Group Chides Bush on Civil Rights; Highlights Inequities

By Mary Ann Zehr

Washington

President Bush's talk about "leaving no child behind" hasn't been met by action, contends a report released last week by a nonprofit organization that monitors civil rights laws and enforcement.

Members of the Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights, the Washington-based group that published the report, criticized Mr. Bush for having nominated people to various administration jobs who are opposed to certain affirmative action strategies and other policies that the group believes protect the civil rights of minority groups or other vulnerable people.

Such nominations will "populate henhouses with foxes," says the report, "Rights at Risk: Equality in...