NAACP chief: Voter ID fight akin to ’60s battles
BY: Associated Press HOUSTON — The head of the NAACP on Monday likened the group’s fight against conservative-backed voter ID laws that have been passed in several states to the great civil rights battles of the 1960s. Benjamin Todd Jealous, the CEO and president of the Baltimore-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said these are [...] |
NAACP president calls for end of Md. death penalty
BY: Associated Press  ANNAPOLIS — NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Tuesday that Maryland needs to abolish capital punishment to help lead the way in ending it in other states, and he believes the September execution of Troy Davis in Georgia last year has sparked greater interest in ending the death penalty. “People in this country care about fairness,” [...] |
NAACP chief focuses on voting laws at convention
BY: Associated Press  LOS ANGELES — The NAACP plans to spend the next year fighting against a slew of voting laws that it says disenfranchise huge swaths of minority voters, the civil rights organization’s president said at the group’s convention on Monday. Benjamin Todd Jealous said legislation promoted by what he called racist elements in the tea party [...] |
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Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler sat down with Daily Record reporters and editors for our latest Newsmakers interview. Gansler spoke about his potential run for governor, the high-profile bills on gun control and the death penalty passed by the General Assembly and the challenges facing his office and the state of Maryland....
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