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Human Rights
Arizona Is Extracting Steep Concessions to Thwart Navajo Nation’s Water Rights
When handed tribes’ water claims, Arizona has responded by creating cumbersome hurdles that don’t exist in other states.
Right-Wingers Push Death Penalty Reinstatement Bills as Part of Hardline Agenda
The same forces that are attacking abortion, trans health care and racial justice are also pushing for more executions.
Institutions Often Treat Disability and Mental Health Not With Care But Violence
The abolition struggle must confront how institutions that constrain people with disabilities inflict carceral violence.
As Food Aid to Gaza Is Cut, Palestinians Demand Freedom Instead of Charity
Cuts made to Palestinian food aid by the United Nations have lent even greater urgency to our liberation struggle.
Human Rights Defenders Slam Israel’s Planned West Bank Settlement Expansion
Netanyahu's government reportedly informed the U.S. of plans to build thousands of new Jewish-only settler homes.
Autistic Youth and Those With Mental Health Conditions Target of Anti-Trans Laws
Withholding hormone therapy based on the presence of depression, anxiety or suicidality may cause harm, experts say.
Europe’s War Against Refugees Is Fueling the Far Right’s Ascension
The international guaranteed rights of refugees are eroding on both sides of the Atlantic.
PayPal Upholds Its Discriminatory Ban on Palestinians Amid Pressure Campaign
Israeli settlers in the West Bank have access to PayPal, but their Palestinian neighbors are barred from the service.
The US Continues to Try to Suppress Details About Its Torture Programs
It’s time to end the ongoing “war on terror,” expose it for what it is, and make sure it never happens again.
Far Right Violence Surges in US and India
In India, Hindu supremacist dogma has increasingly been enforced through violent means.