Our Voices
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“Canary: The Washington Post Investigates” Wins RFK Journalism Award
Tags Share Amy Brittain, Reena Flores, and Bishop Sand of the Washington Post have been recognized with a 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the radio division for their work on the seven-part podcast, “Canary: The Washington Post Investigates.” Canary follows Brittain’s reporting journey documenting failures in the D.C. court system’s handling of a…
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Egypt: President Should Act to Unshackle Freedoms
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt should immediately end a crackdown on freedom of association, independent groups, and peaceful dissent.
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USA TODAY Network South Wins RFK Journalism Award for ‘Confederate Reckoning’
Tags Share USA TODAY Network newsrooms across the South region won a prestigious journalism award Thursday honoring an ongoing project that explores the long shadow of racism in the American South. “The Confederate Reckoning,” a multimedia series powered by dozens of journalists working across five states, received the grand prize from the 2021 Robert F.…
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AP Wins Two RFK Journalism Awards
Tags Share An investigation exposing widespread abuse in the palm oil industry and searing photos of Ethiopians fleeing war earned The Associated Press two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards on Thursday. AP investigative reporters Margie Mason and Robin McDowell won the RFK Journalism Award for International Print for a series of stories that uncovered the…
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RFK Human Rights Condemns Recent Violence Against Journalist Omoyele Sowore
We urge the Government of Nigeria to hold accountable all persons responsible for the unlawful arrest, detention, and now shooting of Omoyele Sowore.
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Munduruku People and Their Territories Need Immediate Protection
Tags Share Wildcat gold miners invaded and attacked a Munduruku village in the Amazon on Wednesday, taking aim at leaders, including Maria Leusa Kaba, who have long opposed illegal mining on their protected Indigenous lands. As predicted, on May 26, 2021, in an alleged retaliation of a major operation against illegal mining coordinated by the…
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Uganda’s Sexual Offences Bill Fosters Discrimination and Injustice
Tags Share The Sexual Offences Bill, which seeks to amend the existing legal framework on sexual offences (especially the Penal Code Act Cap 120), contains several provisions that would worsen the situation of the LGBTQ+ community and people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. Despite the stated object of the Bill purportedly being “the effectual prevention…
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Eritrea: Renew Vital Mandate of UN Special Rapporteur
New and ongoing human rights violations in Eritrea can’t be ignored.
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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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Pub Owner Reinforces Racist Trope
Tags Share Regarding, “Delhi Township, Ohio bar: No NBA games on TV until LeBron James ‘expelled,’” (April 25): A Cincinnati bar’s public pronouncement that it would not show NBA games over LeBron James’ statements about a fatal police shooting of a teen in Columbus has drawn comment from many corners of society. What is missing…
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