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Human Rights
For Real Safety in US and Palestine, We Must Fight White Supremacy
U.S. police and Israeli police conduct joint trainings, then use brutal tactics to control people of color.
Canadian Inquiry Calls the Murder and Disappearance of Indigenous Women Genocide
The inquiry follows decades of anger as Indigenous communities have called for greater attention to the crisis.
#MeToo in Indian Country: “We Don’t Talk About This Enough”
Native women experience rampant sexual harassment, and often have few options for redress.
US History Is Defined by the Use of Torture
Torture has been used by the United States since its inception to control people and suppress uprisings.
UN Special Rapporteur Calls for Julian Assange to Be Freed
The special rapporteur is warning that WikiLeaks founder Assange is suffering the effects of “psychological torture."
Child Migrants Around the World Are Being Denied Their Human Rights
The US is the only nation not to have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Alabama Doesn’t Value Its Own Residents’ “Sanctity of Life”
The state has adopted a raft of cruel policies calculated to make life tougher and shorter for its residents.
ICE Uses Solitary Confinement to Punish Marginalized Asylum Seekers
Immigration officers use isolation cells to punish gay, transgender and disabled immigrants for their identities.
Saudi Feminist Loujain al-Hathloul Was Waterboarded, Flogged and Electrocuted
Al-Hathloul's siblings discuss the government's abuse of their sister and other activists.
Head of Program Profiling Muslims in Chicago Steps Down Amid Pressure
Recent iterations of the program have rebranded, using progressive-sounding frames to obscure their true intent.