Human Rights

Exposing the unofficial intentions of the US war on drugs in Latin America and its deadly impact.

The Obama administration has closed the books on prosecutions of those who violated our laws by authorizing and conducting the torture and abuse of prisoners in U.S. custody.

Juvenile justice is transforming throughout America. Though there is a long road ahead to reform these systems into effective, rehabilitative programs that no longer make children worse, there is …

While art, history and culture may be some of the connections that link New Orleans and Haiti, the two are also connected by disaster, both natural and political.

In a case that, under the Voting Rights Act, hinges partly on whether the voter ID law was motivated by discriminatory intent, the lawu2019s chief architect, state Rep. Alan …

In about 30 years, whites will no longer make up the majority of the American population.

Given their highly secretive nature, few people within - or outside - activist circles know what it means to be called to a grand jury and what it takes …

Civil Rights Leaders Denounce Egregious Racial Disparities in Marijuana Law Enforcement at the Historic Five Points Intersection in East Denver

The Ku Klux Klan (the name derives from the Greek word Kuklos meaning circle with a modification of the word clan added), an American terrorist organization, was founded in …

A perfect alignment of advantageous factors enabled opponents of capital punishment to place its abolition on the ballot for the first time in California.