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Human Rights
Treaty Obligations Are Not “Discretionary Spending:" Will Congress Abandon the Promises?
The term sequester has a haunting meaning for Native Americans who have endured a legacy of legislative disenfranchisement.
A Letter, A March, A Dream: 1963 Retold
Reverend Byron Williams makes the case that 1963 was the pivotal year for American culture, but has been overlooked.
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Audacity of Dope? Yes We Scan?
This president has become a tragic figure, more so every day with each new revelation of how far the surveillance state has been developed and implemented under his watch. …
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Audacity of Dope? Yes We Scan?
This president has become a tragic figure, more so every day with each new revelation of how far the surveillance state has been developed and implemented under his watch. …
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Chelsea Manning Reveals Gender Identity; Army Unlikely to Grant Hormone Therapy Request
Just a day after being sentenced to 35 years in jail, Chelsea (formerly known as Bradley) Manning requested hormone therapy to live as a woman, but a spokesman said …
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“Now They’re All Dead”: Threats of Assassination to Human Rights Advocates in Haiti
At this crucial moment, Defenders of the Oppressed is calling on Haitian civil society to stand together in a show of solidarity, and on its allies in Haiti and …
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Men Need to Raise their Voices and Support the Women who Have Accused San Diego’s Mayor Bob Filner
Over the past months, I have been shocked and dismayed to hear the revelations by the courageous women who continue to tell their stories of sexual harassment and abuse …
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Men Need to Raise their Voices and Support the Women who Have Accused San Diego’s Mayor Bob Filner
Over the past months, I have been shocked and dismayed to hear the revelations by the courageous women who continue to tell their stories of sexual harassment and abuse …
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Court Allows Groundbreaking Case Against Anti-Gay Religious Leader to Proceed
Today, in a first-of-its kind case brought by a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization against a prominent U.S. anti-gay extremist, a federal judge ruled that persecution on the basis of …
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Court Allows Groundbreaking Case Against Anti-Gay Religious Leader to Proceed
Today, in a first-of-its kind case brought by a Ugandan LGBTI advocacy organization against a prominent U.S. anti-gay extremist, a federal judge ruled that persecution on the basis of …