Human Rights

The most dangerous forces in the industrialized world are people who are just doing their jobs - the little chores that make vast, complicated systems of exploitation and death …

One of the great works in the establishment of civil and human rights is being shredded before our eyes.

The assumption behind the rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Education (DOE), headed by Arne Duncan, were that the

Slim obtained (with some other backers) a monopoly on the telephone system in Mexico, guaranteed for years

Alyona talks to Jason Leopold, lead investigative reporter for Truthout.org about what the FOIA exposed.

Haitian grassroots organizations and international allies are launching an urgent housing rights campaign calling for permanent housing solutions for the nearly 400,000 people who are still living in displacement …

Syria's 16-month conflict has so far claimed more than 15,000 lives.

Successful settler colonies displace or exterminate the indigenous sovereignty.

Most of those fees are for felonies and do not involve private probation companies, which have so far been limited to chasing those guilty of misdemeanors.

For most NGO officials, suspicion and misperceptions are not due to ill intentions u2013 many work long hours and aspire to help those in need u2013 but to the …