Tag: human rights
Red Rocks rejects biometrics for event entry
The event venue located in Colorado announced it will abandon palm scanning for event entry and will ban all biometric surveillance at its events.
Four Black women who have advanced human rights
The four introduced here are inspirational—for the changes they brought about, for their work ethic, and for their passion to improve the everyday lives of marginalized or oppressed groups.
The U.S. constitution was meant to be a work in progress
Author and legal scholar Elie Mystal’s first book argues that the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are deeply flawed, but that it’s still possible to use them to protect the rights of women and people of color.
‘Death sentence for untold numbers of civilians’: Biden to permanently seize...
"[Biden] says they'll ask a judge to establish a fund for part of the money to be used for humanitarian purposes in Afghanistan—at some point. But the problem is that more than 22 million Afghans are facing starvation today."
Western lies and false narratives about Ethiopia
Ethiopia and the appalling coverage by corporate media.
More than two dozen major lawsuits are putting a price tag...
Four years ago, Boulder, Colorado, sued ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy—owner of the only oil refinery in the state—for climate change-related damages and...
Exposing the massive hypocrisy of international insurance companies
Despite the pro-climate rhetoric of the insurance industry—and warnings by the world’s climate scientists calling for an end to fossil fuel exploration—leading...
New anti-protest laws cast a long shadow on First Amendment rights
Tiffany Crutcher was worried.
Oklahoma lawmakers had passed a new measure stiffening penalties for protesters who block roadways and...
A mass-murdering regime dares to lecture the world on human rights
Washington is a criminal regime as its illegal wars and deliberate mass murder demonstrate beyond any doubt.
Kamala vs. Mitt: Two different viewpoints of family planning prefigure different...
Forget their policies for a moment, and consider how two politicians’ lives foreshadow our ecological future.
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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.
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.
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.
Trump imposes new tariffs on 60 trading partners as previous global levies expire
A forced-labor rationale and a set of older trade statutes keep the president's import-tax agenda intact months after the Supreme Court struck down his original tariffs.
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.