by Common Dreams | Jul 30, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
Republished with permission from Common Dreams, by Abby Zimet Zealously following the GOP dictate to inflict mindless, bloody cruelty on vulnerable people, Texas’ Greg Abbott has created a hellhole state that tortures migrants—razor wire “death...
by OtherWords — Institute for Policy Studies | Jul 23, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
Republished with permission from OtherWords, by Jim Hightower Unfortunately, it’s 1984 again in America. Not the year. The book. George Orwell’s classic novel tells of a far-right totalitarian clique that uses “newspeak” and “doublethink” to impose their rigid,...
by Common Dreams | Jul 19, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
Republished with permission from Common Dreams, by Brett Wilkins A report published Tuesday details how digital surveillance can be used by police and prosecutors to criminalize patients seeking abortion and gender-affirming healthcare outside their home states. The...
by Common Dreams | Jul 17, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
Republished with permission from Common Dreams, by Jake Johnson House Democrats warned that hundreds of thousands of teachers could lose their jobs if legislation advanced Friday by a Republican-controlled appropriations subcommittee becomes law. The panel’s...
by The Conversation | Jul 7, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
Clementine Fujimura, United States Naval Academy Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian soldiers have forcibly taken an estimated 16,000 Ukrainian children to Russia. Over 300 children have since returned home, but it is not...
by OtherWords — Institute for Policy Studies | Jul 2, 2023 | Human Rights & Justice
Republished with permission from OtherWords, by Svante Myrick In May of 1933 in Berlin, Nazis gathered in the streets, built a gigantic bonfire, and burned thousands of books. The books had been seized from the city’s Institut für Sexualwissenschaft. The nonprofit...