Op-Ed
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New Speak Truth to Power Initiative Could Set Tone, Help Heal Divided Nation
Our partnership with Bangor High School incorporates human rights education into the school’s practices and culture to create an inclusive, dignity-driven learning environment.
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TIME100: Indyra Mendoza and Claudia Spellmant
We pay tribute to our partners on the Vicky Hernández case for their incredible work protecting LGBTQ+ rights.
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Undoing the Moral Shame of Family Separation
The lawyers who orchestrated such horrific human rights violations must be held accountable.
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Don’t Just Quote My Father, Follow His Example
Tags Share (CNN)A year ago, our nation was gripped by protests over the repeated killings of Black Americans at the hands of police. A year ago, my good friend Rep. John Lewis was still with us. He died last July, at the age of 80, after a lifetime of dedicated service to our country. In…
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How Investors Can Boost Their DE&I Efforts
Start where you have the most control: within your own workplace.
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Three Ways to Support LGBTQ+ Students
Tags Share As more and more anti-LGBTQ+ legislation crops up around the country, here are three ways we can all support and empower our trans students. You may also want to read this article about a new poll showing Americans are overwhelmingly against anti-transgender laws. By Ei Meeker, English and health education teacher, Brooklyn, N.Y.…
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The Dominican Republic’s Century-Long History of Racism
The Dominican Republic wants to build a border wall. It should learn from America’s mistakes.
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New York Should Vaccinate the Incarcerated
Tags Share Prisoners are at risk and it affects their whole community. In the early months of the pandemic, New York emerged as a leader in its response. It instituted an early mask mandate and rebounded from being the epicenter of the virus to the state with the lowest transmission rate and most significant health…
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Biden Must Undo Trump’s Damaging Decision on Western Sahara
Tags Share In August 2012, my daughter Mariah and I took part in an international human rights delegation trip to Western Sahara, where we met with hundreds and hundreds of victims of abuse. People there told us they had been threatened, beaten, raped, tortured and had family members killed, all for criticising the Moroccan regime…
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The Urgent Need for Civics Education
Tags Share If there was ever a time for a gut-check for America, this is it. A country torn at the seams into factions of progressive reform vs. status quo, Republican and Democrat, vindicated winners and sore, angry losers. A country still unable, 52 years after the death of Martin Luther King, to confront its…
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Our Civic Duties Don’t End On Election Day
We must push our ideas of civic responsibility past the ballot by remaining informed and supporting marginalized groups.
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We Cannot Condone the Myanmar Government’s Lies
Tags Share Of course, the details never added up. But now, with recent confessions from two Myanmar Army soldiers, the truth hangs in the open air, exposing the blatant lies that government officials have told about their genocide against the Rohingya. That truth was already clear to the dozen of us—human rights lawyers, activists, documentarians,…
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