Tag: human rights
Iran punished for treatment of women
The U.S. initiates Iran’s expulsion from the UN women’s commission.
Right-wing SCOTUS majority signals support for anti-LGBTQ+ reactionaries
"It does not bode well for the future of civil rights law that Gorsuch believes a state imposes 'reeducation training' on employers when it reminds them how to comply with nondiscrimination rules," said one court observer.
Populist climate action requires thinking about freedom from specific oppressors—not just...
The climate crisis is a form of oppression by a wealthy few.
Across Africa, water conflict threatens security, health, and the environment
The scarcity-led conflict and crisis.
Yet another mass shooting in US as gunman kills at least...
The Virginia shooting comes days after a gunman killed five people at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs.
By 2030, poor nations will need $2.4 trillion per year to...
"Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish. It is either a climate solidarity pact—or a collective suicide pact."
Republican policies are killing Americans: Study
"If we don't have the proper regulations in place to protect people, then what happens is that they could be exploited."
Iran: A winter-spring anti-romance
To achieve a more orderly and just transition in Iran, a ceasefire is needed in the winter-spring standoff between the revolutionary generation of 1979 and the revolutionary generation of today.
What threatens Florida more, hurricanes or the rich?
Florida’s state government doesn’t call the shots. Florida’s rich do, and the continuing immensity of their after-tax incomes has turned out to matter far more to state policy than the well-being of Floridian families of modest means.
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As GOP megabill’s SNAP cuts take effect, millions lose food aid and states face...
New tracking finds SNAP enrollment has fallen by more than 4.5 million people since July 2025, and analysts warn states could soon owe roughly $9 billion a year.
If winning is everything, why are hardcore MAGA still locked in—blind to gushing failures,...
Like the double sucker denying he’s been conned, MAGA says “thank you” after being fleeced. What MAGA got is an emotional escape value and theatrical echo chamber—sans benefits.
42-year study traces how ‘forever chemicals’ climb the Great Lakes food web into people
A synthesis of more than four decades of data maps how PFAS move up the region's aquatic food web and into the fish people eat.
How Hakeem Jeffries and J Street teamed up for arming genocide
The congressman and J Street were opposing an amendment to block $3.3 billion in military shipments and other aid to Israel.
ICE prepares to expand arrests of Haitian migrants as Temporary Protected Status ends
The escalation follows a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that allowed the Trump administration to end TPS protections for Haitians and Syrians while litigation continues.