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	Standing before history Royal Dutch Shell brought to New York court over rampant human rights abuses against the Ogoni people of Nigeria		New York Times Endorses Need to Investigate “Medically Assisted Torture” New York Times editorial calls for investigations in response to International Committee of the Red Cross report

	how does it feel to war on the world? A scathing critique of U.S. foreign policy in the wake of 13 new civilian deaths from U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan		April 4, 1968: Remembering the Murder of Our King Prominent leaders share their recollection of Dr. King

	San Francisco Chronicle Calls for Passage of UAFA American citizen Jaylynn Mercado’s partner of 23 years is scheduled to be deported, in part because they are a lesbian couple		Balancing Race and Gender: LDF Women Pioneers African-American women made the Civil Rights Movement possible

	TAKE ACTION: Pressure Senators to Ask HHS Nominee Kathleen Sebelius about the HIV Ban Help lift the HIV immigration ban		¡Feliz Cumpleaños, César Chávez! Los Angeles Unified School District, 73% of whose students are Latino, marks Cesar Chavez Day an an official holiday for the first time.

	TAKE ACTION – March 30: National call-in day to ban cluster bombs Call your Representative and Senators and ask them to co-sponsor legislation banning cluster bombs.		Obama’s Unclear Line on Immigration Is Obama’s appeal to a broader coalition compromising the rights of immigrants and asylum-seekers?

	Fight for Employee Free Choice Continues Despite Specter’s Flip AFL-CIO president highly critical of Sen. Specter’s decision		Feingold moves for federal death penalty ban The Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2009 would put an immediate halt to federal executions.

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TAKE ACTION: Pressure Senators to Ask HHS Nominee Kathleen Sebelius about the HIV Ban

Help lift the HIV immigration ban

TAKE ACTION: Help Raise the US HIV Travel Ban at HHS Senate Confirmation Hearings

Act to end the US ban on the entry of people living with HIV/AIDS

TAKE ACTION – March 30: National call-in day to ban cluster bombs

Call your Representative and Senators and ask them to co-sponsor legislation banning cluster bombs.

TAKE ACTION: Stop Violence Against Women

Support legislation to end violence against women and girls across the globe. Ask your Senator and Representative to co-sponsor “The International Violence Against Women Act”

TAKE ACTION: Stop Harmful Anti-Youth Legislation

Harmful gang legislation is pending in Congress that places excessive emphasis on increasing sentences for youth convicted of crimes and will disproportionately harm communities of color.

TAKE ACTION: Uphold Human Rights in the Gulf Coast

August 29th, 2008 marks the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

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