Human Rights

Britain is refusing to give Julian Assange of WikiLeaks safe passage out of the country even though Ecuador has granted him political asylum.

Homelessness was not a large problem after the 1930s, thanks to the New Deal and other housing programs, until several policy changes in the 70s and 80s began to …

Detailed information from the families of those killed in drone strikes in Pakistan and from local sources on strikes that have targeted mourners and rescue workers provides credible new …

Instead of providing medical care and changing the work patterns of injured employees, General Motors fires them.

As WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange finds asylum in Ecuador, the country's image and political standing are threatened.

The story of Tamms Correctional Center is the story of what may be the last throes of the supermax movement, and what a campaign against torture accomplished in less …

After a decade of fiery public debate and bare-knuckle partisan brawling, the United States has stumbled toward an ad hoc bipartisan compromise over the issue of torture that rests …

The Justice Department has quietly recanted nearly every major claim the Bush administration made about Abu Zubaydah the alleged al-Qaeda leader who was the first suspected terrorist subjected to …

Forty percent of Bain's start-up money came from elites with extensive ties to El Salvadoran death squads.

Don't you think it's wrong for the US government to send US weapons to King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa of Bahrain at a time when his government is attacking …