Human Rights

Women in the United States are 11 times more likely to be murdered with a gun than women in other high-income countries.

With Congress gridlocked, activists around the country are successfully challenging the injustices inherent in US immigration policy and enforcement.

“The Surveillance Society (A Look Back),” by Tom Tomorrow

When the Bloomberg administration unveiled its teen pregnancy prevention campaign last March, it was met with immediate backlash. Critics called for officials to cancel the campaign and issue a …

In the course of writing her book, Dragnet Nation, ProPublica reporter Julia Angwin tried various strategies to protect her privacy. In this series of book excerpts she distills her …

As colleges across the country, from Harvard to University of Mississippi, continue to witness racism on campus, Amy Goodman looks at a new film that tackles the issue through …

The US immigration system, in particular the detention and deportation system, does not treat immigrants with humanity, dignity and respect.

This week, Sen. Dianne Feinstein gave a speech on the Senate floor that Sen. Patrick Leahy described as one of the most important he had ever witnessed.

At least 21 people have died in confrontations with Border Patrol agents, often out of sight of witnesses or fellow agents, in the past four years.

Davi Kopenawa and Bruce Albert's “The Falling Sky: Words of a Yanomami Shaman” is a monument to the authors' lifetime of friendship and collaboration and a searing testimony of …