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Human Rights
A Multiracial and Multigenerational Movement Is Coming Together in Arizona
We deserve more than the mistreatment Arizona has given us, and this year will be the start of us getting it.
Standing Rock Protectors Strip-Searched, Jailed for Days on Minor Charges
Roughly 140 people have been arrested.
Turn Up the Heat on Fairness: American Garment Workers Deserve Better
Most garment workers are skilled, hardworking immigrants.
To African-American Artists of a Certain Status: Where Is Your Voice?
Now is the time for all artists, especially African American Artists of a Certain Status, to show up, stand up and speak up forcefully.
Shaheed: Children Prepare for Early Death in a Palestinian Refugee Camp
They await their turn to be the shaheed.
Solitary = Torture
Solitary is torture.
The World We Want: An Activist Dispatch From the SOA Watch Convergence
The human rights crisis worsens at the US-Mexico border, and US mainstream politics offer little hope for refugees and migrants.
Haitian-American Novelist Predicts “Ongoing Disaster” in Impoverished Haiti After Hurricane Matthew
Aid organizations are warning that food and water is scarce.
Is Indigenous People’s Day the Answer?
The United States promotes a culture of historical erasure by highlighting the legacy of Christopher Columbus.
Henry A. Giroux on “War Culture” and the Undermining of Democracy
We need broad-based social movements to stop the US from tipping over into authoritarianism.