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Human Rights
Khalid Jabara’s Family Speaks Out After His Murder by Racist White Neighbor
Police say Stanley Majors will be charged with first-degree murder.
Making Rights Work: A Review of “The Human Rights Enterprise”
This review looks at the real, on the ground ways that claims to human rights actually function to challenge power.
Women’s Boat to Gaza Prepares a New Challenge to Israel’s Blockade
Even the idea of the Women's Boat to Gaza gives Gazans hope that there are those who understand their plight.
Ten Times Worse Than Hell: A Syrian Doctor on the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Aleppo
In the latest escalation of the war in Syria, Russia has begun launching airstrikes from an Iranian air base.
Black Lives Matter Movement Resulted From Prosecutor Throwing George Zimmerman Case
This Black life, Trayvon Martin's, did not matter to George Zimmerman, nor law enforcement.
California’s War on the Homeless: From Streetside Attacks to Policies of Dehumanization
Attacks on the homeless are an extension of the state-sponsored violence against a “disposable population.”
Trump Vows Ideological Test for Immigrants and Return to McCarthy-Era Repression
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump invoked the Cold War in a speech he recently gave in Ohio.
Bringing Corporations to Justice With Ecuador’s UN Representative
For the first time ever, progress is being made at the United Nations for a binging legal instrument that would hold corporations accountable for human rights violations.
Crisis Engulfs Fox News as Roger Ailes Sexual Harrassment and Spying Scandal Grows
Further revelations about former Fox News chief Roger Ailes are surfacing.
“I Am a Revolutionary and an Optimistic,” Says Former Black Panther
Attica, over time, became one of the main destinations for activists linked to the Black Panthers and other revolutionary organizations.