In July 2022, thousands of Sri Lankans stormed the presidential palace in Colombo. They swam in the president’s pool, sat in his chair, and used his personal gym. These actions were not borne out of rage at just one leader. It signaled the end of t...
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In July 2022, thousands of Sri Lankans stormed the presidential palace in Colombo. They swam in the president’s pool, sat in his chair, and used his personal gym. These actions were not borne out of rage at just one leader. It signaled the end of t...
So long as we ignore Hong Kong, a global commitment to fundamental human rights and dignity will remain unrealized. If you cherish what Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism calls “the right to have rights,” or the right to belong to a ...
So long as we ignore Hong Kong, a global commitment to fundamental human rights and dignity will remain unrealized. If you cherish what Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism calls “the right to have rights,” or the right to belong to a ...
News of the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi embassy in Istanbul has crashed international headlines in the last month, reigniting a worldwide debate on Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, the obligation of states t...
News of the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi embassy in Istanbul has crashed international headlines in the last month, reigniting a worldwide debate on Saudi Arabia’s human rights record, the obligation of states t...
The 2014 annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the largest Zionist political lobby in the US, much like its predecessor conferences, did not address the seven decades of unchallenged human rights abuses per...
The 2014 annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the largest Zionist political lobby in the US, much like its predecessor conferences, did not address the seven decades of unchallenged human rights abuses per...
On June 14, 2018, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a groundbreaking report on the human rights situation in Kashmir, which was one of the first international documents that recommended the Indian government...
On June 14, 2018, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a groundbreaking report on the human rights situation in Kashmir, which was one of the first international documents that recommended the Indian government...
Among the hundreds of thousands of protesters who descended upon our nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington, dozens – hailing from all across the country – stood proudly in lab coats. These women sought to convey the simple mess...
Among the hundreds of thousands of protesters who descended upon our nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington, dozens – hailing from all across the country – stood proudly in lab coats. These women sought to convey the simple mess...
In 2017, “truth” seems to stand on shaky ground. President Trump contests the messages put forward by media outlets, rejects reports from government agencies, and his White House counselor, Kellyanne Conway, has suggested that facts suddenly have...
In 2017, “truth” seems to stand on shaky ground. President Trump contests the messages put forward by media outlets, rejects reports from government agencies, and his White House counselor, Kellyanne Conway, has suggested that facts suddenly have...
From picket protests in Alaska to student walkouts in Oregon, protesters expressed fierce resistance to the confirmation of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. The intensity of the opposition pushed two Republican senators to break rank, leading to a...
From picket protests in Alaska to student walkouts in Oregon, protesters expressed fierce resistance to the confirmation of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. The intensity of the opposition pushed two Republican senators to break rank, leading to a...
With a staggering 2,248,100 people incarcerated in American prisons and jails according to 2015 US Bureau of Justice Statistics figures, America takes the carceral cake on the global level. We imprison more people, both per capita and in absolute...
With a staggering 2,248,100 people incarcerated in American prisons and jails according to 2015 US Bureau of Justice Statistics figures, America takes the carceral cake on the global level. We imprison more people, both per capita and in absolute...
Facing incessant drought, cities across the state of California have been forced to consider every potential water-saving measure. But though desperate times call for desperate measures, one city’s water-saving solution may be deemed a bit too extr...
Facing incessant drought, cities across the state of California have been forced to consider every potential water-saving measure. But though desperate times call for desperate measures, one city’s water-saving solution may be deemed a bit too extr...