Truthout
Human Rights
![Joe Biden does something with his mouth to imply that he's in thought, but not particularly deeply](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/2021_0719-biden-400x300.jpg)
If Biden Wants to “Stand With the Cuban People,” He Can Ease the Cruel Blockade
Every U.S. president since Dwight D. Eisenhower has maintained the blockade against Cuba. Will Joe Biden change that?
![INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence march](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/2021_0716-incite-protest-400x300.jpg)
To Abolish Prisons and Militarism, We Need Anti-Imperialist Abolition Feminism
Abolition begins with dismantling the heterosexist, racial and imperial framework of the military and prison industries.
![Palestinian women hold placards as they gather for a demonstration in support of Palestinian woman prisoners in Israeli jails in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross building in Gaza City, Gaza, on November 6, 2019.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0715-palestinian-women-protest-400x300.jpg)
Palestinian Feminists Are Resisting Colonization by Fighting Sexual Violence
Sexualized violence invoked in service of the Israeli state furthers settler-colonialism through domination and control.
![Jodie Foster and Tahar Rahim in The Mauritanian.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/2021_0715-the-mauritanian-400x300.jpg)
Guantánamo Memoir Film Skewers George W. Bush, But Exonerates Barack Obama
“The Mauritanian” fails to examine Obama's or Biden’s complicity in the continuing scandal of Guantánamo.
![Thousands in Cuba Protest Amid Deep Economic Crisis and Ongoing US Blockade](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/SEG1-Cuba-Protests-1-400x300.jpg)
Thousands in Cuba Protest Amid Deep Economic Crisis and Ongoing US Blockade
The biggest protests Cuba has seen in decades come as people face shortages of medicine, food, and other resources.
![Former Guantánamo detainee Ravil Mingazov](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/2021_0713-guantanamo-Ravil-Mingazov--400x300.jpg)
Russian Guantánamo Prisoner Released to UAE at Risk of Torture Upon Repatriation
The Biden administration must take action to remedy almost two decades of torture and indefinite arbitrary detention.
![Palestinian children release balloons as a message to the international community calling for the reconstruction of Gaza, end of siege, a safe and dignified life in the Gaza Strip on July 7, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/07/2021_0709-palestinian-children-gaza-400x300.jpg)
The US Government Wants Palestine to Fade From View. Don’t Let It.
The U.S. is perfectly happy to let its role in underwriting the daily violence of Israeli occupation go unnoticed.
![Social activists, including a coalition of homeless-serving organizations, homeless residents and supporters rally at the start of a 24-hour vigil to block a planned shutdown of a homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake in Los Angeles, California, on March 24, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1231908424-400x300.jpg)
As COVID Recedes in US, Housing Activists Demand More Than a Return to Shelters
Activists are pushing to create more permanent supportive housing in place of congregate facilities.
![Protesters rally to stop housing evictions during the pandemic in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 8, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/GettyImages-1320002609-400x300.jpg)
Local Eviction Moratoriums Aren’t Enough to Avert Housing Crisis, Say Activists
Blanket rent cancellation makes far more sense than the Byzantine programs currently in place, activists say.
![A man holds a Cuban flag during a protest calling for the end of the U.S. blockade against Cuba in Cienfuegos province, Cuba, on May 30, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/2021_0624-cuba-embargo-400x300.jpg)
Only US and Israel Vote Against Resolution Demanding End to Blockade of Cuba
This year, as the embargo has impacted Cuba's ability to combat COVID, 184 nations voted in favor of the resolution.