California
More than a dozen protesters disrupted the celebration of a new office space for a Los Angeles city department that will investigate human rights complaints.
Sept. 13, 2021
Politics
A letter sent to President Biden on Wednesday criticized the White House’s immigration policies for inflicting “cruelty on Black, Brown and Indigenous immigrant communities.”
Sept. 22, 2021
World Now
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Oct. 14, 2011
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights is investigating the hospital over how it treats Black women needing labor and delivery care.
July 11, 2023
Giving Back: Philanthropy Issue 2023
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) organizes and serves individuals, institutions and coalitions to build power, transform public opinion, and change policies to achieve full human, civil and labor rights.
Dec. 13, 2023
Did race play a role in the brutal beating of Rodney King, the black man who was stopped, then ferociously clubbed and savagely kicked by a group of white police officers following a chase prompted by a traffic violation?
March 12, 1991
Letters to the Editor
Readers express support for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Courts proposal, which would compel certain people into treatment.
Jan. 29, 2023
World & Nation
Countries are like people--you have to evaluate their performance.
May 1, 1994
Was it just a bad joke, some wondered, that a country criticized for jailing political dissidents, harassing religious leaders and executing criminals en masse was hosting an international conference on human rights?
Oct. 23, 1998
A terrible thought runs through the mind of Raji Sourani, director of the Gaza Center for Rights and Law, these days: What if the Palestinian government that takes over the Gaza Strip proves to be worse than Israel’s military occupation?
Dec. 6, 1993