Human Rights

Drones are now being used on US soil by the FBI, Secret Service, Texas Rangers and some local police forces.

“Going to the United States is my dream, and I'll do it even if I die in the attempt.”

In “Mass Incarceration on Trial,” Jonathan Simon argues that a 2011 Supreme Court decision that will improve overcrowded conditions and neglect in California prisons may also have a positive …

The story of Mike Brown’s life and death is not unique. Stories of violence enacted by police, directed at and experienced by Black folks abound.

Will the killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown play a similar catalytic role in sparking action for racial justice that Emmet Till's murder, and the acquittal of his killers, did …

Ferguson, like many municipalities across the US, has experienced a dramatic shift in its racial composition.

With each of our dead, we mourn the loss of a piece of ourselves and with each of our raped we mourn the loss of a piece of our …

Ethiopia's ruling regime follows a nationwide policy of violent suppression and constitutional vandalism.

A UN Committee has published a scathing denunciation of US failures to honor its treaty commitments to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.

None of the ten signatories, all victims of CIA rendition, have been officially acknowledged by the US government.