Truthout
Human Rights
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On Remembrance and Resisting Desecration
We are the builders of peace, and peace is not the silence between gunshots.
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Australia’s War on People Smugglers Is Really a War on Refugees
This is Australian policy at work.
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We Were Never Meant to Survive: A Response to the Attack in Charleston
This country has never valued Black people. We cannot consider ourselves safe anywhere.
Massacre at South Carolina’s Emanuel AME an Attack on Historic Landmark of African-American Freedom
The church attacked in the Charleston, South Carolina, massacre that left nine people dead is home to the oldest black congregation south of Baltimore.
As Nation Mourns Nine Black Victims of Church Massacre, Details of Suspect’s White Supremacy Emerge
Man has been arrested for church massacre.
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FCC Says Price Counts in Announcing New Broadband Plan
The FCC wants to put cell phones that can access the Internet in the hands of America's poor in hopes of reducing the digital divide.
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Defending the indefensible
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Resisting Gentrification at Gunpoint
Various port expansion projects endorsed by the Colombian government will require the displacement - whether voluntary or involuntary - of communities in Buenaventura.
Mexico’s Supreme Court Tentatively Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage
However, this ruling is not as straightforward as it seems.
Fifteen Years of Community-Controlled Water in Bolivia
Marcela Olivera, an activist in Bolivia's Water Wars of 2000, talks about the victories of the movement and its ongoing legacy today.