News | Human Rights Amazon Sued for Not Disclosing Collection of Customers’ Biometric Data The plaintiff is requesting damages and an order requiring Amazon to comply with the law. By Zane McNeill , Truthout March 23, 2023 Truthout
News | Human Rights Democrats Introduce Housing Is a Human Right Act The legislation provides more than $300 billion for affordable housing and reducing homelessness. By Julia Conley , CommonDreams March 23, 2023 Truthout
News | Human Rights ACLU Sues US for Using Military-Grade Helicopters to Quell George Floyd Protests In June of 2020, the National Guard deployed two military helicopters against protesters in D.C. By Sharon Zhang , Truthout March 15, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Human Rights Honduran Activists Are Protesting “State of Emergency” That Suspends Civil Rights Activists say the measure implemented as part of a “war on extortion” actually amounts to a criminalization of poverty. By Meghan Krausch , Truthout March 15, 2023 Truthout
News | Human Rights Farmworkers Push Wendy’s, Kroger and Publix to Take Stance Against Forced Labor The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is pushing the companies to join the Fair Food Program, which deters forced labor. By Derek Seidman , Truthout March 11, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights This International Women’s Day, Iranian Feminists Are at the Front Lines There is much that the global feminist movement can learn from the current women’s struggle in Iran and their vision. By Frieda Afary , Truthout March 8, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights International Women’s Day Has a Radical History Rooted in Socialism The day has always represented a struggle for “the conditions in which people can thrive,” says Professor Nancy Krieger. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! March 8, 2023 Truthout
Photo Essay | Human Rights Eviction of 300-Person Encampment in California Shows Scorn for Right to Housing The destruction of the camp that was home to over 300 unhoused people in Oakland laid bare the brutality of capitalism. By David Bacon , Truthout March 7, 2023 Truthout
News | Human Rights Jewish New Yorkers Rally at Schumer’s Home to End US Military Funding to Israel Schumer visited Israel where he pledged the U.S. Senate's "fullest support" as the Netanyahu government faces backlash. By Jake Johnson , CommonDreams March 6, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Palestinian Survivor Calls Israeli Settler Attack in Huwara “Ethnic Cleansing” Israel's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said Huwara needs to be “wiped out” and that the state should do it. By Amy Goodman & Nermeen Shaikh , DemocracyNow! March 2, 2023 Truthout