Human Rights

‘Recovery Efforts Have Continually Favored the Monied Classes’

The New York Times may have meant well with their September 24 editorial headlined “Puerto Rico Is American. We Can’t Ignore It Now,” which called on “all Americans” to rally behind their

October 5, 2017
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Nobel Peace Prize Winners Call for U.N. Security Council to Protect Rohingya from Attacks in Burma

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In the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Burma, more than 400,000 members of the Rohingya Muslim minority have fled the country after hundreds of their villages were burned to the ground.

September 27, 2017
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Yemenis Suffer "Silent Deaths" as Saudi Arabia Refuses Human Rights Probe in Deadly U.S.-Backed War

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Amid growing calls for the creation of an independent probe into human rights violations in the U.S.-backed Saudi bombing campaign in Yemen, we speak with Radhya Al-Mutawakel, chairwoman of the Yemeni

September 27, 2017
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Profits vs. Puerto Rican Lives: Trump Admin Blocks Aid from Reaching Devastated Island

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One week after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, President Donald Trump says he will visit the island next Tuesday, even as most of the 3.5 million U.S. citizens who live there

September 27, 2017
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Puerto Ricans Call for Aid Amidst Catastrophe: "We're American Citizens. We Can't Be Left to Die"

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Six days after Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico, 3.4 million U.S. citizens in the territory remain without adequate food, water and fuel. But as the massive crisis became clear over the

September 26, 2017
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#TakeaKnee Sunday as NFL Teams and Players Rebuff President Trump

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"If peaceful protests did nothing, the powerful wouldn't try so hard to silence them."

September 24, 2017
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