Human Rights

Are we witnessing the death of democracy in the United States that Martin Luther King foretold?

ast night, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) urged the full First Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a ruling by a three-judge appellate panel dismissing CCR's First Amendment …

Bruce Dixon: The Supreme Court decision furthers institutional advantages of whites under the guise of colorblindness.

Few mainstream commentators argue that the War on Poverty did not go far enough, or that the economic devastation of inner cities and the industrial heartland have structural economic …

A group of lawyers and academics recently prepared for a dramatic expansion of the rules for when law enforcement is allowed to hack people's computers.

With massive growth and robust financing, with ever increasing budgets and resources, US Customs and Border Protection is reshaping the country - and the world.

By treating the needs of the people as holy, Jesus and his followers troubled religious and political elites conception of themselves.

Peaceful protest demands wages for labor, end to overcrowding and inhumane conditions, transformation of American justice system.

Chris Hedges: Chauvinism, violent retribution, a perverted Christianity and the celebration of a mythic Anglo-Saxon history will sever sections of the population from reality, enticing them into an American …

New guidelines make it tougher for asylum seekers to get their cases heard before judges.