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Human Rights
As Video Captures Officers’ Fatal Shootings of Unarmed Men, Knowing Your Rights to Film the Police
As video proves decisive in holding police accountable for abuses nationwide, we are joined by Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst with the Speech, Privacy and Technology Project at the …
Father of One of the Missing Mexican 43 on How Drug War Aid “Being Used to Annihilate Students”
Mexican authorities have declared the 43 students dead.
TSA’s Airport “Behavior Detection Program” Found to Target Undocumented Immigrants, Not Terrorists
The Intercept found that 90 percent of all those arrested were detained for being in the country illegally.
Mexican Migrant Children Forgotten at the Border
Mexican children rarely get an opportunity to tell their story before an immigration judge.
George Takei: LGBT Protections Still Needed Despite Amended Indiana, Arkansas Religious Freedom Laws
Both Indiana and Arkansas have passed fixes to their laws.
Indiana Scrambles to Contain Growing Corporate, Public Outcry Over Anti-LGBT “Religious Freedom” Law
A number of states and cities have also taken action, banning officials from traveling to Indiana.
The Palestinian Arab Citizens of Israel: Pointing the Way Forward
That the Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel have fought for their rights for 67 years and continue to advance in their struggle gives me hope.
New Report Provides Data on Marijuana Arrests and Charges in Colorado After Legalization
Marijuana possession charges decrease.
Israel’s Blatant Flouting of International Law Requires Presidential Response
President Obama has a constitutional duty to enforce the law.
Private Prisons for Immigrant Families Grow, Despite Court Ruling Against “Detention as Deterrence”
The Obama administration continues to expand its controversial practice of detaining mothers and their children despite a judge's order.