
Category: Politics & Human Rights
545 Posts


40 years later, El Mozote massacre victims vow to ‘keep searching for justice’

Georgia jury convicts all three of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers of murder

Brazil Senate panel endorses criminal charges for Bolsonaro over Covid-19 response

21 Israel-based groups condemn terror designation for Palestine NGOs as ‘act of cowardice’

US judge rules Guantánamo detainee Asadullah Haroon Gul’s imprisonment is illegal

Chicago racial justice groups urge US Senate to ‘Reject Rahm’

Rights defenders decry advancement of Oklahoma anti-protest bills

Virginia cop who pepper-sprayed Army officer fired after damning video released

New York to offer undocumented migrants up to $15,600 in pandemic relief

Jayapal, House Dems propose constitutional amendment to end corporate personhood

First Nations land defenders take direct action against Trans Mountain Pipeline

Warnings of ‘profound threat’ to free press as drone whistleblower Daniel Hale pleads guilty

Interior Secretary Haaland announces new missing and murdered Indigenous unit

‘Threat to democracy’: Brazil’s Bolsonaro faces growing calls to resign

South Carolina bill would require teaching based on Trump’s ahistorical 1776 Report

GOP attack on democracy surges as Texas voter suppression bill advances

Pentagon to lift Trump-era ban on transgender troops

Derek Chauvin murder trial begins in Minneapolis

Human rights coalition urges Biden to ease economic sanctions amid pandemic

Report details civilian harm from US drone strikes in Yemen

In thumbs-down to Sinema, survey finds most Americans support $15 minimum wage

On Iraq War anniversary, activists renew calls for US reparations

Jayapal, Dingell introduce Medicare for All Act with 112 co-sponsors

100,000+ Australian women march against sexual violence

Activists say Oklahoma bill declares ‘open season’ on protesters

Rochester, NY police again under fire after officers pepper-spray, tackle mother holding toddler

AOC slams NYPD deployment of DigiDog K-9 robot in Bronx home

Two decades after 9/11, new interactive map details footprint of US war machine in 85 countries

‘Fight until we win’: Hundreds of thousands continue protest against Myanmar coup

Sister Dianna Ortiz—US nun who survived Guatemala torture and became human rights champion—dies at 62

Asian, Black progressives stress unity and understanding amid attacks on Asian Americans

US farmers and food justice groups declare solidarity with Indian farmer protests
