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Free & Equal Releases Video of First-Ever UN Ministerial Meeting on LGBT Human Rights
The Free & Equal campaign aims to raise awareness of homophobic and transphobic violence and discrimination, and encourage greater respect for the rights of LGBT people.
A Discriminatory Ban on Religious Symbols for State Employees Threatens Human Rights in Quebec
The proposed charter would aim to clarify the ways in which to govern in Quebec, especially with religious minorities.
Is Obama Making Good on His Promise to Close Gitmo?
Four months after President Obama recommitted to close Gitmo, TRNN contributor Michael Ratner gives us an update on the status of the prison.
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Escape From an LA Sweatshop: How Modern-Day Slaves Become Lobbyists
Lured from Mexico into forced labor at an American factory, Flor Molinau2019s human trafficking story was typical. Whatu2019s remarkable is what she did next.
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Killers Roam Free in Nepal
Despite the subsequent abolition of monarchy, there is a general feeling that the succeeding elected governments were as dictatorial as the royal regime.
Neoliberalism Plays Key Role in Economically Forced Mexican Migration to US
Truthout talks with David Bacon, author of The Right to Stay Home, about how much of the Mexican migration to the United States comes about in dire response to …
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Border Security Plans Secure Contractors’ Profits
While current immigration policy "reform" proposals enthuse neither immigrant communities nor labor, they represent a bonanza for private defense contractors, which are lobbying with millions of dollars for militarization …
The Ultimate Loaded Question: What’s for Dinner?
The dinner table is where economics and class, education and upbringing, values and culture, all collide with oneu2019s time management skills and energy level.
There Is A Time For Everything
Publishing negative press about Russia should be taken seriously, as it may have the unintended consequence of drumming up public frustration about Russia at a time when diplomacy is …
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Trafficking of Children and Women in India
End trafficking in India and the worldwide epidemic in human suffering caused by this crime will be greatly reduced.