Truthout
Human Rights
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On the Caging of Bresha Meadows: What Does Justice Look Like?
Fourteen-year-old Bresha Meadows has been caged for killing her abusive father, but who is really accountable?
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The Fifth-Graders Who Put Mexican Repatriation Back Into History Books
When a California history class noticed the US 1930s Mexican Repatriation was left out of the curriculum, they decided to take it up with the state Legislature.
“Necessary Trouble” and a Long, Hard Struggle: Talking Movements With Sarah Jaffe
Sarah Jaffe's “Necessary Trouble” is an extensive, vivid overview of post-2008 crisis movements and their organizers.
Day Laborers Leader on Right-Wing Hostility: “So Far, We Have Won This Fight“
We recently spoke with Pablo Alvarado, executive director of the Los Angeles-based National Day Laborer Organizing Network.
The Political Significance of Being Inconvenienced
Striving for justice in the long term is worth the upset in the present, worth the mess and the noise of trying to figure it all out.
The Making of a Badass Black Feminist: A Conversation With C. Nicole Mason
This interview explores writing to transgress, holding Black pain and joy, and just how a Bad Ass Black Feminist gets made.
iPhone or iExploit? Rampant Labor Violations in Apple’s Supply Chain
Are Apple's production quotas and profit margins actively obstructing positive change in its supply chain?
From #NoDAPL to #FreedomSquare: A Tale of Two Occupations
From Chicago's Freedom Square to Standing Rock, North Dakota — Black and Native struggles are rising.
Why Solidarity Between the Movement for Black Lives and Palestine Makes Sense
Human rights, not a common identity or history, are at the intersection of the Movements for Black Lives and Palestine.
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School-Based Police Are Using Tasers on Students — and No One Knows How Often It Happens
Children are being Tasered by school-based police officers, and no one knows about it.