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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMarch 4, 2011
Says allegations of Justice Department reverse racism "fly in the face of history and facts."
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February 24, 2011
A leading black gay-rights organization says that President Obama's new stand against the Defense of Marriage Act has especially high stakes for African-American LGBT families.
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by Sherrilyn A. Ifill onOctober 29, 2010
The far right's obsession with the New Black Panther Party is part of a broader campaign to prevent the U.S. Justice Department from protecting minorities from discrimination.
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July 9, 2010
It's in everyone’s best interests to find out why, after having a blackjack outside a polling place and calling people “crackers," the Justice's sole movement against King Samir Shabazz was an injunction barring him from having a weapon within 100 feet of a polling place.
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by Lenny McAllister onJune 1, 2010
The DOJ's plan to challenge to Arizona's SB 1070 while declining to investigate the Sestak job offer suggests that someone other than Attorney General Eric Holder is pulling the strings.
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by Sherrilyn A. Ifill onMarch 9, 2010
Agency will let old murder cases stay cold.
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December 22, 2009
Rama Yade Soars in France, new civil rights chief talks tough, Daley widens the Net, and Guinea's junta accused.
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October 16, 2009
Delays having a ripple effect in fed courts; caseloads are backed up.
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October 6, 2009
After months of Republican blocking behind the scenes, Tom Perez has finally been confirmed as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. Perez was considered an uber-qualified candidate by civil rights groups.
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August 25, 2009
Attorney General Eric Holder has appointed a special prosecutor to get to the heart of CIA misconduct involving torture during the tenure of George W. Bush. By entrusting Holder to hold him accountable, the president has opened up the door to a potentially poisonous series of political discussions about torture, human rights, and national security.
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