Human Rights
Beyond Hollywood: The real life horrors of solitary confinement
July 6, 2016"We've got to liberate these people!" said one activist who spoke of his experiences in solitary confinement.
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Tiffany Dena Loftin: Vision, solutions will strengthen labor movement
May 27, 2016The head of the AFL-CIO's Civil, Human, and Women's Rights Division tackles some of labor's thorniest issues on a daily basis.
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We need affordable housing, not condos and townhouses
April 20, 2016As one activist said, "there is a time to write letters, a time to meet, and when all else fails, a time to take to the streets."
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Colombian prisoner David Ravelo speaks to North Americans
April 14, 2016Prisoner David Ravelo presented two reports that offer a local and intensely personal perspective on struggle in Colombia for rights and survival.
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Does freedom of religion not apply to Muslim Americans?
April 13, 2016In the United States, freedom of religion is a constitutionally protected right provided in the religion clauses of the First Amendment.
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