Egalitarianism
Mexican Army accused of thousands of human rights violations during war on drugs
In Mexico, 6,000 complaints have been filed against the Army for its action during the country’s war on drugs. And while, the army retains support, many people are concerned about the number of Mexican who have merely gone missing — and not at the hands of the cartel.
Top of the Hour: US to Promote Global Gay Rights, Says Clinton, Morning Headlines
The Obama administration has announced a high profile effort to promote LGBT rights around the world. “Some have suggested that gay rights and human rights are separate and distinct,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, “but in fact they are one and the same.” […]
Mississippi’s Proposition 26 Radically Alters Abortion Laws
On November 8, Mississippi voters will be making a decision which will have deep and lasting national implications for women’s contraceptive rights. If passed, Proposition 26, also known as “The Personhood Amendment,” would say that life begins at the moment that a human egg is fertilized. This would give an egg, no matter the age, […]
Global Political Cartoons: May 7 — 13, 2011
President Obama gets a boost from Osama….his death, anyway. The human rights violations of a (now withdrawn) candidate for the UN Human Rights Commission: Syria. Lady Liberty gets frisked, South Africa’s ongoing toilet wars, and The Donald….Duck Watch the slideshow
