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Human Rights
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Voting Rights Law Draws Skepticism From Justices
A central provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 may be in peril.
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Will the US Continue to Obstruct Justice for Duvalier’s Victims in Haiti?
The international community - including the US - must stand on the side of justice and the Haitian people.
Kazakhstan, a Human Rights Disaster, Hosts Iran Talks
Allen Ruff: Kazakhstan's brutal repression of workers and opposition ignored as it tries to play broker in the stand off between the US and Iran.
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Christopher Dorner and the LAPD: America’s Native Sons
This evening I want to talk about Bigger Thomas. I'm teaching a course this semester entitled “Race and Existence,” in which I include the work of the ingenious African …
Torture at Guantanamo: Lt. Col. Stuart Couch on His Refusal to Prosecute Abused Prisoner
‘We might very well have a significant problem with the body of evidence that we were able to present as to his guilt,’ said Couch.
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TSA Now Traumatizing Disabled Toddlers in Strollers
Earlier this month, TSA officials at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport detained 3-year-old Lucy, on her way to a family vacation in Disney World.
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Efforts to Provide HIV-AIDS and Other Health Services to Migrants Face Major Obstacles
Since 2007, HIV and AIDS rates have gone up throughout rural Mexican states.
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In Oakland, Mercado Chain Workers Protest Alleged Sexual Harassment, Firings
Laura Robledo lost her job when she complained she'd been sexually harassed by a coworker.
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The Failure of Multiculturalism and the Necessity of Democracy
Social practices that best deliver multiculturalism are those that at the same time may be regarded as enactments of democratic enfranchisement, the very thing that should inform the heart …
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Supporting Derechos Humanos: A Humanizing Campaign
For several thousand years, Arizona was a great place to live. Then Gov. Brewer became governor... joining Sheriff Joe Arpaio as the undisputed rulers of this now, godforsaken desert... …