Truthout
Human Rights
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For Domestic Violence Survivors, Family Court Becomes Site of Continued Abuse
Family courts often lean toward joint custody, a preference that some abusers use to continue harassing former partners.
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Poverty as Prison, Reprise
We are a nation on lock down in more ways than we always see.
India’s Water War: City Workers Fight Corporate Privatization Efforts
Municipal employees in India are resisting efforts by companies and officials to privatize drinking water.
“Saving” East Timor: How One of the 20th Century’s Worst Mass Murders Was Covered Up
Newly found diplomatic documents show how mass killings in East Timor were perpetrated despite Western governments' awareness.
Black and Brown Power Unite to Stop Deportation Raids
Both direct action and complex discourse are happening at the intersections of Black and Brown struggle against state violence.
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?