Human Rights

Eugene Robinson looks at the Paula Deens scandal and the slippery slope of that nostalgic longing for the good old days of the antebellum south.

Todd Gitlin analyzes the future of surveillance in this country and its affect on American citizens.

In a major blow for voting rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has invalidated an integral part of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, the crowning achievement of the 1960s …

This one looks at yet another revelation that the federal government doesn't operate with the kind of oversight and accountability rules everyone else has to play by.

We should not fear some Orwellian future state where we're subjected to total electronic scrutiny - it's our present reality.

The activism in Texas shows that it's time to abandon the notion that progressivism is a coastal phenomenon.

Last week, for the first time ever, an international body asked questions about the Vatican's handling of widespread and systemic rape and sexual violence. Last Wednesday, survivors of rape …

A few days ago, the media reported that a mother was found dead in the hot, scorching desert, purportedly while attempting to cross into the United States. Underneath her …

As the US government continues to pursue whistleblower Edward Snowden, many Americans are pouring out support for asylum.