Human Rights

The gun lobby has come under the spotlight for its role in the so-called “Stand Your Ground” or “Shoot First” law that may protect the man who shot and …

The endless war on terror in South Asia - with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, the United States, Great Britain, Russia, India, France, Germany, Spain, all players - must seem …

Noted journalist, author, documentary photographer, and long-time labor organizer David Bacon was Thorne Dreyer's guest on Rag Radio, Friday, March 16, 2012, on Austin community radio station KOOP-FM and …

Washington - The “Stand Your Ground” laws in Florida and other states should all be repealed. At best, they are redundant. At worst, as in the Trayvon Martin killing, …

I hate liberalism's language of “choice.” I always have. Redolent of the marketplace, it reduces the most intimate aspects of existence, of women's physical autonomy, to individualistic purchasing preferences. …

The United States military has decided that no service members will face disciplinary charges for their involvement in a NATO airstrike in November that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, an …

A makeshift memorial for Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old who was shot to death by a neighborhood watchman last month, near the gated community where Martin was killed in Sanford, …

The Obamacare battle that will come before the Supreme Court in the longest hearings in nearly a half-century is a proxy fight between the seemingly irreconcilable differences in American …

After the end of World War II, a group of nations in the north Atlantic established NATO to impede Russian influence over the reconstruction of Europe and to facilitate …

There's a long tradition of pop culture fans banding together to raise money for or take action on good causes, whether it's the Browncoats, fans of Joss Whedon's Firefly …