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Americans risk losing our most sacred right
It suddenly hit me this week: I don't live in the real world. I live in Washington, D.C. In the real world, nobody would argue about renewing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). It's a no-brainer. Violence against women, all women, is wrong. Only...
Tags: Civil Rights, Texas Legislature, U.S. Congress, Lyndon B. Johnson, Voting
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A Justice league of their own
WASHINGTON -- For a quarter-century, Antonin Scalia has been the reigning bully of the Supreme Court, but finally a couple of justices are willing to face him down. As it happens, the two manning up to take on Nino the Terrible are women: the court's...Tags: U.S. Congress, Civil Rights, Anthony Kennedy, Samuel A. Alito, Voting
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Salvation Army denies being anti-gay
Shortly after the Salvation Army's red kettle ringers set up shop around Chicago this year, Rick Garcia took to his Facebook page and posted a status update telling friends and followers to boycott the group. The Salvation Army uses donated money to...
Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Civil Rights, Gays and Lesbians, Charity, Justice and Rights
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Ghosts of Jim Crow haunt us still
Thursday marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Baltimore-born Thurgood Marshall, the civil rights lawyer and first black Supreme Court justice who was instrumental in ending Jim Crow segregation. His representation of schoolgirl Linda Brown...Tags: Ghosts (supernatural entities), Minority Groups, Justice and Rights, University of Baltimore, Linda Brown
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The Boy Scouts and the atheists
Change of SubjectFrom Sunday's print column, which features another collection of dispatches from Somebody Nobody Asked™, America's pre-eminent unsolicited advice columnist Dear Boy Scouts of America: All signs suggest that your national board will lift the long-... -
6 years into trying to get a house built, man suing Highland Park over delays
Zafar Sheikh thought building a house on vacant land in Highland Park would be a breeze. All early indications from governing officials, he said, pointed to a smooth, quick approval. That was more than six years ago. Today, the wooded property Sheikh...
Tags: Labor Legislation, Religion and Belief, Judges, Social Issues, Science and Technology
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Eagle Scout's Letter
Blogging with Bill WhiteMy column Saturday will focus on a letter that an area Eagle Scout wrote to the Boy Scouts of America, protesting its anti-gay policies and accompanied by the return of his Eagle Scout medal. Unfortunately, space didn't permit the use...... -
Former Lake Zurich worker files sex harassment suit
A woman who said she worked for Lake Zurich for 14 years as a parks and recreation employee is suing the village for more than $450,000 in relation to "multiple forms of harassment and discrimination," including sexual harassment, according to the...Tags: Lake Zurich, Sex Crimes, Justice System, Lawyers, Laws
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Gender equality takes step in combat
Recently, the secretary of defense announced that the long-standing ban on women in combat is to be overturned. A story on Aberdeen News.com reported, “hundreds of thousands of military jobs previously closed to female service members” will...Tags: Iraq, Injuries and Wounds, U.S. Military, Feminism, Minority Groups
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Commission investigating Conemaugh Township harassment claim
Staff WriterThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is investigating a sexual discrimination claim filed by a former office manager at the Conemaugh Township Municipal Authority. Shelli Lysic, who began working for the authority in December 2010, claims...Tags: Social Issues, Finance, Sexual Misconduct, Unemployment, Politics
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'Pride and Prejudice' still relevant 200 years later
Daily American Staff Writer"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." This is the opening sentence of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," one of the most famous opening lines of any novel written. "Pride...Tags: Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Jane Austen, Arts and Culture
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Eagle Scout returned his medal over gay policy
You probably won't be surprised to learn that some readers disagreed with my recent column about the Boy Scouts of America. I suggested that the Scouts are on the wrong side of history as they cling to their traditional position that gay people aren't...Tags: Boy Scouts of America, Youth Organizations, Clubs and Associations, Cetronia, Awards and Prizes
Mar 1, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 28, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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Dec 7, 2012
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Feb 15, 2013
| Allentown Morning Call
Feb 1, 2013
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jan 28, 2013
|Story| Aberdeen News
Jan 25, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Jan 25, 2013
|Story| Daily American
Feb 15, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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