MARCHING FOR KING’S DREAM: ‘THE TASK IS NOT DONE’
By SUZANNE GAMBOA Crowds rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington Saturday, Aug. 24, 2013. Fifty years ago, on…
Human rights and civil liberties
CHURCHES CHANGING BYLAWS AFTER GAY MARRIAGE RULING
By TRAVIS LOLLER City Church of Tallahassee Pastor Dean Inserra stands inside his church in Tallahassee, Fla. on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. Inserra’s church is researching how they will address…
MORE ARMED SECURITY AT SCHOOLS AFTER NEWTOWN
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO In this photo taken Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013, Dara Van Antwerp, the school resource officer at Panther Run Elementary School Pembroke Pines, Fla., sits in the classroom…
MARCH TO FOCUS ON CONTINUED FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
By SUZANNE GAMBOA FILE- In this Aug. 28, 1963, black-and-white file photo Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his “I Have…
SNOWDEN SUSPECTED OF BYPASSING ELECTRONIC LOGS
By ADAM GOLDMAN and KIMBERLY DOZIER FILE – A Sunday, June 9, 2013, file photo provided by The Guardian newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract…
NM CLERK ORDERED TO GIVE GAY MARRIAGE LICENSES
Doña Ana County Clerk Lynn Ellins announces that his office is now issuing marriage licenses to same-gender couples, a first in the state’s history, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013 in Las…
CHINESE CITIZENS MOVEMENT LEADER ARRESTED
By GILLIAN WONG FILE – In this July 17, 2009 file photo, legal scholar Xu Zhiyong, center, walks past Chinese lawyers, Jiang Tianyong, right, and Yang Huiwen, second left, after…
LAWMAKERS OK NYPD WATCHDOG, OVERRIDING VETOES
By JENNIFER PELTZ New York City council speaker Christine Quinn is joined by councilman Donovan Richards as she speaks to reporters, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2013 in New York. New York…