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Civil Rights/Human Rights/Racial Equality

• A Path Paved with Bad Intentions, by Joshua L. Dratel, AlterNet, February 7, 2005
  The message that the torture memos convey is unmistakable: these policy makers do not like our system of justice, with its checks and balances, that they have been sworn to uphold.
• The Homeland Security State, by Nicholas Turse, Tomdispatch.com, February 1, 2005
  In the ever-evolving interest of 'security,' civil rights are disappearing before our eyes. Think someone's watching? They probably are.
• Dearth of Human Rights, Wealth of Human Tragedy, by Marc Krug, Intervention Magazine, February 1, 2005
  First Saddam Hussein, then George Bush, now US created Prime Minister Alyad Allawi ordered Iraqi prisoners tortured. What is the difference between Iraq and America?
• Recasting Republicans as the Party of Civil Rights: Strategists reach back to GOP's antislavery roots in an attempt to lure black voters. By Peter Wallsten, LA Times, January 29th, 2005
• Race And Social Security: Cynical Politics, by Marcellus Andrews, TomPain.com, January 27, 2005
• Civil Rights, Brought To You By... Republicans? By Paul von Hippel, Gadflyer, January 17, 2005
  The new taxpayer-funded Republican Freedom Calender highlights “a half century of civil rights achievements by the party of Lincoln.” Here’s what the calender left out.
• US 'erodes' global human rights: A leading human rights group has criticised the US over the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal and the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, BBC, January 13, 2005
• Washington failed to reject torture in 'war on terror': U.S. skirting Geneva Conventions in Iraq Daily Star, October 27, 2004
• Comparing Bush and Kerry on Civil Rights: When it comes to comparing the candidates, and their running mates, on civil rights issues, the records speak for themselves. By George E. Curry, The Black Commentator, October 21, 2004.
• America's hidden vote, by Sidney Blumenthal, The Guardian [UK], October 21, 2004
  Passing almost without notice earlier this month, the public release of The Civil Rights Record of the George W Bush Administration - the official staff report prepared by the US Civil Rights Commission - whose submission is required by federal law, was blocked by the Republican commissioners. None the less, it was posted on the commission's website: "This report finds that President Bush has neither exhibited leadership on pressing civil rights issues, nor taken actions that matched his words."
• Bush's bad news on black wealth, by Derrick Z. Jackson, Bopston Globe Columnist, October 19, 2004
• Republican Racism: Racism has become an essential part of the Republican Party’s election strategy. By Mick Youther, Intervention, September 20, 2004
• Swallowing the Elephant, by Henry Louis Gates Jr., New York Times, September 19, 2004
• Should we outsource torture? By Nat Hentoff, Cheboygan Daily Tribune, October 18, 2004
• RACIAL PROFILING: Statement of Curt Goering, Senior Deputy Executive Director, Amnesty International USA, September 13, 2004
• Study: Bush Judges Most Conservative on Rights, by Jeff Franks, Reuters, Sep 9, 2004
• PFAW Criticizes Bush Attack on University of Michigan Affirmative Action Program, People for the American Way, 1/16/2003
• George W. Bush on Civil Rights, Issues2000.org, October 19, 2000