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Human Rights
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Right to a Lawyer Can Be an Empty Promise for the Poor
The United States ranks 66th out of 98 countries in access to and affordability of civil legal services.
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National Intelligence Memorandum Outlines Steps Taken to Deter Classified Leaks to Media
A secrecy expert says stricter polygraph procedures will impoverish understanding of intelligence matters.
John Brennan’s Heavy Baggage
John Brennan's past may not be so easily forgotten in a world looking for accountability.
Rally Against Deportations in Phoenix
Protest organized by families broken by immigration deportations.
Interview: Waging the Fight for Migrant Justice From Under a Border Patrol Truck
Raul Ochoa tells Truthout why he threw himself under a Border Patrol truck to stop an arrest.
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If Women Were in Charge
While women have made great strides across the globe and right here in the United States, there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done.
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Is America “a Racist Country?”
“America is a racist country,” Mychal Denzel Smith wrote earlier this month in an articleat the Nation. Smith called on whites to acknowledge racism's pervasiveness and eliminate it. I …
Dancing the World into Being
Naomi Klein speaks with artist, and indigenous academic Leanne Betasamosake Simpson about u201cextractivism.u201d
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Guantanamo Hunger Strike “Potentially Life-Threatening,” Attorneys Allege in Letter to Prison Officials
The prisoners, many of whom have been cleared for release, refused food when guards started to seize their personal items, such as books, family photos, letters and legal mail.
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More to Fear Than Fear Itself: The War on Terror’s War on Human Rights
The US should head the UN human rights rapporteur's demand to release information about CIA programs under Bush.