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Respect ABQ Women Campaign Applauds Voters for Rejecting the Abortion Ban Ballot Measure
The Respect ABQ Women campaign declared Albuquerque votersu2019 sound rejection of the anti-abortion ballot measure a huge victory for Albuquerque women and families.
An International Campaign to Reform Burma’s Constitution Currently Banning Women and Aung San Suu Kyi From Running for President
Vancouver-based investigative journalist Alan Clements recently returned to Burma (aka Myanmar) to document a country unravelling from decades of totalitarian tyranny.
Border Patrol International: “The American Homeland Is the Planet“
If Congress finally passes a new multi-billion dollar border-policing package, its effects will be felt not only along US borders, but also at the edges of its empire.
NLRB prosecutes Walmart
The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel is issuing a decision today to prosecute Walmart for its widespread violations of its workersu2019 rights.
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Germany Says No to Weaponized Drones
Germany has now said nein, nein, and hell nein to killer flying robots.
Israeli Exceptionalism at the United Nations
Israeli officials mistakenly dismiss criticism as the product of an u2018anti-Israel bias.u2019 But when a state agrees to uphold certain universal human rights and then fails to do so …
Haven’t We Done Enough to Efraín Ríos Montt?
Isn't it enough that this man has been dragged through the mud and made to sit through weeks of testimony and hear the tedious details of sadistic group killing?
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It’s Not a Family and Those Aren’t Jewels
Prados' book recounts various CIA abuses from the 1970s through today, with chapters on domestic surveillance, detention and interrogation, and assassination.
27 International NGOs Cite Urgent Human Rights Violations at Murum Dam
Over 25 international organizations voice outcry over treatment of Penan protestors.
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Americans’ Personal Data Shared With CIA, IRS, Others in Security Probe
US agencies collected and shared the personal information of thousands of Americans in an attempt to root out untrustworthy federal workers that ended up scrutinizing people who had no …