Word: civil
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Professor of Education and Social Policy Gary A. Orfield said America has regressed since the civil rights era of the 1960s, adding that subtler forms of hate need to be addressed...
...panel also addressed a question on the problem of enforcing the civil rights of illegal immigrants and the "gay panic" defense used in the Matthew Shepard murder trial, in which a gay college student was killed for his sexual orientation...
...writer is a TF for Professor Keith J. Bybee's course Gov. 1341, "Civil Liberties...
...less you pay--and so far, Houston drivers have saved an average of 25% on their premiums. Progressive plans to launch the program in other states in the near future. Privacy advocates are concerned that despite safeguards, the information could by used against a driver in criminal and civil lawsuits...
While its Mexican neighbors to the north took part in their first presidential primary Sunday, Guatemalan voters took part in the first election since the country's long-running civil war ended in 1996. The result? There will be a run-off in December, since no candidate gained a majority. During the country's 36-year civil war, voters, particularly rural peasants, were intimidated away from voting booths by gun-toting soldiers. As a result, the ruling party has long been the urban- and military-friendly National Advancement Party. While one U.N. peacekeeper monitoring the elections said the elections took...