Human Rights

States have the authority to defy federal NSA surveillance policy, based on anticommandeering doctrine, and are being urged to do so by the civil liberties community.

On November 19, people in the city of Albuquerque will vote on whether to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The very fact that a fundamental right of …

Johnson is an obscure figure to the general public, but his likely confirmation does not bode well for human rights, or your civil liberties.

Why are working mothers scrambling to figure out how to bend ourselves into the right shape to fit into a business culture that is inherently flawed?

The majority of Americans support the law, the Senate passed it, and President Obama will sign the bill u2014 if it ever reaches his desk.

In this Truthout interview, Rania and I discuss the culture of privilege in Israel and the sometimes violent lengths some Israelis go to in order to maintain that privilege …

Retired military officers, UN special rapporteurs, survivors of human rights violations, and scholars urge court to allow Abu Ghraib contractor case to go forward.

Suppressing racist truths, while venerating Australia's servile role in the colonial wars of Britain and the United States, has almost cult status in Canberra today.

Last year, we wrote extensively about photo ID laws and the Supreme Court's decision to strike a key section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Now, with gubernatorial …

To the typical American woman in her twenties, we are practically men. To the typical male soldier, we are practically girls. As a result, we find ourselves unable to …