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In the News- Monitor Finds Lenders Failing Terms of Settlement - NYTimes.com June 19, 2013
- Can we live without affirmative action? Supreme Court decision may change black life in America June 17, 2013
- High Court Affirmative Action Case Could Have Workplace Implications June 17, 2013
- It's no time to retreat from affirmative action, voting rights June 17, 2013
- Affirmative action still needed June 17, 2013
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- Supreme Court Upholds Primacy of Federal ‘Motor Voter Law’ in Arizona Voter Registration Ruling June 17, 2013
- 11 Ways the Immigration Reform Bill Can Protect the Rights of Non-citizens June 12, 2013
- Civil and Human Rights Coalition Welcomes President Obama’s Judicial Nominations to D.C. Circuit Court June 5, 2013
- Committee Vote Sends President Obama’s Secretary of Labor Nominee Tom Perez to Full Senate May 21, 2013
- Jenny Yang Sworn In as EEOC Commissioner May 16, 2013
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Civil Rights News: VAWA Passes in Senate; Voter Registration Needs to be Modernized; Obama’s State of the Union Emphasizes the Middle Class
Compiled by Emily Van Dusen, a Spring 2013 intern at The Leadership Conference Education Fund Domestic Violence Bill Passes Senate: Is GOP Chastened by Election 2012? David Grant Christian Science Monitor With yesterday’s passage of the Violence Against Women Act … Continue reading
Posted in Civil and Human Rights News
Tagged domestic violence, economy, election laws, jobs, President Obama, taxes, voting, voting rights, women, womens' rights
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Civil Rights News: Standard of Living Issues Ignored; Early Signs of a Gender Pay Gap; Tackling Rising College Costs
Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue New York Times David Leonhardt Among the many issues dominating the upcoming election, standard of living ceases to get the spotlight, and not for lack of trying. Though the economy … Continue reading
Posted in Civil and Human Rights News
Tagged 2012 Election, economy, education, fair pay, jobs, student loans
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Civil Rights News: The Man Behind Voter ID; Government Does Create Jobs; U.S. Diversity and Changing Politics
Compiled by Joe Bear, a Fall 2012 Leadership Conference Education Fund Intern The Voter-Fraud Myth The New Yorker By Jane Mayer Although voter fraud has been proven to be a nonexistent threat, Republican lawyer Hans von Spakovsky has been pushing … Continue reading
Obama Administration Announces Summer Youth Jobs Program
Obama Administration Announces Summer Youth Jobs Program Continue reading
Americans Support Infrastructure Spending, Will Congress Pass a Bill?
New poll shows that a majority of Americans support spending on infrastructure. Continue reading
Jay Smooth on Occupy Wall Street
Jay Smooth’s video on Occupy Wall Street. Continue reading
Posted in Media and Culture
Tagged economy, inequality, low-income people, Occupy Wall Street
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More Than 20 States Are Mistakenly Cutting Education Funding
New data from the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities shows that 23 states have made cuts to K-12 education and 25 states have made cuts to higher education for fiscal year 2012, which started on July 1 for most states. Continue reading
Posted in Research & Reports
Tagged budget cuts, economy, education, equal opportunity, inequality
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