Civil Rights

From Carter to Obama: the slow death of the left

Alexander Cockburn charts the demise of the American left since the heady days of Greensboro 1960

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Life without parole - a fate worse than the death penalty

Convicts in the US are being locked away until they die, forgotten by reformers opposed to the death penalty

A judge who was a hero to the veterans of the civil rights struggle goes on trial accused of favours-for-influence deals

Should absentee fathers lose their driving licences and passports?

On this day, 51 years ago, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white bus passenger

The story of African Americans’ journey from degradation to dignity

1965: Civil rights activist Martin Luther King delivers a speech calling for racial equality

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Red-shirts asleep on the job