Human Rights

Shortly after the 15 April 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in …

One day after the exiled former Black Panther Assata Shakur became the first woman named to the FBIu2019s Most Wanted Terrorists list, weu2019re joined by another legendary African-American activist, …

The hollow symbolism of America's first black president is no replacement for real substance.

ANDALUSIA KNOLL, PRODUCER, TRNN: On his first visit to Latin America since he started his second term, President Obama met with new Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to discuss …

An attorney who represented prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay was found dead last week in what sources said was a suicide.

Stephen F. Rodhe: Today is Law Day, and Obama has issued a lofty Proclamation, full of sound and formality, signifying nothing.

Here's a look back at the work of this remarkable activist who is still engaged in the struggle for human emancipation.

Tlazocamati huel miac – thank you to members of the Ella Baker/Septima Clark Human Rights Award Committee, American Educational Research Association, Division B, for 2013. I first want to …

If witnesses to the 1980s massacres are forced to re-testify, they'll face risk and strain beyond what they've already overcome in order to speak out.

The Senate's Immigration proposal is titled: Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernity Act. While being touted by the “gang of 8” senators and the media as a compromise, …