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News US legislators introduce bill ending bullying in federally funded schools
US legislators introduce bill ending bullying in federally funded schools
Maureen Cosgrove
March 12, 2011 12:09:08 pm

US Representative Jared Polis (D-CO) and Senator Al Franken (D-MN) on Thursday introduced legislation to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) students in federally funded public elementary and high schools from bullying. The Student Non-Discrimination Act...

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News Maryland House fails to advance bill legalizing same-sex marriage
Maryland House fails to advance bill legalizing same-sex marriage
Maureen Cosgrove
March 12, 2011 10:48:41 am

The Maryland House of Delegates on Friday failed to approve a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. The Maryland Senate voted 25-21 to approve the Civil Marriage...

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News Washington approves bill recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages
Washington approves bill recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages
Maureen Cosgrove
March 5, 2011 03:05:34 pm

The Washington House of Representatives on Friday voted 58-39 to approve a bill recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages as legal domestic partnerships. House Bill 1649 amends current law that recognizes out-of-state domestic partnerships and civil unions, but...

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News Benin court postpones presidential elections for second time
Benin court postpones presidential elections for second time
Maureen Cosgrove
March 5, 2011 01:53:44 pm

The Constitutional Court of Benin on Friday approved a second postponement of presidential elections following complaints that over one million people were not registered to vote. The court delayed the date of the...

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News Supreme Court finds employer liable in discrimination suit
Supreme Court finds employer liable in discrimination suit
Maureen Cosgrove
March 1, 2011 12:58:15 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Staub v. Proctor Hospital that an employer may be held liable for employment discrimination based on discriminatory motivations...

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News Obama administration seeks delay of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ review
Obama administration seeks delay of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ review
Maureen Cosgrove
February 26, 2011 04:47:15 pm

The Obama administration on Friday asked the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to delay its review of an order striking down the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT) [10 USC §...

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News Spain court allows Guantanamo torture investigation to continue
Spain court allows Guantanamo torture investigation to continue
Maureen Cosgrove
February 26, 2011 02:25:45 pm

The Spanish National Court on Friday agreed to continue investigating allegations of a Moroccan man who claims that he was tortured while detained at Guantanamo Bay . Article 23.4 of the Ley Organica...

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News Supreme Court upholds railroad challenge to discriminatory taxation
Supreme Court upholds railroad challenge to discriminatory taxation
Maureen Cosgrove
February 22, 2011 11:41:50 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 7-2 in CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Alabama Department of Revenue that a railroad may challenge sales and use taxes that apply to...

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News Federal judge upholds detention of Yemeni Guantanamo inmate
Federal judge upholds detention of Yemeni Guantanamo inmate
Maureen Cosgrove
February 19, 2011 04:40:40 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday denied a petition for writ of habeas corpus of a Yemeni man currently detained at Guantanamo Bay . Judge...

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Pakistan court issues second warrant for ex-president Musharraf
Maureen Cosgrove
February 19, 2011 03:01:46 pm

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday issued a second arrest warrant for former military president Pervez Musharraf for not appearing in court for charges related to the 2007 assassination of former prime minister Benazir...

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Nuremberg race laws went into effect in Nazi Germany

On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany became effective, racially defining German citizenship and making Jews outcasts. The Reich Health Office issued the following chart in 1936 to assist in ascertaining the "admissibility of marriage between Aryans and non-Aryans." White circles represented on the chart are "pure Germans" while the circles with black indicate the proportion of Jewish heritage. Review the Nuremberg Laws on Citizenship, German Blood and German Honor, and Hereditary Health.

KKK bombs Alabama Church

On September 15, 1963, members of the Klu Klux Klan bombed a predominantly African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. The blast at the 16th Street Baptist Church killed four young girls and injured twenty other people. Despite an investigation by the FBI, no one was charged with responsibility for the crime until Robert Chambliss was convicted of murder in 1977. His accomplices, Thomas Blaton, Jr. and Bobby Frank Cherry, were not tried and convicted until about twenty-five years later. Learn more about the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing and the trials of Blanton and Cherry from NPR.

Nuremberg Laws went into effect in Nazi Germany

On September 15, 1935, the Nuremberg Laws of Nazi Germany became effective, racially defining German citizenship and making Jews outcasts. The Reich Health Office issued the following chart in 1936 to assist in ascertaining the "admissibility of marriage between Aryans and non-Aryans": white circles represent on the chart are "pure Germans", while the circles with black indicate the proportion of Jewish blood.

Review the Laws for Protection of the German Race on Citizenship, German Blood and German Honor, and Hereditary Health.

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