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Life Near the Mexican Border
People in the southwest call this region the “constitution-free zone.”
Department of Homeland Security Finalizes Standards to End Sexual Violence in Immigration Detention Facilities
Today, the Department of Homeland Security issued its national standards to address sexual abuse in immigration detention facilities.
On International Women’s Day, Show Your Support for the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights in Massachusetts
Nannies and housekeepers are some of the lowest paid workers in the US, facing high rates of exploitation, poor working conditions, and harassment from employers.
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Sun Shines on Forest Women
The forest has always been their home and their source of sustenance. Now, these women are tapping the sun that shines through it.
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John Lewis’ Moving Graphic Novel Brings the Civil Rights Struggle to a New Generation
“March” tells the story of young African Americans who, like its author, rose up from the Jim Crow South to assert their human rights.
Oakland Privacy Group Oakland Citizens Fight Spy Center Vote by City Council
If Schneider Electric is approved, this would be the final vote before construction would continue on the DAC.
New Cases of Corporate Spying Bolster Troubling Trend: What Is Being Done About It?
Corporations and private intelligance firms are spying on whistleblowers, activists and journalists, but is anything being done to hold them to account?
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Supreme Court Denies Review of NSA Warrantless Surveillance Case
The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it would not hear Center for Constitutional Rights v. Obama, a lawsuit challenging the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance of people within the …
Ten Years After the Coup in Haiti, Democracy Is Still Under Siege
Ten years after the coup d'etat that ousted the democratically-elected government of Jean-Bertrand Aristide in Haiti, political persecution and repression continue.
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Intelligence Gathering and the Threat It Poses to Free Press
National Security's conflation of whistleblowing and terrorism, as evident in the latest Snowden revelations, is further evidence of danger to freedom of the press, says Julian Assange's lawyer.