Civil Rights

The Ballad Of Ake Green

How Christian conservative activists spread a vicious lie about a hate crimes bill. more »

California To Extend Domestic Partnership To All Adult Couples

Lindsay Lohan And The Rest Of Us

From Beverly Hills to Brooklyn, the nation needs accessible and evenly-applied drug treatment programs for all. more »

Leaders And Leaderless: Your Letters

Our readers' thoughts on black leaders, conservative leaders and, once again, Dennis Kucinich. more »

A Leaderless Community

America's black leadership seems unable or unwilling to address black mass incarceration. more »

Valuing The Votes Of The Poor

An aggressive campaign, and a cooperative state government, registered thousands of North Carolina's low-income voters. more »

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Venezuela wants to shut down R?dio Caracas Televisi?n. Is free speech really at stake? more »

Struggling To Get From Many To One

Immigration and school integration battles test the nation's core principles. more »

Official Identity Theft

Despite the disclosure of an illegal FBI citizen database, why has Congress still not taken remedial action? more »


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Oust Gonzales (But Don't Stop There)

Yesterday, Senator Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., defended plans for a Senate no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, saying, "The president can keep him. He has the constitutional power to do it. But we have the constitutional power to try to pressure the president to understand that Gonzales is no good."

Today, documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald reminded Schumer and the rest of Congress there's another constitutional power at their disposal: impeachment.

ImpeachGonzales.org features a bruising short from Greenwald's Brave New Films, depicting Gonzales' incredulous evasions regarding the Prosecutor Purge. And the site's impeachment petition has scored over 25,000 signatures in less than a day.

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