Jan 25th, 2007 · A federal grand jury charges a Mississippi man in the 1964 killings of two black men in one of the few remaining unsolved cases from the civil rights era. James Ford Seale pleaded not guilty today in Jackson, Miss. Seale, a former sheriff's deputy, is believed to have been a Klansman.
Aug 22nd, 2006 · In Los Angeles, federal and local authorities are worried about what they call escalating threats from radical animal-rights activists. Some city officials, including the ex-head of the city's animal control department, have required constant security after attacks on their homes.
Jun 23rd, 2006 · The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has risen from an obscure nonprofit group to a major political and legal force in national disputes over digital privacy and freedoms. Most recently, it sued AT&T over the phone giant's relationship with the National Security Agency (NSA).
Jun 22nd, 2006 · Republicans lead the House to postpone vote on bill renewing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The act has been reauthorized several times since, most recently in 1992. The measure, which ended literacy tests and poll taxes that were used to keep blacks from voting, is due for renewal again in 2007.
Apr 30th, 2006 · Florence Mars, a Mississippi native who wrote about the slaying of three civil rights workers in her state by the Ku Klux Klan, died last week at 83. Her book, Witness in Philadelphia, tells the story of the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner.
Apr 20th, 2006 · China's economic and social freedoms have increased to a certain extent, but the communist government has not relaxed its limits on free expression, says Xiao Qiang, director of the China Internet Project at the University of California-Berkley's journalism department. Melissa Block talks with Xiao.
Mar 14th, 2006 · Public opinion polls consistently show that a majority of Americans supports at least a limited right to legal abortion. Yet abortion opponents are consistently winning battles at the state and federal level. Abortion-rights supporters are having an internal dispute over how -- or whether -- to reframe their message.
Feb 28th, 2006 · The U.S. government is paying $300,000 to an Egyptian man who was detained for more than a year after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but was never linked to terrorism. Ehab Elmaghraby sued, claiming that he was abused at a detention center and that his civil rights were violated.