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Human Rights
US Turns Back on Child Migrants After Its Policies in Guatemala, Honduras Sowed Seeds of Crisis
As tens of thousands of children cross the US border fleeing violence in their native Central American home countries, the hosts look at the historical roots of the crisis.
Treating Prisoners as Well as Farm Animals
There are too many stories are out there about the subhuman treatment of pregnant prisoners who give birth while chained, with prison officials by their side.
Detroit Rallies Largest Turnout for Palestine in Years
There's a gap in communication between the African experience, the black experience, and the Arab experience.
What I Don’t Like About Life in the American Police State
To quote Number Six, the character in the British television series The Prisoner: I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my …
In Palestine the Time Is Now
The Palestinian struggle as our own.
The US’s “Rutterless” Immigration and Border Policies
In order to forge a more accurate rutter for immigration and border policies, political and military leaders, news pundits, talk-show hosts, even US citizens, will themselves have to travel …
CNN: Palestinians Want to Die
Small-scale violence by Palestinians is not justified by Israel's ongoing brutality.
Kavita Krishnan: “Women’s Liberation, Everyone’s Liberation”
It is not enough to say it's rooted in patriarchy and capitalism. You do need to understand exactly how it is rooted in Indian society and how we can …
“We Should Be Protecting Children”: Rep. Gutierrez Supports Funds for Humanitarian Crisis at Border
President Obama has called for close to $3.7 billion to address the humanitarian crisis unfolding at the US-Mexico border where more than 52,000 unaccompanied children have been detained since …
Fire in the Eves to Major Conflagration: It’s High Time to Evaluate Burma’s So-called Democratic Reforms
We need to go back to where all the ladders start, at the rag and bone shop of the heart, at the Human Rights level.