civil rights

February 24, 2012 - Attending the memorial service for deceased civil rights veteran Robert "Bob" Mants, Jr. and a talk by theologian Jim Wallis leads to reflection on the cruelty of Alabama's apartheid-like immigration law and what Christians are called to do in the face of such injustice.

February 21, 2012 - Democrats and voting rights advocates successfully rebuffed an effort to pass a voter photo ID requirement in North Carolina in 2011. Now state Republicans are giving mixed signals about whether voter ID is back on the agenda.

February 8, 2012 - A coalition of leading labor and human rights organizations recently asked Alabama's top three car manufacturers to help convince lawmakers to repeal the state's harsh immigration law -- and one company has already agreed to meet with the advocates.

January 12, 2012 - The Department of Justice has stepped up its involvement on voting rights in challenging voter ID laws. But the cases may push debate over the Voting Rights Act into a hostile Supreme Court.

November 29, 2011 - The United Houma Nation is petitioning for federal tribal status while fighting to maintain a way of life imperiled by the BP oil disaster.

November 18, 2011 - Veterans of civil rights, labor and other movements calling themselves the Council of Elders talk about why they support the Occupy Wall Street movement and its meaning for broader change.

November 10, 2011 - Members of black, Latino and other ethnic media met recently in the city that was at the center of the civil rights movement to explore responses to Alabama's anti-immigration law.