Human Rights

While Greenwald's piece taunts Obama supporters for their gymnastics in defending him over failing to close Gitmo, it turns out they don't even want to close Gitmo in the …

A little-known, 41-year-old U.S. law has erected an enduring barrier to comprehensive post-rape care for women.

Conditions in US prisons are far worse than those depicted in the Netflix hit, “Orange Is the New Black” - even rising to the definition of “torture” in many …

Dick Cheney, instead of being indicted as a war criminal, sneeringly claims to anyone who asks him that “enhanced interrogations” have been and still are absolutely necessary to keep …

Desmond Tutu urged divestment from certain companies that contribute to the occupation of the Palestinian people.

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The countryu2019s rage over the astronomical amount of money that is being pocketed by corporations has inspired thousands to organize themselves in the streets.

Not only have the Executive and Legislative branches been corrupted by establishing, funding, hiding and promoting unconstitutional surveillance programs for over 12 years, but the Judicial branch has been …

For the war on terror, the driver for the tattering of the Bill of Rights, there is no end in sight.

Truthout interviews Rebecca Solnit about the sense of male entitlement that leads to attacks on and the killing of women.