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Rights Advocates Demand National Attention to 'State of Emergency' in Mississippi Prisons, Where 12 Inmates Have Died In Less Than a Month

Snowden Warns Targeting of Greenwald and Assange Shows Governments 'Ready to Stop the Presses—If They Can'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Snowden and Greenwald

"The most essential journalism of every era," says the NSA whistleblower, "is precisely that which a government attempts to silence."

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#MarchForLies: Reproductive Justice Advocates Counter Trump's "Dangerous Rhetoric" at Anti-Choice March

Julia Conley, staff writer

"We didn't need any more confirmation that the sitting president of the United...

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In Open Letter to Brazilian Authorities, 40+ Rights Groups Condemn 'Attempt to Intimidate and Retaliate Against' Glenn Greenwald

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

Glenn Greenwald

"If these tactics are allowed to stand, it would jeopardize all Brazilians'...

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Indigenous People in Brazil Vow to Defeat Bolsonaro After "Perverse" Attack Claiming Tribes Are Still "Evolving" Into Human Beings

Trump to Issue New Rule Restricting Visas for Pregnant Women in Latest Attack on Most Vulnerable

Homero Gómez, administrator of the biggest butterfly sanctuary in the western state of Michoacan.

Advocates Express Fears Logging Industry Behind Disappearance of Mexican Monarch Butterfly Defender Homero Gómez

'Critical Moment' as Two Key Architects of CIA Torture Program Testify Under Oath in Guantanamo Bay

'Global Precedent' Set as UN Rules Climate Refugees Cannot Be Sent Back to Life-Threatening Conditions

Demonstrators take part in the Women's March Jan. 20, 2018 in New York City.

Millions Expected to Join Global Women's March to 'Act as a Catalyst for Political and Social Change'

Shoes are left by people at the Tornillo Port of Entry near El Paso, Texas, June 21, 2018 during a protest rally by several American mayors against the US administration's family separation policy.

'Let Her In': Outrage Swirls After Six-Year-Old Girl With Downs Syndrome and Heart Condition Turned Away at US Border

A group gathered at Wooldridge Park in Austin, Texas to protest Governor Greg Abbott's decision not to allow Syrian refugees into the state.

Cheers as Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Allowing Localities to Refuse New Refugees

Human rights advocates

Human Rights Advocates Rally at White House to Demand US 'Close Guantánamo and End Torture'

A group gathered at Wooldridge Park in Austin, Texas

'Utterly Shameful': Progressives Slam Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott's Decision to Refuse New Refugees

Sanders endorsement

With 2020 Endorsement, Racial Justice Group Says Movement Behind Bernie Sanders 'Will Change This Country'

People run through tear gas

UN Researcher Hails ICC's Pursuit of War Crimes Probe in Palestine as 'Momentous Step' for Accountability

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NARAL Pro-Choice America

NARAL President Responds to HHS Secretary Proclaiming Department Is "Department of Life"...

Amnesty International - USA

Anniversary of the Implementation of So-called ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy Marks Rampant Rights Abuses

The International Rescue Committee

IRC Welcomes Temporary Injunction on Trump Administration Policy Allowing Local Governments to Block Refugees

Amnesty International - USA

Stop NSO Group Exporting Spyware to Human Rights Abusers in Israel

The International Rescue Committee

Yemen TPS Decision Arbitrarily Leaves Some Yemeni in Harm’s Way But Not Others

Amnesty International - USA

Khashoggi Verdict in Saudi Arabia a Whitewash

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Juan Cole

Palestinians See Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid Plan as End of Oslo Peace Process and "Steal of the Century"

Negin Owliaei

Americans Need to Hear More from Iranians. Here’s Where to Start.

Marianne Brooker

Climate Refugee Ruling Sets 'Global Precedent'

Karen Greenberg, Joshua L. Dratel

Guantánamo's Indelible Legacy

Claudia Lefko

That This Doctor Cannot Even Afford Computer Shows Iraqis Still Paying Price of US Invasion

Eunice Cho

The Trump Administration Weakens Standards for ICE Detention Facilities

Robert C. Koehler

Jackie Smith

We Need to Fight for a World That Prioritizes People Over Economic Growth and Endless Consumption

Brent Patterson

Canada, the RCMP, and Human Rights Obligations to the Wet'suwet'en Nation

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies

10 Ways Trump's Actions Against Iran Hurt the US, the Region, and the World