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Human Rights
Will Canada Recognize Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Poor Countries?
It's not clear whether the rights of Indigenous people harmed by Canadian mining companies will be included.
Occupied Canada: Indigenous and Black Lives Matter Activists Unite to Protest Violence and Neglect
Last month, First Nations people occupied the offices of Canada's Indigenous affairs department.
Tortured, Killed and Driven to Suicide: Whistleblower Exposes Abuse in Florida Prison
The Dade Correctional Institution in Florida has subjected prisoners to vicious beatings, scalding showers and severe food deprivation.
Cynthia Dewi Oka: A Conversation With My Six-Year-Old About Revolution
Cynthia Dewi Oka reads a poem.
Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald Probe Secret US Drone Wars in New Book
Documents undermine government claims that drone strikes have been precise.
Is Donald Trump’s Rhetoric Reigniting Anti-Immigrant Legislation in Arizona?
National campaigns are affecting state politics in Arizona.
Tamir Rice’s Family Gets $6 Million Settlement for Police Killing of 12-Year-Old
Black Lives Matter activists will now focus on calling for the officers to be fired.
“This Is Not a Bathroom Bill, This Is a Hate Bill”: Rev. William Barber on North Carolina’s HB2
Civil rights activists are planning to conduct a mass sit-in next Monday.
We Stand With Palestine in the Spirit of “Sumud”: The US Prisoner, Labor and Academic Solidarity Delegation to Palestine
We demand freedom for the 7,000 Palestinian political prisoners currently held in Israeli jails and all those fighting for justice everywhere.
“She’s Baldly Lying”: Human Rights Expert on Hillary Clinton’s Defense of Her Role in Honduras Coup
“She's baldly lying when she says we never called it a coup.”