Human Rights
Support for Cuban Five in U.S. capital
February 14, 2011Nearly 100 students, faculty and local residents turned out Feb. 8 at Howard University for a panel discussion on the Cuban Five.
Read moreRotten Apple: iPod sweatshops hidden in China
January 25, 2011Apple, famous for its Mac computers and iPhones, spends millions to create the image of a benevolent corporate giant that, while making money, does more than its part to better the world.
Read moreUN human rights body should be defended
January 25, 2011Like so many other initiatives of the tea party-infused Republican right, the push to leave - and even destroy - the Human Rights Council is wrong.
Read moreCuba Five prisoner paintings on exhibit in Maine
January 25, 2011PORTLAND, Maine - Noted actress and dedicated political activist Vinie Burrows helped open an exhibition of paintings by Cuban Five political prisoner Antonio Guerrero on January 19 at the University of Southern Maine Library.
Read moreThousands of Israelis march against “witch-hunt”
January 18, 2011Center and left Israelis, including political parties and human rights organizations, warn that Israel hasn't learned the lessons of the 1950s McCarthyite hysteria in the U.S.
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