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Human Rights
ICE Raids Make Families Afraid to Leave Their Homes
Raids destabilize families and communities and make people feel unsafe even in their own homes.
Protecting Undocumented Victims of Abuse: Does Hope Lie in Legislative History?
In the shutdown, protected rights of victims have been turned into legislative statues rather than live bodies of law.
Former Child Soldier’s Guantánamo Nightmare Lives On
Omar Khadr is a victim of the US and Canadian legal systems, both of which denied him the rights of a child.
New Film Follows Nobel Peace Winner Nadia Murad’s Fight to End Sexual Violence
The documentary “On Her Shoulders” follows Murad as she shares her story with the world.
In 2019, Women’s Rights Are Still Not Explicitly Recognized in US Constitution
Over nine decades, efforts to amend the US Constitution to recognize women’s rights have faced major challenges.
In 2019, Let’s Resolve to Organize With Love in the Face of Apocalypse
Love shows us what to move toward to both free and protect what we so deeply care about.
Let’s Remember the Social Justice Organizers We Lost in 2018
Here are the voices and stories of organizers, activists and social justice leaders who passed away this year.
School Employee Sues District for Israel Loyalty Oath in Contract
Texas’ anti-BDS law violates the First Amendment.
DHS Secretary Blames Parents and Open Borders Advocates for Deaths of Children
Human rights groups demanded an independent probe into the deaths of two children in US Border Patrol custody.
Myanmar Debates Women’s Rights Amid Pervasive Sexual and Domestic Violence
The Prevention and Protection of Violence Against Women Act, long stalled in Parliament, may finally be passed in 2019.