Human Rights

Former British intelligence whistleblower Annie Machon: Europeans angry at spying revelations, but laws protect spy agencies from accountability.

At his confirmation hearing to head the FBI, former Bush administration Deputy Attorney General James Comey refused to criticize the broad, ongoing collection of the phone records of Americans …

Edward Snowden's NSA leaks have allowed for a federal lawsuit against the NSA in defense of the fourth amendment.

On part two of the ‘Harvest of Empire’ series, Democracy Now!u2019s Juan Gonzalez traces the history of Nicaraguan and Salvadoran migration to the United States.

In a major blow for voting rights, the U.S. Supreme Court has invalidated an integral part of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, the crowning achievement of the 1960s …

Gun Owners of America (GOA) has been described as ‘eight lanes to the right’ of the National Rifle Association (NRA).

The FBI has just admitted to using surveillance drones to spy on Americans on US soil.

As Edward Snowden is believed to remain in Hong Kong while facing an ongoing U.S. investigation, hundreds of protesters there braved heavy rain Saturday in a show of support.

As the American Civil Liberties Union sues the Obama administration over its secret NSA phone spying program, we look at how the government could use phone records to determine …

Fifty years after his death, Amy Goodman sits down with the wife of civil rights activist Medgar Evans to talk about his legacy.