Truthout
Human Rights
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Challenging American Exceptionalism
Marjorie Cohn: There had been little public concern in this country about drone strikes that killed people in other countries. But when it was revealed that US citizens could …
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Michael Eric Dyson: Crab in a Barrel
Dyson has demonstrated his loyalty to power.
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Deaths at Sea: Scant Hope for the Future From Europe’s History of Failure on Migrants
Europe is today the deadliest migration destination in the world and the Mediterranean is becoming an open-air cemetery.
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We Can’t Afford Immigrants Not Being Insured
The Affordable Care Act should be expanded to cover undocumented immigrants, but that's only the next step.
National Guard Deployed as Baltimore Erupts After Years of Police Violence, Economic Neglect
Baltimore public schools are closed, and a weeklong curfew is in effect.
Liberian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee: How a Sex Strike Propelled Men to Refuse War
Gbowee notes the idea for the strike came from a Muslim woman and was inspired in part by the civil rights movement in the United States.
The Science Fiction of Freddie Gray
Imagine that Freddie Gray never had to live in a city that is struggling to breathe under layers and layers of structural violence.
Saving Migrant Lives Is Imperative But What Next? UN Human Rights Expert Ask EU Leaders
UN independent human rights experts on migrants and trafficking in persons react to the announcement made at the end of the emergency European Union summit on migrants yesterday.
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Suicide on the Great Sioux Nation
The Lakota Nation is coming together to deal with historical trauma, and find strength and hope for their youth.
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PETA’s Cruel and Unusual Crush
The animal rights group shouldn't ladle praise on Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a man who cages people for a living.