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Society & Culture News tagged with rights

Women Unite For Stronger Laws & Severe Penalties for Violent Sex Offenders
Society & Culture  (tags: law, violence, women, safety, society, sadness, rights, politics, government, crime, death, murder, police )

Tierney
- 22 hours ago - womensrights.change.org
We Demand Stronger Laws & More Severe Penalties Regarding the Atrocities of Kidnap, Rape, Murder & Molestation of Our Children, Daughters, Sisters & Loved Ones!
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Obama Pledges to Help Native American Tribes
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, obama, americans, news, ethics, culture, society, rights, politics, government, freedoms, ethics )

Kat
- 1 day ago - cbsnews.com
(AP )"Only in America could the adoptive son of Crow Indians grow up to be president of the United States." President Obama spoke those words this morning, in reaching out to Native Americans at the start of a White House Tribal Nations...
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Pass the Every Child Deserves a Family Act ! TAKE ACTION !
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, adoptions, rights, environment, children )

Cher
- 3 days ago - change.org
Democratic U.S. congressman Pete Stark of California introduced legislation on October 2009 that would prohibit states and child welfare agencies from restricting adoption or foster care placements based on the sexual orientation or marital status of
9 comments
Since April, 114 Children Have Died From H1N1 -- But 700,000 Have Died From Abortion
Society & Culture  (tags: rights, life, humans, society, h1n1, children, government )

Lone
- 3 days ago - cnsnews.com
incorrectly indicated that Guttmacher's statistics do not take into account abortions from Mifepristone. We regret the errors.) Swine flu has claimed the lives of at least 114 children in the United States since April, according to the latest data
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Protest Rabbi Tamara Miller's Firing By GWU Hospital for Complaining of Salary Discrimination
Society & Culture  (tags: rights, women, dishonesty, corruption, discrimination )

Tierney
- 4 days ago - womensrights.change.org
The real reason she was fired, Rabbi Miller believes, is that she had made a complaint in 2007 after learning that her annual salary was $20-30K less than male directors of spiritual care at other local health-care facilities.
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Tribes Claim Wind Farm Would Destroy Sacred Ritual
Society & Culture  (tags: Native American, culture, ritual, rights )

Lone
- 5 days ago - sacbee.com
MASHPEE, Mass. -- From a blustery perch over a Cape Cod beach, Chuckie Green gestures toward a stretch of horizon where he says construction of the nation's first offshore wind farm would destroy his Indian tribe's religion
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FREE Margaret Moore W-17388 - Take Action !!
Society & Culture  (tags: rights, violence, women, abuse, crime, death, freedoms, law )

Tierney
- 6 days ago - change.org
Margaret is 50 years old and has been incarcerated for nearly 30 years for her part in the death of her abusive husband. During the marriage to her abuser, Margaret suffered some of the most horrific physical, sexual, and emotional abuse.
21 comments
Navajo Nation Suspends President
Society & Culture  (tags: native Americans, Navaho nation, rights, politics, usa, government, news )

Cal
- 7 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
With a major investigation of tribal leadership ongoing, the Navajo Nation Council has voted to suspend long-time President Joe Shirley Jr.
3 comments
Home Depot Employee Trevor Keezor Claims He Was Fired for Wearing 'One Nation Under God' Pin at Work
Society & Culture  (tags: Home Depot, fired, rights, interesting, sadness )

Lone
- 8 days ago - nydailynews.com
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A former cashier for The Home Depot who has been wearing a "One nation under God" button on his work apron for more than a year has been fired, he says because of the religious
11 comments
Obama Signs Hate-Crimes Law Rooted in Crimes of 1998
Society & Culture  (tags: freedoms, rights, gayrights, politics, society, violence, safety, goodnews, GoodNews, usa, culture )

Cal
- 8 days ago - content.usatoday.com
Today, Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. "After more than a decade of opposition and delay, we've passed inclusive hate crimes legislation to help protect our citizens from violence based on what they look li
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Racial Clash in NYPD: Brass Probe Tense Standoff in Which White Cop Pressed Black Detectives for ID
Society & Culture  (tags: Racial profiling, crime, society, sadness, abuse, rights, humans )

Lone
- 10 days ago - nydailynews.com
The NYPD is investigating a confrontation between white uniformed cops and black hate-crime detectives who claim they were racially profiled, the Daily News has learned
4 comments
Take Action- There Is No Reason Why a Man Should Be Paid More Than a Woman for Doing the Same Job!
Society & Culture  (tags: petition, women, society, rights, politics, law, government, freedoms, education, ethics, culture )

Daphna
- 10 days ago - change.org
In the US, women secured the right to vote 1920 with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution prohibiting state and federal agencies from gender-based restrictions on voting. However, that amendment did not protect them from be
13 comments
FBI Rescues 52 Kids From Prostitution
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, children, law, police, GoodNews, culture, safety, violence, society, rights, news, humans )

Cal
- 11 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
US authorities rescued 52 children, including one as young as 10, from prostitution rings and arrested nearly 700 people during a nationwide sting operation over the weekend, the FBI said
5 comments
Hate Crimes Bill Goes to Obama for Signature
Society & Culture  (tags: congress, obama, politics, ethics, gayrights, law, government, rights, americans, crime, culture, society, usa )

Cal
- 15 days ago - cnn.com
The Senate passed groundbreaking legislation Thursday that would make it a federal crime to assault an individual because of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity.
3 comments
Detained Immigrant Children Face Legal Maze in U.S.
Society & Culture  (tags: humans, news, rights, society, law, usa )

Cal
- 15 days ago - cnn.com
. Last year, as many as 50 percent of the children detained went before judges with no lawyer, according to Wendy Young, director of Kids in Need of Defense. She says it could get worse, because the organizations that provide free legal defense for these
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