Tags Share On June 3, Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority, a civilian-staffed department tasked with investigating police misconduct, released more than 300 videos from 101 different cases of alleged police brutality which are still undergoing investigation. Prior to now, Chicago’s policy had been to not release such videos until after investigations were completed. The Chicago…
Maraniss’ Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story offers an insightful look at the once-powerful manufacturing metropolis and how, even in times of promise, the shadows of collapse were evident.
Tags Share (New York | May 11, 2016) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights applauds yesterday’s filing of a case by the New York Civil Liberties Union to challenge discriminatory exceptions to New York labor law denying farmworkers the right to organize under New York’s Constitution. The NYCLU’s constitutional challenge was also endorsed by Governor Andrew…
Rekia’s killing was an avoidable tragedy. The failure to secure accountability in the criminal justice system was avoidable, too. We must work to ensure that these failures aren’t repeated again.
In addition to passing Erin’s Law, the U.S. can be a leader in ending sexual assault by bringing RFK Human Rights’ Speak Truth To Power human rights curriculum to its schools.
Tags Share (April 21, 2016 | Washington, D.C.) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI), are proud to announce that Pat McGarry of Howell High School in Farmingdale, New Jersey has won the Grand Prize of the fifth annual Speak Truth To Power video contest.…
Cook’s deep commitment to social justice will make him an incredible leader on the RFK Board of Directors and help advance the organization’s work.
The increased militarization of local law enforcement agencies is at odds with international principles on policing.
A thematic hearing submission to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
The partnership will allow teachers to participate in a two-day Speak Truth To Power training on February 17 and 18 at the Peace Learning Center in Indianapolis.
Tags Share Today we commemorate the Holocaust and the massacre of 11 million people. As the former director of the Genocide Prevention Initiative at the US Memorial Holocaust Museum, my job was to give meaning to that otherwise empty phrase, Never Again. Holocaust survivor and the leader behind the creation of the museum, Elie Wiesel…
Tags Share (New York, N.Y. | October 26, 2015) Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights applauds the Department of Labor’s recent decision to eliminate certain ERISA restrictions and is proud to announce Carlyle Group Co-CEO David Rubenstein, Senators Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) will join U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez as keynote…
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