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Human Rights
The Canadian University and the War Against Omar Khadr
Tyler J. Pollard interviews David L. Clark about inviting Omar Khadr to his university and Canada's vilification of the young man.
Malcolm X, Gentrification and Housing as a Human Right
A human rights framework offers a basis for challenging gentrification and creating housing equity in US communities of color.
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Guantanamo’s Refugees Released to Uruguay Still Seeking Relief
The US, which held the men without charge or trial for more than a decade, was absent from negotiations between Uruguay and the former prisoners.
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Germany’s Asylum Seekers: “You Can’t Evict a Movement“
Refugees organised a Refugee Bus Tour across Germany, turning action into networking through mobile solidarity.
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Obama Administration Sabotages Nuclear Nonproliferation Conference
So much for President Obama's commitment to a nuclear-weapons-free world.
Ireland’s Social Revolution: Traditionally Catholic Nation Makes History With Marriage Equality Vote
Ireland has become the first country in the world to approve same-sex marriage via popular vote.
Farkhundeh: An Explosion of a Deferred Dream in Afghanistan
Was this case a “turning point” for women's rights in Afghanistan?
Senate Moves to Check Executive Spying Power
The Senate effectively allowed portions of the Patriot Act to expire. Who won and what comes next?
SDS Leader Tom Hayden on Vietnam: We Must Challenge the Pentagon on the Battlefield of Memory
Tom Hayden: "Each generation has to wrestle with the history of what came before, and ask: ‘Whose interest does this history serve?"’
Advocates Say Black Women Left Out of Freddie Gray Conversation
More attention is needed to Black women in the policing debate.