Human Rights
Journalist files suit against Obama on NDAA
January 25, 2012Chris Hedges is suing President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta because the provisions are "clearly unconstitutional" and "a huge and egregious assault on democracy."
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Nation’s largest annual LGBT rights gathering to meet in Baltimore
January 23, 2012LGBT activists and allies will come together and develop strategies for this crucial election year, and determine how to build support and political power.
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Undocumented and unafraid: the Chicago Six on trial
January 12, 2012Six undocumented youth appeared in Chicago's Circuit Court yesterday: They are the first-ever undocumented immigrants in Illinois to be put on trial for protesting immigration policy.
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Supreme Court to hear Arizona immigration case in 2012
December 16, 2011The U.S. Supreme Court announced on Monday that it is going to hear three politically charged cases in its upcoming 2012 session.
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Cuban Five prisoners are not alone
December 12, 2011The end of the year is a fitting time to step up correspondence with Gerardo Hernandez, Fernando Gonzalez, Ramon Labiñino and Antonio Guerrero, in jail now for 13 years.
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