Gorgeous pictures of top california State parks picked by myrthachang 2 years ago

Did her refusal to accept legally and socially mandated dehumanization mean she was turning her back on black culture? Two essays debate the point.
This is especially interesting considering accusations from some blacks that Barak Obama isn't 'black enough' to represent them. picked by VoodooPeacock 2 years ago

A civil rights leader who worked closely with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been charged with incest. picked by kxmk 2 years ago

"Chevy's icky, exploitative new ad." picked by cb__ 2 years ago

This city's famous tolerance for the unconventional just got a little less so.

Here is a message from Seattle Parks and Recreation to all you nature lovers: Cover up those rear ends or face a possible criminal-trespass prosecution. picked by Nateebiinature 2 months ago

Code Pink continues to protest in front of the Marine recruitment center, trying to deny people's civil rights. Their job is made much easier with Berkeley granting them private parking spaces on the public street. Update to this. picked by 2manyusernames 11 months ago

A woman in Austria is engaged in a legal battle to win legal guardianship of a chimpanzee to fight for its "human" rights. Keeper Paula Stibbe, a native Briton, said primates such as Matthew -- the chimp in question -- should be given the same rights as human beings in the legal system. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Coburn amendment is another attempt by the gun lobby to extend laissez-faire gun rights to college campuses, churches and workplaces even as the nation suffers firearm fatalities and rampages that take 30,000 lives a year. picked by DerAlt1 11 months ago

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a sprit of brotherhood”, states Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

Homer, Bart and the rest of the TV Simpson family are headed to the amusement park in the US. Universal Studios will feature the cartoon characters in a new ride set to open at its two parks in Orlando and Hollywood, California, in the spring of 2008. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Montgomery Bus Boycott may have officially started in 1955 but it had its beginnings some time before that. Rosa Parks, Jo Ann Robinson, Vernon Johns, Martin Luther King JR, and many many others forced people to see the evilness that was segregation. picked by 2manyusernames 2 months ago

Freedom of Speech is one of America's greatest rights. Sadly it is a very rare freedom. Many countries - even countries you'd expect to be freedom-lovers say no to free speech. Oh you have the right to say nice sweet things, but you can't say anything mean or negative, anything that might hurt a group's feelings.

wasn't going to post this, but it fit in with the salon owner article picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

10th December, 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights picked by pocksucket 4 weeks ago

Mud between the toes and soles feeling Mother Earth. it doesn't get any better than this. picked by artsaken 4 months ago

All it takes is one illegally parked troublemaker to tie up freeway traffic - especially if it's an 8-foot alligator sprawled across the pavement. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford today was so impressed by a park improvement plan presented by a 13-year old middle schooler that he signed her to a $10,000 contract as a consultant. picked by AutumnLotus 1 month ago

Beautiful video set to music. I really want to visit all Top 10 before I die. picked by myrthachang 2 years ago