Human Rights

In an extraordinary article in Tuesday’s New York Times, “Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will,” authors Jo Becker and Scott Shane throw macabre light …

The tragic history of cultural cleansing in Southern Italy.

The most determined abortion opponents will say or do almost anything in the service of their cause: Distortion, deception, manipulation, intimidation, even murder.

The US appeals court in Boston became the first such court to strike down as unconstitutional the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

Reproductive healthcare providers remain the target of violence amid a wave of new legislation curtailing access to safe abortions.

Alberto was in Nogales, Sonora, now, and home was about as far away as a place could be for Alberto that night, his first after being deported

Honduras has belatedly appeared on the radar of the U.S. media over the past couple of weeks. A joint U.S.-Honduras drug raid on Friday, May 11, reportedly killed civilians—including …

The long-term unemployment, the collapse of housing prices, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the draconian cuts in social spending have created a climate in which the vulnerable, …

Hesham opened the envelope at the bar, expecting a green card. Instead it was a subpoena from the FBI, which would force him to testify—against his brother.

President Obama's bold endorsement of same-sex marriage should be only the first of his key acts in behalf of gay Americans. It's now past time for him to redeem …