CIVIL RIGHTS

The Republican debate on Saturday was not intended to give the impression that Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Jon Huntsman, and Rick Perry were reluctant to challenge Mitt Romney -- the presumptive nominee to oppose Democratic President Barack Obama next fall -- but the event certainly had that feel.

The government announced Friday it will reduce the time that U.S. citizens are separated from spouses and children who have been in the country illegally and are forced to leave for as long as 10 years while their visa requests are processed.

The Corporation for National an Community Service (CNCS) leads Americans throughout the country who want to honor Dr. King's legacy and spirit of racial equality achievement by helping neighbors and their community. The MLK Day of Service involves thousands of projects, including those big and small, and reaches across all 50 states in the U.S.

Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul claims that there should be no federal laws against sexual harassment and that the victim of sexual harassment bears equal moral responsibility for the act as the harasser.

Barkley is a phenomenon that could only happen in America

As immigration rights gain national attention, federal immigration officialshave announced the creation of a free telephone hotline to ensure immigration detainees held by local police are informed of their rights.

State and Federal lawmakers constantly proposed measures to restrict women's reproductive rights in 2011.

Iran officials have indicated that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 44-year-old woman who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, could die by hanging instead.

In a year filled with partisan strife, economic calamities and foreign policy conundrums, picking President Barack Obama's biggest achievements feels darned near impossible. But whittle away lowlights and a rather substantive list remains.

The charges that Paul is racist and anti-Semitic are nothing new.

Bank of America stressed that only Countrywide's practices are at issue in Wednesday's announcement of a settlement for discriminatory mortgage lending practices.

Investigation had revealed that Countrywide had charged higher fees and rates for more than 200,0000 minority borrowers from 2004-2008, in the midst of the housing boom. Some 10,000 borrowers were also pushed in to sub-prime mortgages when others with similar qualifications got standard mortgages.

GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul spoke out against the NDAA Bill, claiming it would effectively legalize martial law by letting the military arrest and detain anyone it wants to without any repercussions.

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012 and the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) seem to be two sides of the same coin. Both pieces of legislation are, apparently, aimed at eliminating any kind of attack or even the possibility of an attack on the U.S. government and its corporate allies, a statement made by the government themselves. Essentially, the former is viewed as an anti-terrorist law and the latter an anti-piracy tool.

Politician Jules Manson, a former city council candidate and rabid Ron Paul supporter, posted an extremely racist tirade against President Obama following the signing of the NDAA, calling him a monkey and urging the n***r's assassination. Manson's tirade prompts a look at Paul's past associations with white supremacy groups, but those who call Paul racist go too far.

Kim Jong Il, like Muammar Gaddafi , has died at age 69 after decades of tyrannical rule. But as North Korea scrambles to determine the country's future, many more dictators remain in power. From Arab Spring autocrats in Syria and Sudan to the leaders of Ethiopia and Uganda, here are the eight worst dictators still in power today.

Artist leads Golden Globes. Do Oscars await?

Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis will join U.S. television network CBS as a cultural correspondent to provide coverage of cultural and educational topics, CBS said on Thursday.

The NDAA Bill 2012 contains language that allows the Pentagon to wage cyberwar against any domestic enemies of the state, including activists and independent news outlets.

Proof that racial tension still permeates society, a Caucasian Ohio landlord found to have discriminated against an African-American teenage girl by posting a Public Swimming Pool, White Only sign at a duplex swimming pool is urging the Ohio Civil Rights Commission to reconsider its decision, according to reports.

The actors of civil rights drama The Help topped Screen Actors Guild Award nominations on Wednesday with four nods including best film cast, leading a list of nominees that saw many surprises in Hollywood's current awards season.