Interview | Human Rights Journalist Desmond Cole on How the Toronto Star Tried to Silence His Activism for Black Liberation Cole has long criticized the controversial police practice of carding — stopping, interrogating and collecting data on individuals without probable cause. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 25, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights As Last Confederate Statue Is Removed in New Orleans, Will School Names and Street Signs Follow? New Orleans has removed the last of four Confederate statues in recent weeks. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 23, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Probe US Border Patrol Over Killing of Mexican Father Christian Ramirez discusses developments in the case of Anastasio Hernu00e1ndez Rojas's death. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 17, 2017 Truthout
Op-Ed | Human Rights Homeland Insecurity: Jews and Muslims United Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault WOM's journey will be launched in June 2017 in New York City. By Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond , Speakout May 17, 2017 Truthout
Human Rights The Long Ride Home: Get on the Bus and Incarcerated Families The Get On The Bus program offers support and free transportation services to families affected by the criminal justice system. By Sabine Blaizin , MakingContact May 14, 2017 Truthout
News Analysis | Human Rights Whither the Wages of Whiteness? How Trump’s Path to the White House Was Paved by Neoliberal Economics Based on Trump's rhetoric and the policies, his agenda may be better understood as an attempt to make “whiteness great again.” By Salvador Rangel , Speakout May 9, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights French Voters Face Presidential Election Between Far-Right, Openly Racist Candidate and Centrist Investment Banker Yasser Louati, a French human rights and civil liberties activist and researcher, discusses the difficulties of the French election. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 5, 2017 Truthout
News | Human Rights Jeff Sessions’ Department of Injustice Prejudice and bias appear to be the guiding principles of the “Justice Department” under Sessions and Trump. By Marjorie Cohn , Truthout May 4, 2017 Truthout
Interview | Human Rights Marissa Alexander, Jailed for Three Years, Speaks Out on Intimate Partner Violence and Building Movements Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot at her abusive husband in 2010. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 4, 2017 Truthout
News | Human Rights Florida Lawmakers Apologize to Family of “Groveland Four,” Black Men Falsely Accused of Rape in 1949 Before going to trial, one of the four men was hunted down and murdered by a mob led by the local sheriff. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! May 4, 2017 Truthout