| Teens Choose Justice Over Prom Plans | |
| By James Parks · Posted on April 10, 2009 at 8:00 am ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Fair Wages, Workers' Rights |
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When Samuel Hamer, a senior at Chicago’s elite Northside Prep learned his senior prom was going to be held at the Congress Plaza Hotel, he moved into action. Workers... Read more » |
| Standing before history | |
| By Michelle Chen · Posted on April 9, 2009 at 7:26 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Human Rights Law, U.S. and International Human Rights, Workers' Rights |
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A multinational oil giant may be headed for its day of reckoning in a New York City courtroom next month. The lawsuit, Wiwa v. Shell, centers on charges of rampant... Read more » |
| New York Times Endorses Need to Investigate “Medically Assisted Torture” | |
| By Sara Greenberg · Posted on April 9, 2009 at 5:03 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Freedom from Torture |
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An editorial in today’s New York Times echoes Physicians for Human Rights’ repeated call over the last half decade: investigate abuse and hold perpetrators accountable. Responding... Read more » |
| how does it feel to war on the world? | |
| By nezua · Posted on April 5, 2009 at 5:51 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: National Security and Human Rights, U.S. and International Human Rights |
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A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS is underway. AMERICAN drone attacks on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan are causing a massive humanitarian emergency, Pakistani... Read more » |
| DREAM With Me. | |
| By nezua · Posted on April 4, 2009 at 3:06 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Immigration, Legislation |
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IF YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT The DREAM Act, I want to introduce you to the legislation, fight, and arguments. There’s really no need for me to try and explain it... Read more » |
| Iowa Supreme Court rules in favor of gay marriage | |
| By Mary Shaw · Posted on April 4, 2009 at 6:09 am ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Death Penalty |
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Hooray for Iowa! Yesterday, via the Iowa Supreme Court decision in Varnum v. Brien, that state joined Massachusetts and Connecticut in guaranteeing equal marriage... Read more » |
| Numbers game: The 2010 Census | |
| By Michelle Chen · Posted on April 3, 2009 at 9:01 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Immigration, Legislation |
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Counting people is harder than it looks. The 2010 census is morphing from sociological project into a political one: conservatives are crowing about the dangers... Read more » |
| April 4, 1968: Remembering the Murder of Our King | |
| By The Editors · Posted on April 3, 2009 at 3:46 pm ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Human Rights Leaders |
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Forty-one years ago this weekend, America was changed forever when the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. TheDefendersOnline... Read more » |
| Welfare for All | |
| By The Editors · Posted on April 3, 2009 at 2:00 pm ·
Filed under Feeds Topics: Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, Welfare and Social Security |
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Editorial The Bay State Banner Boston, Massachusetts March 26, 2009 Related Links Welfare for all (Bay Street Banner,original print) When the United States... Read more » |
| San Francisco Chronicle Calls for Passage of UAFA | |
| By rtiven · Posted on April 1, 2009 at 9:41 am ·
Filed under Feeds, Highlight Topics: Civil and Political Rights, Immigration, Legislation, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights, Women's Rights |
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As readers of this blog know too well, barring a miracle, the family of American citizen Jaylynn Mercado will be ripped apart on Friday when her partner of 23 years... Read more » |
