Human Rights

Jeremy Scahill: Did Education Nominee Betsy DeVos Lie to Senate About Ties to Anti-LGBT Foundation?

On Tuesday, education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos faced intense questioning by Democratic senators during her confirmation hearing. DeVos is a longtime backer of charter schools and vouchers for private and religious schools.

January 18, 2017
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Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation & Apartheid South Africa

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In a Democracy Now! and Pacifica Radio Archives exclusive, we air a newly discovered recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On December 7, 1964, days before he received the Nobel

January 16, 2017
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Category: Politics

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Obama Expands Surveillance Powers on His Way Out

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With mere days left before President-elect Donald Trump takes the White House, President Barack Obama’s administration just finalized rules to make it easier for the nation’s intelligence agencies to share unfiltered information about innocent people.

January 13, 2017
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Category: Justice

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Do Exxon's Climate Denial & "Trail of Carnage" on Human Rights Make Tillerson Unfit for State Dept?

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At the Senate confirmation hearing for secretary of state nominee and former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, he refused to answer questions about the oil giant’s long history of denying the

January 12, 2017
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Category: Politics

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Jeff Sessions a 'Nightmare' for Marijuana and Sentencing Reform, Advocate Says

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We could see a dramatic reversal in the positive steps made by President Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder to reform drug policy, says Drug Policy Alliance's Ethan Nadelmann.

January 12, 2017
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Category: Justice

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Democrats Go Soft on Jeff Sessions and Why That Should Concern Us All

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Historian Gerald Horne says Jeff Sessions as Trump's Attorney General signals a frontal assault against the gains of the Civil Rights Movement.

January 11, 2017
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Category: Justice

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