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Human Rights
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On Freddie Gray and the Baltimore Uprising
We still don't know the names of the racist police officers that brutally murdered Freddie Gray. All we know is that they have been suspended with pay. We are …
Baltimore, Country at a Critical Juncture
Our country is at a critical juncture. Since the beginning of this year alone, a Black person has been killed by police at the rate of one every eight …
MRFF Agree: Navy Went Too Far
The Navy went too far and is clearly in violation of the Constitutional religious liberty rights of American sailors at the Recruit Training Command.
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Want to Help Nepal Recover From the Quake? Cancel Its Debt
Nepal owes $3.8 billion in debt to foreign lenders and spent $217 million repaying debt in 2013.
Bryan Stevenson on Mass Incarceration, Racial Injustice: “We All Need Mercy; We All Need Justice“
Slavery's lasting ideology of white supremacy figures into the history of racial injustice in incarceration, says author Bryan Stevenson.
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Time to Commemorate Cinco de Mayo With Sobriety Runs
The association of drinking with this commemoration of an anti-imperialist Mexican victory needs to end.
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“Because I Was a Painter” Showcases Art Created in Concentration Camps
Diary entries of a man imprisoned in Dachau describe his intense need to draw “the landscape of death” and the agony he witnessed.
Israel’s “Pro-Gay” Occupation: An Interview With Dean Spade
Dean Spade talks about his new film on “pinkwashing,” a campaign by Israel to co-opt LGBT politics.
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The Anzac Message: Put Out More Flags, or Shut Up
John Pilger cites two unrecognized Australian heroes.
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Women of Color Leaders Call for a Change: End Barriers to Abortion Care
More people of color have health insurance under the ACA, but barriers to women's health remain.