Human rights

yemen airstrike

Congress’s War Powers Must Be Made a Reality Congress’s War Powers Must Be Made a Reality

It’s time to put an end to the establishment default about endless wars without victory or sense in the Middle East.

Oct 3, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Saudi airstrike aftermath

Congress Must End US Military Support for the Horrific Saudi Bombing of Yemen Congress Must End US Military Support for the Horrific Saudi Bombing of Yemen

A humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Yemen, and the US military is making things worse. Four members of Congress want to force a vote that could get the US out of an undeclared wa...

Sep 28, 2017 / John Nichols

Egypt Sisi protest

The Children of the Arab Spring Are Being Jailed and Tortured The Children of the Arab Spring Are Being Jailed and Tortured

Yassin Mohamed has spent much of the last seven years in prison for the crime of protesting.

Sep 18, 2017 / Scott Long

Rohingya Muslim Refugees

Buddhists in Myanmar Are Unifying Behind a Deadly Nationalism Buddhists in Myanmar Are Unifying Behind a Deadly Nationalism

And Aung San Suu Kyi is refusing to condemn the resulting bloodshed.

Sep 15, 2017 / Francis Wade

Body autonomy

My Body, My Choice: Why the Principle of Bodily Autonomy Can Unite the Left My Body, My Choice: Why the Principle of Bodily Autonomy Can Unite the Left

From disability rights to Black Lives Matter to the environmental movement, bodily autonomy can bring together disparate strands of the American left.

Sep 13, 2017 / David M. Perry

Rohingya refugees

Myanmar’s Reformist Mask Hides a Rohingya Refugee Crisis Myanmar’s Reformist Mask Hides a Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Over 120,000 refugees have flooded into neighboring Bangladesh in less than a month.

Sep 5, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Palestinian Family in Mourning

Cutting Off Payments to Palestinian Families Won’t Stop Terrorism Cutting Off Payments to Palestinian Families Won’t Stop Terrorism

It also might amount to collective punishment, which is illegal. 

Aug 17, 2017 / Lara Friedman

Young Member of the Haida Nation

Wanna Save the Planet? Follow the Haida Nation’s Example. Wanna Save the Planet? Follow the Haida Nation’s Example.

Indigenous peoples steward 80 percent of earth’s biological diversity, but need sovereignty to resist corporate plunder. The amazing triumph of the Haida shows how to get there.

Aug 16, 2017 / Mark Dowie

Turkish Journalists Trial

Turkey’s Great Terror Turkey’s Great Terror

Recep Erdogan has turned his country into a gulag state, branding millions of citizens as terrorists.

Aug 11, 2017 / Juan Cole

Displaced Congolese families

The Forgotten Refugees The Forgotten Refugees

A new report highlights the crisis facing unprotected, internally displaced populations.

Aug 3, 2017 / Michelle Chen

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