Truthout
Human Rights
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KKK Schedules Rally on South Carolina Statehouse Grounds
As churches burn across the South and a vigorous discussion over the Confederate flag grips the country the KKK has decided to enter the mix.
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Two Years After Pelican Bay Hunger Strike, What’s Changed for People Inside the Prison?
After mass hunger strikes in 2011 and 2013, California prisoners continue to organize and protest solitary confinement.
Ten Years of BDS: The Growing Movement Against the Occupation of Palestine
As BDS activists celebrate an increasing number of campaign victories, the movement's greatest successes may be the ones that don't make the headlines.
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The Ghosts of Stonewall: Policing Gender, Policing Sex
In this excerpt from “Queer (In)Justice,” the authors reveal how police continue to facilitate the oppression of queer people and the criminalization of queer sexualities.
The End of Encryption? NSA and FBI Seek New Backdoors
The FBI and GCHQ have said they need access to encrypted communications to track criminals and terrorists.
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Rehumanizing Gaza
Palestinians in Gaza don't want your sympathy or anger; we want your action, writes author Laila El-Haddad.
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha on Rethinking Safety and Disability Justice
We need transformative justice: a community-based approach paired with creative cultural work to shift our narratives around harm.
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The Inequality Rainbow
It's still pretty crowded in this closet.
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Immigrant Youth to Presidential Candidates: Promises Will Not Win Our Support
Immigrant Youth to the Presidential Candidates: enough with promises, demand immigration changes today.
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Tantrums Unleashed After Rainbows Illuminate White House
The Supreme Court's affirmation of the right to marry and its rainbow striped afterglow unleashed conservative tantrums.