Tag: human rights
‘You Have a Mother’
A mother and a father, fighting to protect their daughter and son from death, still exist in faint particles of light. The fierce and protective love of a mother and a father is stronger than hate—it can overcome evil.
Sterling Trial Opens in Security-State Matrix
A lot of smoke will be blowing through the U.S. District Court in Alexandria during the next few weeks as the Obama administration and the CIA hierarchy are clearly eager to see Jeffrey Sterling punished in a big way.
Journalist Launches Online Archive to Document Diversity of Rural India
While Sainath is known for his forceful critiques of people in power and the inequality built into contemporary economics and politics, he aims to show the dignity of ordinary people in the face of injustice in "People’s Archive of Rural India."
Albuquerque Cops Charged with Murdering Homeless Man
APD’s pattern of using excessive force is a repeated violation of the Fourth Amendment. Are these officers not receiving the proper training to ensure the rights and safety of people with mental illness or in distress?
'Circus of Hypocrisy:' Jeremy Scahill on How World Leaders at Paris...
An estimated 3.7 million people rallied across France Sunday in response to the Charlie Hebdo shootings and ensuing attacks that left 17 people dead. It was the largest demonstration in French history.
Are Private Schools Better than Public?
Our public school system may be the best in the world. However, poverty, coupled with the fact that the people in charge are ignoring facts and turning instead to the corporate profit-seekers, is debilitating to the system.
29 Arrested as Single-Payer Advocates Disrupt Vermont Gov. Shumlin’s Inauguration
During Gov. Peter Shumlin’s recent inaugural address, protesters took part in a sit-in desiring single-payer healthcare, which the governor had promised to create. Those participating in the sit-in were arrested on spot.
Congress Starts the New Year Off by Kicking the Disabled
The new Congress decided that its first order of business was to go after the disabled. Republican Congress is holding disabled workers hostage in order to extract concessions on these programs.
NRA: Why Can’t We Outlaw Guns Meant for Terrorists?
It's not only in the U.S. that these combat weapons—that is, arms developed for use on the battlefield—are being used against innocent, defenseless civilians. Shame, shame, shame.
As Obama Hosts Peña Nieto, Explosive Report Ties Mexican Federal Police...
An explosive new report directly contradicts the Mexican government's relationship to the disappearance of 43 students in Guerrero. The case has ignited protests across Mexico and around the world.
POPULAR
What makes the MAGA misrule tragedy historic? Total foregone conclusion. Total knowability and avoidability.
Paying the corrupt MAGA piper is now a lead “investment” – with outcomes as predictable (and problematic) as all that voters repressed when empowering the Trump II horror show.
Maryland moves to ban grocery surveillance pricing as algorithmic price discrimination spreads
Maryland’s first-in-the-nation grocery pricing law targets the use of personal data to raise food costs, but consumer advocates warn industry-backed loopholes could limit its impact as algorithmic pricing spreads.
No-bid contracts and taxpayer funds fuel scrutiny of Trump’s White House ballroom
A Republican push to spend $400 million in taxpayer funds on Trump’s White House ballroom is colliding with allegations of inflated no-bid contracts, donor conflicts, and questions over whether a recent security scare is being used to justify a project critics say reflects presidential self-interest over public need.
On infinity: Or how long MAGA clown shows pander to cult derangement
When, pray tell, comes the knockout punch,/ Who and what gobbles Donald’s lunch? Come what, come may, let sleazebags boast:/ No miracle looms—this mob is toast.
Here’s how the World Community of Nations can force Israel to stop genocidal wars
World organizations have declared that Israel is the criminal country of the world. And, therefore, trade with it must be curtailed, and it must happen soon.