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Human Rights
British Court Trusts US to Protect Assange Even Though CIA Plotted to Kill Him
The U.K. High Court accepted U.S. “assurances” of humane treatment if Julian Assange is extradited.
Press Freedoms Threatened as British Court Rules Assange Can Be Extradited to US
The Biden administration has thus far ignored pressure from human rights groups to drop the charges.
Black and Palestinian Unity Is Powerful. Jamaal Bowman Should Support BDS.
If Bowman truly wants to uphold progressive values, he should follow the lead of the Black liberation movement.
Moderna Refuses to Share Vaccine Recipe With Africa as Omicron Rises
Moderna projects $18 billion in sales as a handful of countries block an international patent waiver for vaccines.
Disability Advocates Give Tepid Welcome to Build Back Better’s Home Care Funding
The investment is half of what was originally promised and is unlikely to address long waiting lists and low wages.
Not Everyone Is Feasting. Food Insecurity Is Much Higher Than Before COVID.
This is a crisis — magnified by the pandemic — not of food-production failures but of skyrocketing inequality.
UN Human Rights Envoy Slams Racist Voter Suppression in US
A UN expert said the U.S. “stands out among Western democracies for its incomplete patchwork of human rights.”
Apocalypse Normal
We can decide that we won’t live and die on these terms.
Millions of Afghans Face Starvation as US and the West Freeze Government Funds
Afghanistan fell into an economic crisis after Western countries froze all its funds following the Taliban takeover.
Absent Any Proof, Israel Designates Palestinian Rights Groups “Terrorist”
The “terrorist” designations are aimed at depriving human rights groups of funding.