Civil Rights
"You can't separate peace from freedom because no one
can be at
peace unless he has his freedom.." - Malcolm X
Headlines
- 06/09/09 - Unions Embrace Street Corner Solidarity
- 06/09/09 - Peruvian Police Accused of Massacring Indigenous Protesters in Amazon Jungle
- 05/31/09 - America's Afghanistan: Heroin-Ravaged State
- 05/15/09 - Film: "Under the Cloak of Darkness" Shows Life for Vermont's Migrant Mexican Farm Worker Population
- 05/13/09 - Obama Administration Designates $1.25 Billion Dollars in Payments to Qualified Black Farmers
- 05/13/09 - A Year Later, Controversial Immigration Raid in Iowa Still Marks a Flashpoint
- 05/11/09 - Mexico Decriminalizes Simple Possession, Cracks Down on Everything Else
- 05/10/09 - A Marijuana Tax as the Next New Revenue Stream?
- 05/08/09 - A Response to Those Who Say Don't Prosecute Bush's Torture Lawyers
- 04/24/09 - USDA's Historic Actions to Assist Minority Farmers
- 04/23/09 - Obama and Black Farmers
- 04/17/09 - It's Official: Obama Will Not Prosecute CIA Torturers
- 04/16/09 - Agent Orange Replay? Critics Blast US Border Patrol's Herbicide Strategy
- 04/15/09 - The Bush Six to Be Indicted
- 04/13/09 - Political Winds Shift in Favor of Legalized Pot
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Action Alert!
Press the politicians on the issues that matter most to you!
Bans in 3 States on Gay Marriage
The GNA Platform
Press the politicians to support:
- Reproductive freedom for women, including the right-to-choose.
- Equal rights and equal opportunity for all, including women, racial, ethnic, and sexual minorities.
- An immediate repeal of the Patriot Act and all other laws and policies including the Military Commissions Act and the Detainee Treatment Act that undermine our constitutional rights.
- Immigration reform, whereby the U.S.'s estimated seven million undocumented workers are able to obtain a path to legal status.
- An increase in the Federal Minimum Wage to $8.50 an hour, in line with the minimum wage in Canada and Europe.
- Legislation that legalizes/decriminalizes marijuana, and a new drug policy that institutionalizes "harm reduction," rather than incarceration, as the crux of our drug policy.
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