Category: Politics & Human Rights
618 Posts
‘New chapter of Chilean history’ as Gabriel Boric sworn in as president
Brazilians ‘Stand for the Earth’ in massive protest against anti-environment bills
Redlining legacy endures as 45 million in US—mostly people of color—breathe polluted air
Ilhan Omar blasts ‘unconscionable’ Biden plan to seize Afghan assets
Experts testify before Senate on deadly consequences of US drone strikes
GOP declares deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack ‘legitimate political discourse’
Progressives join push for probe of Palestinian-American man’s death in Israeli custody
New Amnesty report details ‘true extent of Israeli apartheid regime’
California progressives vow to ‘fight like hell’ as single-payer healthcare bill is withdrawn
Israel accused of ‘war crime’ of ethnic cleansing in Sheikh Jarrah
20 years and four presidents later, ‘US cruelty and depravity’ continue at Guantánamo
UK: Calls grow to revoke Tony Blair’s knighthood over Iraq War
Alarming levels of carcinogenic ‘forever chemicals’ detected in water near US Okinawa bases
Report reveals secret US strike command’s high civilian death toll
No punishment for US troops behind drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians: Pentagon
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
Brett Wilkins 