Truthout
Human Rights
|
Wahoo! It’s Indian Summer
It's beyond odd that Indians fans are having this debate in 2014. And getting emotional about whether or not the Chief Wahoo logo is or is not offensive.
|
The Michigan Defeat; the Michigan Victory – Keeping the Issue of Palestine Alive on Campus
Whether the Boycott, Divest, Sanctions (BDS) movements on campuses are successful, they are raising awareness.
Solidarity Economics, a Forgotten Practice of the Black Radical Tradition: An Interview With Jessica Gordon Nembhard
Economist and author Jessica Gordon Nembhard talks to Laura Flanders about her book, Collective Courage, and the forgotten history of African-American cooperatives.
|
Stoking Fire: A Global Look at the Right’s Anti-Gay Rhetoric
Globalizing Homophobia: How the American Right Supports and Defends Russia's Anti-Gay Crackdown, a report produced by People for the American Way (PFAW), charts the growth of this movement and …
Ladydrawers: Thin Line Between Garment and Sex “Trades“
Anne Elizabeth Moore visits an NGO in Cambodia that aims to offer women in the sex industry “fair trade” employment opportunities.
Bill Defunding Universities With Ties To Israel Boycotters Dies In Committee: Watered Down Condemnation Appears In Maryland State Budget Bill
As the Maryland General Assembly completed its work on the state budget bill, legislators inserted language that weakly condemns the American Studies Association (ASA) decision to boycott Israeli academic …
Immigrant Advocates and Families Tell President Obama “Not One More”
A group of families and activists fight to reunite Jaime Vasquez and Ardani Rosales with their families.
Twenty Years Later, Rwanda Commemorates Genocide the World Ignored
Rwanda is holding commemorations for the 20th anniversary of the genocide in which 800,000 people were killed.
Marge Piercy Speaks Out About Her Illegal Abortion and Importance of Abortion Rights
Poet, novelist, social activist, and important figure in the women's liberation movement, Marge Piercy records a moving account of her own illegal abortion, and speaks to the importance of …
Judge Throws Out Murder Charge in Mississippi Fetal Harm Case
The ruling means that the woman whose drug use had her facing a possible life term can at most be charged with manslaughter in the death of her stillborn …