civil rights

How Far Will Protection From Discrimination Slip?

Posted on 04/29/2013 by | News, Culture, Sights and Sounds | Comments

Bulletin Today | Politics | WorkA case argued this month before the U.S. Supreme Court could make it more difficult to win discrimination suits, four years after another decision greatly weakened the 1967 Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA). The current case is about national origin, not age, but groups, including AARP, have filed “friend of the court” briefs because they see important civil rights issues in play. Related: Age Discrimination Fact Sheet In University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) v. Nassar, Dr. Naiel …

Rosa Parks Honored with Statue in Capitol

Posted on 02/27/2013 by | General News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyBy Suzanne Gamboa of The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rosa Parks is famous for her 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a city bus in Alabama to a white man, but there’s plenty about the rest of her experiences that she deliberately withheld from her family. While Parks and her husband, Raymond, were childless, her brother, the late Sylvester McCauley, had 13 children. They decided Parks’ nieces and nephews didn’t need to know the horrible details surrounding …

James Hood: 5 Facts About a Civil Rights Hero

Posted on 01/22/2013 by | Who's News | Comments

Bulletin Today | LegacyA half-century ago, George Wallace became famous — some might say infamous — for his pledge, as the governor of Alabama, to “stand in the schoolhouse door” if necessary to prevent African-Americans from getting an education in the same classrooms as whites, even if it meant defying President John F. Kennedy and the federal courts. While Wallace’s bluster made the headlines and history books, sadly, less attention has been paid to the object of his antipathy: James A. Hood, who, …

At Inauguration, Hopes for a Second-Term Agenda

Posted on 01/21/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsMilitary heroes, children of immigrants and all manner of older Americans brought their cold-weather gear and their hopes for the country to the second inauguration of President Barack Obama on Monday. Karen Narasaki, 54, is hoping to see immigration reform, an issue she says is critical for the nation’s older Americans. “Their children are the workers who are going to be supporting the Social Security system.” Narasaki, whose parents were Japanese-born U.S. citizens who were placed in internment camps during …

For Myrlie Evers-Williams, and the Nation, a Landmark Moment

Posted on 01/21/2013 by | Washington Watch | Comments

Bulletin TodayWhen Myrlie Evers-Williams steps to the microphone Monday to give the invocation at President Barack Obama’s inauguration, she brings her own significant career along with her place in history as the widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers. She raised her children, who were home the night their father was gunned down just steps from his front door. She fought for justice that took too many years to come. (White supremacist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted more than …

Why It Matters: Some Key Issues at Stake in the 2012 Election

Posted on 10/24/2012 by | Politics | Comments

Bulletin Today | PoliticsBy The Associated Press Here’s a look at some key issues at stake in the 2012 presidential election and their impact on people: Civil rights: What, exactly, is discrimination and what should be done to fight it? This election offers choices on the answer. In areas such as mortgages, voter identification and immigration enforcement, the presidential candidates differ over how to use laws that guarantee equality and how far the Justice Department’s civil rights division should go to ensure all …

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