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Calif. gov signs landmark law to teach gay history
SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Thursday making California the first state in the nation to add lessons about gays and lesbians to social studies classes in public schools.
Brown, a Democrat, signed the landmark bill requiring public schools...Tags: Arts and Culture, Mark Leno, Government, Politics, Native Americans
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Fracasa lucha anticrimen
MÉXICO, DF.- La guerra contra el crimen organizado emprendida por el Presidente Felipe Calderón ha tenido un doble efecto perverso, no ha logrado disminuir la violencia y a la par, ha incrementado las violaciones a los derechos humanos, concluyó Human...Tags: International Law, Human Rights Watch, Justice and Rights, Politics, Human Rights
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Cuestiona HRW a los ombudsman
MÉXICO, DF.- La organización internacional Human Rights Watch cuestionó la labor de la Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH) y de las comisiones locales por diversas prácticas en la defensa de las víctimas de la guerra contra el narcotráfico....Tags: International Law, Human Rights Watch, Justice and Rights, Politics, Career and Workplace
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Reelige la ONU a Ban Ki-moon
Adelante ValleNUEVA YORK - Ban Ki-moon liderará la ONU hasta fines de 2016 luego de que la Asamblea General aprobara por consenso su segundo mandato al frente de la organización. Criticado durante los primeros años de su mandato por su "diplomacia silenciosa", su...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Human Rights Watch, Justice and Rights, Politics, Human Rights
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Our View: Protecting speech even at its worst
When it comes to freedom of speech nothing should be sacred and nothing should be profane. That’s just the way it is if, as Americans, we are to support the concept of the First Amendment — the first and most important — absolutely....Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, Constitutional Issues, Justice and Rights, Politics
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Critica HRW abusos militar y migratorio
MÉXICO, DF.- La organización Human Rights Watch (HRW) cuestionó en su informe anual el aumento de abusos cometidos por el Ejército mexicano durante la realización de los operativos de seguridad pública y la responsabilidad del Gobierno en la violación a...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, International Law, Washington (U.S. state), Human Rights Watch, Justice and Rights
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Our View: We need to remember this dream now
On the 25th anniversary of the national holiday that is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, most of the public commemorations focused on the slain civil rights leader’s most celebrated speech, the one he delivered on Aug, 28, 1963 from the steps of the...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Crime, Law and Justice, Human Interest, Martin Luther King Jr., Gabrielle Giffords
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State lawmakers target automatic citizenship
WASHINGTON — A group of Republican state lawmakers said Wednesday they hope to trigger a Supreme Court review of the Constitution's 14th Amendment or force Congress to take action with legislation they've drafted targeting automatic citizenship...Tags: Laws, Kansas, South Carolina, Constitutional Issues, Justice and Rights
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Border Angels trek for human rights
Imperial Valley Press Staff WriterCALEXICO — A dozen or more human rights activists walked through a portion of the Imperial County desert to end the day’s journey with a prayer service here Sunday. Border Angels — a volunteer faith-based organization out of San Diego...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, United Nations, Immigration, Justice and Rights, Migration
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Mass same-sex wedding at Pride celebration 'a long time coming'
Lorie Young, her white veil neatly pulled over her eyes, tucked a handwritten note into the bouquet of blue and purple flowers she clutched as she waited for the ceremony to begin. Written on it were her wedding vows, the promises of a shared future...
Tags: Arts and Culture, New Year's Day, Martin O'Malley, Festive Events, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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China pressured U.S. university to make him leave, dissident says
ReutersBy Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, June 16 (Reuters) - Chen Guangcheng, the Chinese dissident who fled his home country to become a visiting scholar at New York University, accused the school on Sunday of asking him to leave because of "unrelenting pressure"...Tags: Fordham University, Justice and Rights, Politics, Education, Colleges and Universities
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June 17 Letters: Power outages, IRS and NSA
Due to the violent storm that blew through Thursday evening, many homes, including mine, lost power [around] 6:00 p.m. Dominion Virginia Power prefers that you report power outages on their website — using a computer— that runs on electricity....Tags: Carrollton, Darrell E Issa, Justice and Rights, U.S. Congress, Politics
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