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Human Rights
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Angelenos Take to the Streets for Ezell Ford, Omar Abrego and Ferguson Solidarity
While standing in solidarity with Ferguson and outraged over police killings of people of color, Los Angeles protesters express weariness over the continuous violations of their rights and fear …
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The Liberal Zionist Dilemma – An Analysis
You simply cannot adhere to the principle of universal civil and political rights and, at the same time, support a Zionist state.
Understanding the Ferguson Riots as a Symptom of Violence
In the aftermath of the shooting, mainstream media outlets and the Twitterverse alike have condemned the riots and looting that followed a vigil for Brown on Monday night.
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When You’re Transgender, Strangers Think It’s OK to Ask Intimate Questions – It’s Not
For the fantastic gains that transgender people have made in human rights and social acceptance, particularly in the last few years, we still have a very long way to …
Long a Force for Progress, a Freedom Summer Legend Looks Back
Georgia Congressman John Lewis talks about what changed, and didn't, because of the movement he helped to lead 50 years ago.
For the Betterment of the City
Despite California's historic drought, San Francisco's homeless will continue to be forced off Market Street with pressurized water.
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The Oscar Grant Effect: On Michael Brown and Institutional Racism in America
Who's shaping the “official” story?
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The AFL-CIO Should Be in Ferguson
Our biggest problems are political, not organizational.
“Unraveling”: Anti-Trafficking NGOs and the Garment Industry
The threads that tie anti-human trafficking organizations to the international garment trade finally give way.
Activist Mab Segrest Discusses Civil Rights, History of Structural Racism in the US
From police killings, to Stand Your Ground laws, to Medicaid refusal in majority-minority states, 50 years after Freedom Summer and the Civil Rights Act, activist Mab Segrest says structural …