Civil Rights
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Trump’s Attacks On Press Freedom Are Paving The Way For Authoritarianism A leading global democracy research institute says democratic “backsliding” must be turned around quickly—warning that after 10 years, recovery is “close to impossible.” In 2024, the Democrats ran on the catchphrase “We are not going back.” Even after the party’s resounding defeat,…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Trump Administration Advances Immigration Crackdown On Foreign Student Protesters The Trump administration is ramping up penalties against students who engaged in protests against the war in Gaza, revoking the visas of hundreds of alleged demonstrators. The Trump administration is ramping up penalties against students who engaged in protests against the war in Gaza, revoking…
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Our Rights Are at Stake: Civil Rights Organizations Urge American People to Unite and Speak Out Against Attacks on Civil Rights and Freedoms that Protect Everyone
Tags Share WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today joined with 133 other civil rights organizations representing millions of people to release an open letter titled “Our Rights Are at Stake. We Will Not Be Silenced.” “In America, our government cannot do whatever it wants. And we, the people, have a right to ask for what we…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Judge Rules DOGE’s USAID Dismantling Likely Violates The Constitution The dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development by billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency likely violated the Constitution, a federal judge ruled as he indefinitely blocked DOGE from making further cuts to the agency. The order requires the Trump administration to restore email and computer…
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USA Today: You say you’re American? You’d better be ready to prove it to police, ICE
Tags Share “President Donald Trump, an avowed fan of stop-and-frisk policing, now aims to take those practices national. His executive order requires federal law enforcement to treat a non-citizen’s failure to register or to carry proof of registration as a civil and criminal enforcement priority, punishable anywhere from one to six months in federal prison.” In…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share US Added to Human Rights Watchlist For ‘Narrowing’ Freedom and Now Ranks Near Serbia and Congo The U.S. was added to a watchlist of countries with “faltering civic freedoms” after a global watchdog group raised alarm bells over recent actions taken by President Donald Trump and his administration. The U.S. joins the Democratic Republic…
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Newsweek: Will Trump’s Executive Order Require Americans to Carry ID or Face Arrest?
Tags Share “The real question is, well, are police going to believe that you actually are a U.S. citizen when they stop you and they say: ‘Where’s your document?’” President Donald Trump’s immigration-related executive orders include the revival of an 80-year-old law requiring immigrants to carry proof of their status—raising concerns among civil rights groups.…
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Capitol Weekly: The struggle of incarcerated workers
Tags Share In Capitol Weekly, Fanta NGom, RFK Human Right’s Director of Business and Human Rights, critiques California’s refusal to pay fair wages to incarcerated firefighters battling recent wildfires. Ngom highlights how this practice exposes systemic inequality and the inhumane treatment inherent in prison labor systems across the country. Read the full article here.
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Axios: MLK’s daughter urges Americans to “stay woke” ahead of Trump’s return
Tags Share On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, during a celebration honoring her father’s legacy, Bernice A. King delivered a speech urging advocates to “remain woke” in response to civil rights rollbacks and the new Trump administration’s agenda. In light of her remarks, Axios reported on a public letter signed by eight civil rights and…
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Trumps Hatred and Ill-Will
Tags Share (Washington, DC) – Building from a first term riddled with policies that violated human rights, the incoming Trump administration has proposed a dangerous path for the future. Some of the policies championed by President Trump and his surrogates during the campaign could also give new purchase to white supremacy in the United States,…
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Rolling Stone: Will Biden Pardon This Human Rights Lawyer Who Beat Big Oil in Court?
Tags Share With Biden’s presidency winding down, Steven Donziger and a global coalition of advocates are calling for his pardon. After securing a $9.5 billion judgment against Chevron for Amazon pollution, Donziger faced a corporate-driven legal battle. A Rolling Stone article highlighted an open letter from human rights activist and RFK Human Rights President Kerry…
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