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Loving v. Virginia's Mildred Loving: 1940-2008
By DIONNE WALKER for the AP: RICHMOND, Va. - Mildred Loving, a black woman whose challenge to Virginia's ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday...

Virginia's prison gravy train
Virginia's prison gravy train Roanoke Times, March 28, 2008 By Ronald Fraser Fraser has a Ph.D. and writes on public policy issues for the DKT Liberty Project, a Washington-based civil liberties organization...

My New Book About the Colfax Massacre:
I've been pleasantly surprised by the interest blawgers and other reviewers have shown so far in The Day Freedom Died, my new book about a little-known massacre of...

U.S. court orders $37 million award in Peru massacre
The massacre -- which killed 69 civilians in 1985 -- happened in Peru, but U.S. law lets survivors seek damages in court here if the "host country" refuses, The AP reports. It doesn't sound like the suspect has $37 mil,...

Interesting discussion on Cruikshank and 14th Amendment
Over at the Volokh Conspiracy. It features guest blogging by Charles Lane, author of The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, The Supreme Court, and the Betrayal of Reconstruction...

Lofaso on the September Massacre
Anne Marie Lofaso (West Virginia) has posted to SSRN her paper "September Massacre: The Latest Battle in the War on Workers' Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act," which was recently distributed by ACS...

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State of Virginia
$11 million settlement reached in Virginia Tech massacre.

Railroad Workers
concerning the growing number of work-related injuries in the railroad industry.

California Labor Laws
alleged violations of California labor laws such as overtime pay, discrimination and harassment.

West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support
West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support

Inmate Medical Negligence
Olmsted County awards former inmate $337,000 settlement after failing to get him to a hospital after showing signs of a heart attack.

82 Year Old
Awarded $6 Million in SJS Lawsuit