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Amazon Sued for Not Disclosing Collection of Customers’ Biometric Data
The plaintiff is requesting damages and an order requiring Amazon to comply with the law.
Democrats Introduce Housing Is a Human Right Act
The legislation provides more than $300 billion for affordable housing and reducing homelessness.
ACLU Sues US for Using Military-Grade Helicopters to Quell George Floyd Protests
In June of 2020, the National Guard deployed two military helicopters against protesters in D.C.
Honduran Activists Are Protesting “State of Emergency” That Suspends Civil Rights
Activists say the measure implemented as part of a “war on extortion” actually amounts to a criminalization of poverty.
Farmworkers Push Wendy’s, Kroger and Publix to Take Stance Against Forced Labor
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is pushing the companies to join the Fair Food Program, which deters forced labor.
This International Women’s Day, Iranian Feminists Are at the Front Lines
There is much that the global feminist movement can learn from the current women’s struggle in Iran and their vision.
International Women’s Day Has a Radical History Rooted in Socialism
The day has always represented a struggle for “the conditions in which people can thrive,” says Professor Nancy Krieger.
Eviction of 300-Person Encampment in California Shows Scorn for Right to Housing
The destruction of the camp that was home to over 300 unhoused people in Oakland laid bare the brutality of capitalism.
Jewish New Yorkers Rally at Schumer’s Home to End US Military Funding to Israel
Schumer visited Israel where he pledged the U.S. Senate's "fullest support" as the Netanyahu government faces backlash.
Palestinian Survivor Calls Israeli Settler Attack in Huwara “Ethnic Cleansing”
Israel's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, said Huwara needs to be “wiped out” and that the state should do it.
Human Rights Groups Condemn Settler Pogrom Against Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli settlers’ violent attacks Sunday constituted a “pogrom” sanctioned by the far right government, said B’Tselem.
Nablus Mourns Following Israeli Invasion That Tore City Apart and Killed 11
The invasion was part of an escalating pattern of extrajudicial assassinations of Palestinian resistance fighters.
Arkansas’s Anti-BDS Law Remains in Effect Because SCOTUS Refused to Review It
Politically motivated consumer boycotts have played a central role throughout U.S. history.