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Human Rights Policy

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    MOA Abercrombie & Fitch discriminated against autistic teen, judge says

    Abercrombie & Fitch seems to have some serious issues understanding and accommodating people with disabilities. Just one of the retailer's many many downfalls in life.

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Student writes Ben Franklin report, teacher says he has a "thing for older men"

    The Anoka-Hennepin School District is paying a high school student's family $25,000 in a settlement after two teachers made his perceived sexual orientation into a class joke.

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Duluth store stops selling "My Indian name is Crawling Drunk" shirts

    One Duluth tourist store apparently thought visitors would love to take home a souvenir t-shirt making fun of drunk American Indians they saw on their trip.

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2009

    David Byrne live benefit EP

    David Byrne has a wonderful four-song EP for download benefiting Amnesty International highlighted by an amazing live version of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts' "Help Me Somebody," converting a song based on samples to a live vocal jam. There's also a superior version of "One Fine Day," from his stil ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2009

    Profile in cojones

    Top Pentagon lawyer Alberto Mora risked his career arguing against Guantánamo abuses. Now he's an Obama man.

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2008

    Longtime state senator Allan Spear dies

    Top Pentagon lawyer Alberto Mora risked his career arguing against Guantánamo abuses. Now he's an Obama man.

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    Rage show stopped by cops; march and tear gassing ensues

    Top Pentagon lawyer Alberto Mora risked his career arguing against Guantánamo abuses. Now he's an Obama man.

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2008

    Mike Farrell: Actor and Activist

    Top Pentagon lawyer Alberto Mora risked his career arguing against Guantánamo abuses. Now he's an Obama man.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2008

    Don't Tase Me or St. Paul, Bro

    Top Pentagon lawyer Alberto Mora risked his career arguing against Guantánamo abuses. Now he's an Obama man.

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2007

    Anti-Semitism Vs. Criticizing Israel

    Top Pentagon lawyer Alberto Mora risked his career arguing against Guantánamo abuses. Now he's an Obama man.

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2007

    Final Refuge: Expanded Web Content

    Top Pentagon lawyer Alberto Mora risked his career arguing against Guantánamo abuses. Now he's an Obama man.

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2007

    The Complicity Chronicles

    Top Pentagon lawyer Alberto Mora risked his career arguing against Guantánamo abuses. Now he's an Obama man.

  • News

    December 7, 2005

    The American Way of Torture

    Local physician and author Steve Miles examines the forensic record of U.S. abuses in Iraqi prisons

  • Movies

    September 14, 2005

    Fall Film Events

    Local physician and author Steve Miles examines the forensic record of U.S. abuses in Iraqi prisons

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2005

    Bush on the London terror bombings

    Local physician and author Steve Miles examines the forensic record of U.S. abuses in Iraqi prisons

  • News

    February 16, 2005

    No Exit

    Animosity between residents of a small east metro town leaves them stuck with each other

  • Books

    December 29, 2004

    Book Excerpt: The War on Civil Liberties

    Online Exclusive: The new book by CP contributor Elaine Cassel details the U.S. government's war on terror and on its own citizens

  • Columns

    October 20, 2004

    Savage Love

    Online Exclusive: The new book by CP contributor Elaine Cassel details the U.S. government's war on terror and on its own citizens

  • News

    May 19, 2004

    Department of the Living Dead

    Why is the city's civil rights office such a chronic mess?

  • Books

    June 11, 2003

    A Night at the Opera

    Why is the city's civil rights office such a chronic mess?

  • Arts

    August 21, 2002

    Generation Ecstasy Comes Down

    Congress thinks the RAVE Act is a natural high for the War on Drugs. But ravers aren't smiling.

  • News

    July 10, 2002

    Weighing In

    Congress thinks the RAVE Act is a natural high for the War on Drugs. But ravers aren't smiling.

  • News

    April 24, 2002

    From Berlin to Bogotá

    One woman's memories of war and dreams of peace

  • Books

    April 17, 2002

    Before the Campus Burned

    On the eve of the U of M's hockey championship, Castro came calling

  • News

    January 30, 2002

    Freedom Fighters

    Coming to a capitol near you: The Patriot Act Junior

  • Books

    December 5, 2001

    Whose Smoke? Whose Holes?

    Minnesota's Male Immigrants Ready For A Broad Justice-department Sweep

  • News

    January 10, 2001

    Burned

    Some hailed firefighters Julie Tossey and Kathleen O'Connor as symbols of a new era in gender equality in St. Paul. But others--including their own union--wanted to see their dreams go up in smoke.

  • Books

    January 3, 2001

    Minar Conflict

    Are prayer sessions at a local Ford dealership protected by the U.S. Constitution?

  • Books

    December 13, 2000

    P.W.'s Big Adventure

    Dodging hyperbole and herbicide in Colombia with U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone

  • Books

    March 8, 2000

    Ladies First?

    Keep your laws off my potty: A restroom refusenik's crusade for modesty at Southwest High School

  • News

    November 24, 1999

    Welcome to Minnetripoli

    Libyan dissenters worldwide build a virtual headquarters--on a local public-access server

  • Books

    January 13, 1999

    Log Cabin Fever

    Gay Republicans invite themselves to the party

  • Feature

    December 1, 1998

    Out of Place

    What makes a homo feel at home?

  • Feature

    November 1, 1998

    Roll Call

    What makes a homo feel at home?

  • Feature

    October 1, 1998

    News Briefs

    What makes a homo feel at home?

  • Feature

    January 1, 1998

    Privacy Matters

    As the Legislature reconvenes, activists and lawmakers reframe the sodomy issue.

  • Books

    December 10, 1997

    John Tirman: Spoils of War: The Human Cost of America's Arms Trade

    As the Legislature reconvenes, activists and lawmakers reframe the sodomy issue.

  • News

    December 3, 1997

    Battle Lines

    As the Legislature reconvenes, activists and lawmakers reframe the sodomy issue.

  • News

    November 19, 1997

    Stark Reality

    As the Legislature reconvenes, activists and lawmakers reframe the sodomy issue.

  • News

    November 12, 1997

    Board Games

    The MCLU appears poised to flOut findings by its parent organization charging the chapter with electoral impropriety.

  • News

    October 8, 1997

    Too Hot for Teacher

    Student-teacher Amrit Chauhan promised his class at Murray Junior High he'd be honest about himself. But telling the kids he's gay might have cost him his teaching certificate.

  • News

    October 1, 1997

    Liberty Hell

    The Minnesota Civil Liberties Union may have violated state nonprofit laws according to its parent organization, The ACLU. Critics in the local group want a new board election.

  • Books

    July 30, 1997

    The Making of an Angry White Guy

    The Minnesota Civil Liberties Union may have violated state nonprofit laws according to its parent organization, The ACLU. Critics in the local group want a new board election.

  • News

    June 18, 1997

    The Crude Guy Defense

    The state Supreme Court is expected to rule on whether vulgar language alone can constitute sexual harassment

  • Feature

    December 11, 1996

    Whither Wellstone?

    Six more years--of what?

  • News

    November 6, 1996

    October Surprises

    Six more years--of what?

  • News

    June 12, 1996

    A Stake through the Heart of Three Gorges:

    A Global Win for Greens

  • News

    May 22, 1996

    Kangaroo Court

    A Global Win for Greens

  • News

    February 21, 1996

    A Firewall of Silence

    A Global Win for Greens

  • News

    January 17, 1996

    Big Brother, Inc.

    Why are businesses spying on their own employees more and more? Because they can.

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