Human Rights

Immigration is a key issue in the US presidential election, with the Republican candidates trying to demonstrate their tough stance on undocumented immigrants. But under the Obama administration, the …

The entrance to Camp Delta at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, seen in June, 2010. (Photo: Richard Perry / The New York Times) Guantanamo Bay Navy Base, …

Trayvon Martin rally, Hollywood, California, March 24, 2012. (Photo: Greg Lilly Photos) A little over a month and a half after he first gunned down the Florida teenager Trayvon …

Eloy, Arizona. (Photo: Coc@) Two people were killed on Sunday night when "an unknown number of subjects in camouflage clothing armed with rifles" ambushed a truck carrying 20 to …

When is the last time you heard from a civilian victim of the CIA’s secret drone strikes? Sure, most of them can’t speak because they’re deceased. But many leave …

Privacy is eroding fast as technology offers government increasing ways to track and spy on citizens. The Washington Post reported there are 3,984 federal, state and local organizations working …

Jason Leopold, senior editor at TruthOut, joins Occupy The Media to share his findings from an investigative report he conducted about the Department of Homeland Security's surveillance of Occupy …

Phoenix — Perhaps no law in the past generation has drawn more praise than the drive to "end welfare as we know it," which joined the late-'90s economic boom …

2011 saw a record number of laws restricting abortion in U.S. states. It also saw a record number of state anti-immigrant laws. Coincidence? Maybe not. In 2011, U.S. states …

Camp Delta, where detainees on the war on terrorism are kept, at the U.S. Naval base in Guantanamo, October 9, 2003. (Photo: Angel Franco / The New York Times) …