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Homemade Food Packages Were a Lifeline in Prison. New York Has Banned Them.
My mother used to send taffy to brighten life behind bars. Facing the holidays is grim under New York’s new rules.
Don’t Let Saudi Arabia Hide Its Human Rights Abuses Behind the 2034 World Cup
The host of the 2034 international football competition has a gruesome record of violence against migrant workers.
Palestinian Journalist: We Have Run Out of Body Bags to Bury the Dead in Gaza
Rescue workers, children and journalists are among the Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza on Sunday.
Losing Phone Profits, Prison Telecom Providers Seek to Exploit Tablet Services
Securus Technologies and ViaPath Technologies control about 80 percent of the US market for calls in prisons and jails.
Brother of Gaza Soup Kitchen Chef Killed by Israeli Drone Speaks Out
It’s not about killing Palestinians who are harming Israelis, he says, but about killing those helping Palestinians.
People Rarely Recover Property Cities Say They Store Following Encampment Raids
Storage programs are meant to protect people’s property rights, but they rarely achieve their objective.
Bernie Sanders’s Vote on Gaza Genocide Forces Senators to Go on the Record
Today, US senators will be forced to record for posterity whether they condone US enabling of the genocide in Gaza.
The World Saw Me Holding My Niece. Here’s How Israel Took Her From Me.
I’m trying to honor Masa and her family by helping people.
Israel May Kill Every Palestinian Left in North Gaza, UN Official Warns
“What Israeli forces are doing in besieged North Gaza cannot be allowed to continue,” the human rights official said.
As US Erodes Sexual and Reproductive Rights, International Law Can Be a Lifeline
US activists are turning to international frameworks on sexual rights, the right to health and anti-torture protections.