Tag: Human Rights

Articles tagged with human-rights

kara walker
Walter Johnson

The Souls of White Folk

What can W. E. B. Du Bois and the black radical tradition tell us about Trump's election and radical political action today?

Read More
Johnson_test
Walter Johnson

To Remake the World: Slavery, Racial Capitalism, and Justice

What if we use the history of slavery as a standpoint from which to rethink our notion of justice today?

Read More
9345890574_d6afb46959_o
Eleanor Hildebrandt

Lost in Translation

Schools in Nepal increasingly use English as the language of instruction. But in the name of preparing them for a globalized world, non-mother-tongue education often fails the students it aims to help.

Read More
Mir-on-Kashmir_feature
Tariq Mir

Kashmir’s High Price for Demanding Independence

In the name of fighting radical Islam, Indian troops have gone to war with civilians.

Read More
borderpatrol_feature
Colin Dayan

On Ice

Undocumented immigrants face horrible conditions in U.S. detention, with little legal recourse.

Read More
Carasik-on-Colombia_feautre
Lauren Carasik

Will Peace Bring Justice to Colombia?

Will victims of the war be served by the call for restorative justice?

Read More
Black-power-pencil_feature
Robin D. G. Kelley

What Does Black Lives Matter Want?

The ideas in the movement’s new manifesto would enrich our practice of democracy.

Read More
feature
Lauren Carasik

Blood in Honduras, Silence in the United States

The U.S. turns a blind eye on the murder of environmentalist Berta Cáceres.

Read More
Bronski feature
Michael Bronski

Queers Against Hate

Radical gay liberation laid the ground for the moderate legal gains of gay rights.

Read More
Guantanamo-CIA-Interrogation-Torture-Waterboarding-Rendition
Henry Ace Knight

Waiting at Guantánamo

After fourteen years, Mohamedou Ould Slahi may finally have a chance at freedom.

Read More