Human Rights

We live at the tipping points. Will we decide to fulfill or betray the mission history has put before us?

An update on Truthout's four-part investigative series on the Chicago Police Department and the Independent Police Review Authority.

The New York City Housing Authority says it's made major progress responding to residents' requests for repairs. Residents tell a different story.

Laws protecting religious exclusion expose the current crisis of democracy.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, if spared, will live a long life in the federal penal system.

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.”