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Human Rights
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Involuntary Manslaughter Charges for Top State Health Official for Role in Flint Water Crisis
Advocacy group says new charges boost call for governor to resign.
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Trump Administration Quietly Rolls Back Civil Rights Efforts Across Federal Government
New directives will limit federal use of consent decrees and the Department of Education's investigations.
Stand Next to Us and Push: An Interview With Ingrid Latorre About the Sanctuary Movement
“We need to really be in the streets doing strikes, hunger strikes and labor strikes and lifting up our voices.”
We Can’t “End Mass Incarceration” if We Erase the Experiences of Criminalized Women
Closing Rikers will not end the mass criminalization of women and girls of color under the criminal legal system.
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Politics of a Parade: How Pro-Independence Puerto Ricans Resisted Colonial Tactics in New York City
Puerto Rican Day Parade organizers turned the tables on the politicians pressuring them to denounce Oscar Lopez Rivera.
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The Problem With Liberal Opposition to Islamophobia
Many of the arguments against Islamophobia turn out to replicate rather than subvert the underlying logics that demonize and dehumanize Muslims.
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Competition for the Guaraní Aquifer Threatens Indigenous Land Rights
If the company practices what it preaches, it needs to get out of Guarani lands and waters.
Oscar López Rivera Speaks Out on Newfound Freedom, Becoming Politicized and Decolonizing Puerto Rico
On May 17, Lopez Rivera was released from prison.
Israeli Companies Profit From Technology Perfected Over 50 Years of Occupation
Israeli surveillance tools and weapons remain prominent around the world.
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Texas’ Draconian “Sanctuary City” Ban Draws Protests, Lawsuits
Texas' SB4 is the harshest and most sweeping anti-sanctuary law yet, creating a litany of new rules around immigration enforcement.