civil rights

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Inauguration honors struggle for civil rights
Celebrate the victory without losing sight of remaining inequalities

Derrick Skaug

The Daily Evergreen

Published: 01/15/2009  Read More »

Hamas is the elected governing body of Palestine's Gaza Strip. Worldwide ignorance of the Palestinian people is contributing to the rising death toll in the latest Israeli and Palestinian conflict. Americans should help civil rights reformers in the Middle East uphold civil rights standards, protect our investment in Israel, and repair President Bush's fiasco in Palestine.  Read More »

I am currently taking Advanced Placement United States history. I live in the North and am a proud Bostonian, so don't even try to say that this is just caused by a hypothetical Southern bias. And yes, slavery should never be practiced.

Firstly, yes, it is true that Lincoln eventually freed the slaves in America. However, it was the worst emancipation process in Western history. No other Western nation needed a Civil War to end slavery. (By the way, slavery was NOT even a major cause of the Civil War. It was about money, tariffs, and states' rights. The Northerners knew that if the South successfully seceded, their own economy would have died. If slavery was non-existent at the time of the Civil War, there is no doubt in my mind that the South would have had the entire world's moral support.)  Read More »

Those of you who read my 11/6 post know how revolutionary I believe the election of Obama is for the civil rights movement. The most white position of power in the world has gone black, and history has been... well you know.  Read More »

I am outraged, saddened, and SURPRISED that California voters voted to ban same sex marriage.  Read More »

I am the first to say I am privileged to be a white middle-class young woman. As I am quick to remind people, I have never been called an acceptation to my race, though I have kindly been called a “ball buster” as well as other derogatory terms not suitable for print.  Read More »

We’ll consider this my preliminary Skeptical Feminist FAQ:

• What is feminism? Is it a philosophy, an ideology, or just another ism?  Read More »

"America isnt easy, America is advanced citizenship, you have got to want it bad; because, it's going to put
up a fight. It's going to say if you what free speech, let's see you acknowledge a man who's words makes your
blood boil, standing at center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which for which you would spend  Read More »