From the New York Times:
THE visitors were old and young, black and white, from neighborhoods nearby and cities on the other side of the world. But on a recent morning in the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, they were all stopped in their tracks by one particular display….
Editorial: A Rejection of Discrimination
From the New York Times:
When Texas lawmakers were writing one of the nation’s most restrictive voter-identification laws last spring, they rejected a proposal to allow voters to use other forms of ID beyond a narrow list. They rejected another suggestion to help voters without an ID card apply for one. And when a lawmaker offered