
Category: Politics & Human Rights
617 Posts


Mexican activist and pageant winner Lorena Amor Barajas hopeful for US return as Biden reverses Trump’s transphobic policies

Louisiana woman whose fetus had no skull forced on ‘extremely traumatizing’ 2,500-mile abortion journey

Victims of British imperialism won’t be mourning the Queen’s death

Washington Post ripped for ‘neocolonial’ editorial opposing new Chilean constitution

Outrage after Ohio cop kills unarmed Black man Donovan Lewis in bed

Mikhail Gorbachev, who presided over end of Cold War and Soviet Union, dies at 91

US refuses to return $7 billion in seized Afghan funds—even as 6 million face famine

Israeli ex-diplomat says growing acknowledgment of apartheid ‘must be wakeup call’

Human rights groups cautiously welcome Pentagon’s civilian casualty action plan

Mississippi town’s Black residents ‘terrorized’ by racist police seek DOJ investigation

Saudi Arabia’s enablers condemned as activist Salma al-Shehab sentenced to 34 years for tweets

Lawsuit alleges CIA ‘blatantly violated’ rights of journalists and lawyers visiting Julian Assange

‘Dictatorship never again’: Massive pro-democracy protests sweep Brazil

800,000+ Brazilians sign pro-democracy manifesto amid Bolsonaro coup threat

At least 45 Palestinians—including 16 children—killed during Israeli attack on Gaza

Albert Woodfox, ‘Angola 3’ Black Panther wrongfully imprisoned 43 years, dies at 75

China accuses US of ‘playing with fire’ as Pelosi arrives in Taiwan

Advocates demand justice for Brett Rosenau, 15-year-old killed during Albuquerque police attack

‘We WILL fight back’: Outrage, resolve as protests erupt against SCOTUS abortion ruling

US rejecting 90% of Afghans seeking asylum under humanitarian program

Quakers renew demands for Yemen War Powers Resolution as US complicity in Saudi-led airstrikes revealed

US military clears itself of blame in Syria airstrike that killed ‘piles’ of women and children

As senators try to expand war crimes jurisdiction, critics ask if US war criminals count

Palestine defenders hail Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s ‘historic’ Nakba resolution

Jailed Palestinian lawyer implores ICC to probe Israeli ‘crimes against humanity’ in East Jerusalem

Abbas vows ICC probe, says killing of Shireen Abu Akleh must not ‘go unpunished’

Marcos’ victory in Philippines election bodes ominously for human rights: Amnesty

After court OKs ethnic cleansing in West Bank, Israel advances 4,000 new settler homes

New details of CIA torture told by the man paid $81 million to develop the program

Leaked draft opinion shows Supreme Court set to reverse Roe v. Wade

Global military spending tops $2 trillion for first time in history

‘Organizing works,’ campaigners declare after Biden protects Cameroonian immigrants

Ilhan Omar says US ‘hypocrisy’ hamstrings justice for Russian war crimes

Brazil’s Lula vows to end illegal mining on Indigenous lands

Civil rights groups demand justice for Patrick Lyoya, unarmed Black man killed by Michigan cop

New report details corporate media’s war industry pundits

Progressives hail Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic Supreme Court confirmation

Biden rebuked for failure to end US first-strike nuclear policy

Guantánamo, Bush war crimes in spotlight at Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearing

Declassified documents show CIA used black site prisoner as torture training prop
