Human Rights

Less inspiring, and really troubling, is the lack of any similarly effective movement to protect basic human and political rights for people of color.

Access to basic rights, such as healthcare, education, sanitation and decent work remain a daily struggle for many.

Hip-hop globally takes the role of the media source of marginalized communities and the soundtrack of revolution.

A presidential task force outlines steps to bridge the divide between police and communities of color.

Corrie Westing examines the case of Purvi Patel, who was given a prison sentence for “feticide.”

Mexican authorities have declared the 43 students dead.

Unpaid bills are just a pretext to turn the city into a playground for the wealthy.

A human rights attorney looks back at his nearly three decades going after Chicago's notorious torturer of African-American men.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1967 speech still challenges us to overcome racism, militarism and extreme materialism.

The Intercept found that 90 percent of all those arrested were detained for being in the country illegally.