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Supreme Court Rules American Citizens Have Right to Own Guns
On IN THE NEWS: The U.S. high court says 32-year-old Washington, DC gun ban is unconstitutional.
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Susan B. Anthony, 1820-1906: She Led the Fight to Gain Equal Rights for Women, Including the Right to Vote
On PEOPLE IN AMERICA: Women finally won that right in 1920 with the approval of the nineteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But she did not live to see it.
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Why Child Abuse by Peacekeepers and Aid Workers Often Goes Unreported
Also on IN THE NEWS: Good news and bad news about the use of child soldiers, and Amnesty International's 2008 report on human rights.
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California Ruling Opens New Front in Fight Over Same-Sex Marriage
On IN THE NEWS: A ban is overturned in the nation's largest state. Also, in another civil rights case, a federal court rules that America's paper money discriminates against the blind.
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40th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s Death
On IN THE NEWS: The civil rights leader died working toward the dream of racial equality.
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Young Tibetans, Tired of Calls for Nonviolence, Want More Action
On IN THE NEWS: The recent unrest in Lhasa has turned up the heat on China as it prepares for the Beijing Olympics in August.
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Shirley Chisholm, 1924-2005: The First Black Woman Elected to the U.S. Congress
On PEOPLE IN AMERICA: She was an activist who worked to improve the lives of others. She was also the first woman and the first black person to run for president of the U.S.
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