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September 15, 2025
Privately funded, the center adds immersive galleries and programs to inspire the next generation of “change agents.”
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December 17, 2024
Tuesday's lawsuit is part of a last push on the outgoing Biden administration to limit U.S. military support to Israel…
July 15, 2022
A Minnesota-based printing company must enforce anti-discrimination policies and pay a former Black employee for violating civil rights laws. 
December 15, 2020
As promoters of making Puerto Rico a US state complain about equality at the federal level, they're eroding civil and…
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May 22, 2019
Amnesty International published an open letter Tuesday criticizing the policies of President Jair Bolsonaro, saying they will lead to more…
Cameroon
November 7, 2018
Children as young as 11 were taken from the Cameroon school, along with staffers, heightening concerns among United Nations officials
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April 13, 2018
The state of Mississippi has "abandoned its responsibility to provide basic needs" to inmates at a privately run prison that…
August 28, 2017
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — San Francisco 49ers strong safety Eric Reid has resumed his kneeling protest for human rights during the…
October 4, 2016
A lawyer asked a high court to "make history" and rule for the first time that officers, who racially profiled…
November 11, 2014
Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr., parents of Michael Brown, arrived in Switzerland on Monday to address the United Nations Committee
April 12, 2014
MSNBC -- Florida’s criminal justice system has received a lot of attention in recent years – and for good reason.
December 6, 2013
OPINION - Nelson Mandela was a political prisoner turned statesman. And he was a freedom fighter, too. And we must…
October 17, 2013
NBC NEWS - Almost 30 million people across the globe are living in modern-day slavery, according to a report published…
August 21, 2013
OPINION - Digital surveillance summons fears about privacy. State-sanctioned physical surveillance produces fears about safety and ultimately fear for one’s…
August 21, 2013
OPINION - Prison reform is one of those issues that seems impossible to make progress on because prisoners and their…
August 12, 2013
OPINION - King said recently, 'If I was homophobic, I wouldn’t have friends who are gay and lesbian' -- yet…
July 6, 2013
VIDEO - Scholar and MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry spoke to civil rights activist Myrlie Evers-Williams about significant changes in the…
June 13, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Alicia Keys' upcoming summer concert in Israel has generated considerable controversy and been repudiated by outspoken activists,…
April 23, 2013
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Haiti has violated international human rights obligations by failing to protect people who have been forced…
March 14, 2013
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Alleged victims of the government of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier have resumed their testimony in…