human rights

Living the Legacy: MLK Day in 2011
In her post, Wendy Sefsaf of Immigration Impact writes, Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, is a day that provides Americans with the opportunity to... read more
Packing for Vacation? Remember the Sunscreen, Camera, and the ACLU Know-Your-Rights Card
Summer vacations to the Grand Canyon will require a little extra preparation this year. Along with your camera and hot-weather gear, make sure to pack... read more
Call for Youth Produced Film Submissions - YOUTH PRODUCING CHANGE at the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in partnership with Adobe Youth Voices seeks youth-produced film, video and animated works on human rights issues made... read more
Promigrant/ Immigrant Rights/ Immigration Tweeps (social media activists who use Twitter)
Online activist Will Coley has compiled a list of 250 pro-migrant, human-rights, & civil-rights online activists, advocates & direct service practitioners dedicated to the enactment... read more
The Rev. Gérard Jean-Juste, Champion of Haitian Rights in U.S., Dies at 62
The Rev. Gérard Jean-Juste, a Roman Catholic priest who championed the rights of Haitians in the United States and was twice imprisoned in Haiti for... read more
Jailed without Justice
On March 25, Amnesty International released a new report "Jailed without Justice" that exposes the immigration detention system in the United States as broken and... read more
60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
New Routes to Community Health embraces the values articulated in this United Nations Document, ratified 60 years ago today. On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly... read more
Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands
Here is a story, published in the New York Times about a young man with a bright future in front of him, married to a... read more
Virginia Joins ICE "Partnerships" with Local Authorities
ICE (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) increasingly relies on local government to identify and report "criminal" illegal immigrants to federal authorities. The trouble is, of course, in... read more
The State of Opportunity: A blog about human rights and the American Dream
"Even after weeks of people discussing the horrific effects of the Postville and Houston raids, ICE has done it again – according to The Providence... read more
Public News Service Report - 2007 ICE Raid: A Year Later the Chill Remains
A look at the impact of Oregon's largest immigration raid a year later produced by Chris Thomas of Public News Service. It helps tell the... Listen to audio

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