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Oscar López Rivera Speaks Out on Newfound Freedom, Becoming Politicized and Decolonizing Puerto Rico
On May 17, Lopez Rivera was released from prison.
Private Mercenary Firm TigerSwan Targeted NoDAPL Water Protectors With Military-Style Counterterrorism Measures
TigerSwan collaborated with law enforcement agencies to surveil and target the nonviolent movement.
Ari Berman on the Attack on Voting Rights
Iowa Republicans are pushing a strict voter ID law that could disenfranchise 11 percent of the state's eligible voters.
Empire Files: Buying a Slave — the Hidden World of US-Philippines Trafficking
In the United States, tens of thousands are trafficked annually — the biggest clients being major hotel chains and foreign diplomats.
Jeremy Scahill on Trump’s Embrace of Duterte’s Deadly War on Drugs in the Philippines
President Rodrigo Duterte has suggested he might impose martial law across the country, after declaring it this week in his native island of Mindanao.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.