Truthout
Human Rights
World Bank Woos Western Corporations to Profit From Labor of Stranded Syrian Refugees
We should be wary of the World Bank's private enterprise solution to a humanitarian crisis.
Hillary Clinton’s Dark Drug War Legacy in Mexico
Clinton's State Department overlooked human rights abuses but kept a flow of contracts moving to US security firms in Mexico.
The Surveillance of Blackness: From the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade to Contemporary Surveillance Technologies
Author Simone Browne discusses how the rise of surveillance technologies can be traced back to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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How Trayvon Martin’s Lynching Galvanized a Movement
The murder of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida, in the winter of 2012 was a turning point.
Rights Lab: Where Can I Fly My Drone?
Smartphones revolutionized people's access to cameras; could drones do the same for air space?
Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan Blast Texas Anti-Choice Law, but Will Their Male Colleagues Follow Suit?
With the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia less than three weeks ago, the Supreme Court has only eight justices opening the way for a 4-4 tie in …
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The Dangerous Game of Mourning the Dead: Police Violence and the Black Community in Brazil
Police violence does not end when someone dies in a confrontation.
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Sexual Violence a Crime Against Humanity, Guatemalan Court Rules in Historic Verdict
A Guatemalan court declared former members of the military guilty of crimes against humanity.
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Mozambique’s Movement to End Land Grabs
In Mozambique companies are taking the best, most fertile land and moving people to land that can't grow anything.
ICE Raids Target Undocumented Immigrants for Mostly Minor Offenses
President Obama's policy to prosecute “bad immigrants” is less like reform and more like a means to continue deportations.