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Human Rights

Decision Is Good News for Assange But Sets Grave Precedent for Other Journalists

Julian Assange’s extradition was blocked not due to press freedom, but rather concern over prison conditions.
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Amy Goodman,
Democracy Now!
January 4, 2021
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East Oakland Burrito Roll focuses its efforts on providing food to unsheltered communities in East Oakland, California, which, along with the entire Bay Area, has seen a sharp increase in homelessness in the last few years.
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Human Rights

As Stimulus Falls Short, Mutual Aid Organizers Work to Meet People’s Needs

A broad movement of grassroots organizations are tending to their community’s well-being as COVID-19 surges nationwide.
by
Robert R. Raymond,
Truthout
January 2, 2021
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Donald Trump as inkblot silhouette giving pardons with United Nations logo looming behind
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Human Rights

UN Experts: Trump Violated International Law in Pardoning Blackwater Mercenaries

The choice to pardon the military contractors convicted of murder and manslaughter may violate the Geneva Conventions.
by
Chris Walker,
Truthout
December 30, 2020
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Donald Trump arrives on the South Lawn of the White House, on December 12, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
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Human Rights

Trump Administration Pushes Rules Facilitating Religious Discrimination at Work

The Biden administration might not be able to roll back some of these rules for at least a couple years.
by
Lydia DePillis,
ProPublica
December 26, 2020
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Signs are seen during a protest to cancel rent and avoid evictions in front of the court house amid Coronavirus pandemic on August 21, 2020, in Los Angeles, California.
News
Human Rights

Housing Justice Advocates Call on CDC to Extend Federal Eviction Moratorium

The federal eviction moratorium is set to expire at year’s end amid a surging pandemic and plunging temperatures.
by
Kenny Stancil,
Common Dreams
December 26, 2020
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Donald Trump golfs
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Human Rights

Trump Pardons Blackwater Guards Jailed for War Crimes Against Iraqi Civilians

The White House described the former Blackwater mercenaries as veterans with “a long history of service to the nation.”
by
Jake Johnson,
Common Dreams
December 23, 2020
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Ronel Remy, an organizer with City Life / Vida Urbana, speaks during a "Rally to Stop Evictions and Foreclosures" at the Brewer Fountain in Boston on October 11, 2020.
News
Human Rights

Activists Are Mobilizing to Create an Eviction-Free United States

Tenants are mobilizing to cancel rent, stop evictions and demand construction and maintenance of affordable housing.
by
Eleanor J. Bader,
Truthout
December 20, 2020
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Newly-elected Oakland City Council member Carroll Fife speaks to a rally in Oakland, calling for cancelling rents. Aja, the daughter of Dominique Walker, stands beside her.
Photo Essay
Human Rights

Cancel the Rent: A Rising National Rent Strike Movement Gains Momentum

In the absence of help from Congress, rent strikes have become a widespread response to brutal economic pressure.
by
David Bacon,
Truthout
December 17, 2020
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A protester holds a placard during a candle lit vigil to mark the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers in London on December 17, 2014.
Op-Ed
Human Rights

Ending Violence Against Sex Workers Means Abolishing Police and Prisons

On the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, let’s commit to building a world free of policing.
by
Brit Schulte,
Truthout
December 17, 2020
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Demonstrators protest federal executions of death row inmates, in front of the U.S. Justice Department in Washington, D.C., on December 10, 2020.
Interview
Human Rights

The Trump Administration Has Gone on an Underreported Execution Spree

Under Trump, the U.S. has restarted federal executions and reinstated the use of the electric chair and firing squads.
by
Janine Jackson,
FAIR
December 12, 2020
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