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Human Rights
Trump DOJ Worked Secretly to Obtain Drugs to Resume Federal Executions
For the last three years, the Department of Justice has been quietly building a supply chain of execution drugs.
Trump Is Trying to Hide US and Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the ICC
Trump aims to ensure that no American or Israeli is brought to the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Treaty Defenders Arrested for Blocking Road to Trump’s Mount Rushmore Event
“This is our land. This has been our land for thousands of years.”
July Fourth Never Meant Anything to a Disabled Black Woman Like Me
I cannot celebrate a country that has systematically disenfranchised Black people and has written off disabled people.
The Confederate Flag Represents Sexual Violence
The topic of sexual violence is often left out of the history of chattel slavery.
The Foster System Is a Battleground for the Racist War on Drugs
A new report exposes the foster system as rife with racist drug war attitudes and state violence.
Spiraling Eviction Crisis Threatens More Renters With Homelessness
The patchwork of legal protections for renters that emerged at the start of the pandemic is unlikely to stem the crisis.
Over 200 Unhoused People Sheltering in Minneapolis Hotel Now Face Eviction
Using hotels for emergency housing is an obvious answer as the economy enters a depression in the midst of a pandemic.
Outside of the US, the World Sees Uprisings, Not Riots
The United States is paying the price for denying people what Malcolm X called “the right to be a human being.”
DC Residents Take to the Streets to Demand End of Police State
Protesters continue to pour onto the streets in spite of curfews and other attempts to stifle demonstrations.