Palestinian women call out Alicia Keys
theGRIO REPORT - Alicia Keys' upcoming summer concert in Israel has generated considerable controversy and been repudiated by outspoken activists, such as author Alice Walker...
Amnesty International criticizes Haiti over evictions from camps
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti has violated international human rights obligations by failing to protect people who have been forced to leave the impromptu settlements that sprang up in the Caribbean nation after the 2010 earthquake, a global advocacy group said Tuesday...
Testimony resumes in Haiti 'Baby Doc' case
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Alleged victims of the government of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier have resumed their testimony in court...
Fantasia on Instagram: 'Gay marriage is legal, but yet I'm judged'
EBONY - Even some Christians found fault with Fantasia’s post, saying her wording implies that same-sex marriage should be judged more harshly than adultery...
On the growing visibility of black LGBT women
OPINION - Imagine having two homes and not being welcomed in either one. That is undoubtedly how black LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered) women feel in American society...
Study: Young people and men of color more likely to identify as gay
Last Thursday, “the largest single study of the distribution of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) population in the U.S. on record” was published by the Williams Institute at the law school of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Blood diamonds: Zimbabwe officials to US
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has granted visas to two senior officials from Zimbabwe to attend a meeting of an international body charged with monitoring and preventing the sale of blood diamonds, despite human rights concerns...
Clooney uses star power to spotlight Sudan crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) - George Clooney used his Hollywood celebrity Wednesday to draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in the volatile border area between Sudan and South Sudan...
Clooney makes quiet visit to volatile Sudan region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Actor and human rights activist George Clooney made a quiet visit to a volatile border region between Sudan and South Sudan last week...
Ugandan gay activist wins RFK Human Rights Award
WASHINGTON (AP) - "It gives me more courage to continue doing the work I'm doing," Mugisha told The Associated Press ahead of the award...
