
Guess where BP is dumping its oil-spill waste?
Sixty one percent of the British Petroleum oil-spill waste is being dumped in communities largely made up of people of color.

Latino civil rights pioneer Mario G. Obledo dies at 78
Mario Guerra Obledo, a son of Mexican immigrants who became a champion of civil rights and the first Latino official to head a California state agency, died Aug. 18 at age 78.
Cheers for Anne Feeney, jeers to Chamber of Commerce
CHEERS for troubadour Anne Feeney, who has sung her lungs out to help America's workers.

Glenn Beck calls unemployed "un-American"
According to Glenn Beck the nations 1.4 million Americans who have been out of work more than 99 weeks are "a bunch of un-American losers."

U.S. ready to sue Arizona sheriff on alleged civil rights abuses
Justice Department attorneys investigating Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio for civil rights violations, are giving his lawyers until next Tuesday to turn over requested documents.

Sovereign Citizens hate group on the rise
Right-wing extremism is gaining new momentum, according to a Southern Poverty Law Center report released today on the Sovereign Citizens movement.

