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Human Rights
Holding the Line on Torture One Organization at a Time
A recent American Psychological Association decision sets an encouraging example in the fight against torture.
In New Jersey, Undocumented Immigrants Begin Campaign for Driver’s Licenses
Regardless of their legal status, immigrants don’t have to depend on politicians to save them.
US Funding of Ugandan Military Aids in Citizens’ Repression
President Museveni received $444 million last year alone despite a clear record of human rights violations.
The Role of Christians in the Struggle for Justice in Palestine
Sami Awad of the Holy Land Trust discusses the role of Christian theology and nonviolence in the Palestinian struggle.
In Chicago Shelters, Immigrant Children Contemplate Escape, Even Suicide
Internal documents reveal despair and tedium in one of the nation’s largest shelter networks for unaccompanied minors.
Modi’s Attack on Left-Leaning Intellectuals Threatens India’s Democracy
The Modi regime, since its ascendance, has worked to polarize India along fault lines of religion, caste and creed.
Equality and Territory: The Common Struggle of Indigenous Women in the Andes
If Indigenous territory is encroached upon, their very existence is jeopardized.
How Progressives Can End the Era of Mediocre White Men in Power
Author and activist Kevin Powell examines the willful ignorance and celebrity culture that brought us President Trump.
First Nations Celebrate Win Against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Here’s how indigenous leaders pulled together a grassroots movement to resist the pipeline expansion.
#MeToo Campaign for Sudanese Teen Highlights the Need to End Western Saviorism
The flash-in-the-pan activism of Noura’s case raises questions about #MeToo and women in the Global South.