Human Rights Organizations

Immigration

Anti-immigrant Laws Are Anti-human

Over 60 deaths in U.S. border deserts in July 2010. The number almost rivals that of US troop deaths in Afghanistan for the same month, 66, the deadliest month of a nine-year long war. The number of deaths along the … Continued

News

The Tanton Network’s Victory on 287g, with Kobach of Kansas

This week’s New York Times profile of Kris Kobach, the John Tanton Network lawyer from Kansas, is a reminder that even an outspoken, virulently anti-immigrant, restrictionist, Obama-joke-cracking attorney/professor with Ivy League credentials, not to mention a stint in the Ashcroft … Continued

International

“Green” Fuel Has Human Cost

Governments and big business displacing landowners around the globe is nothing new. So it comes as no surprise that since 2005 there has been a resurgence of land theft in Colombia to make way for biofuel, and not so coincidentally, … Continued

Politics

White Nationalists Prepare to Oppose Obama Administration

Since the weeks leading up to the most significant election to take place in the United States, federal law enforcement agencies, the media, and human rights organizations have paid close attention to threats, some of which are stemming from individuals … Continued