ACLU Accuses Poultry Processing Prison Camp of Human Trafficking
Court-ordered program provides slave labor to private companies says new ACLU of Oklahoma lawsuit.
Human rights
The Real 'Modern Slavery'? Inside America's Court-Ordered Corporate Labor Camps
Under the guise of getting addicts treatment, courts are ordering people to do dangerous and unremunerated labor in "diversion" factory farms.
5 Cities That Got F**ked By the Olympics
The Olympics are an awful deal for the cities that host them.
What America Taught a Murderous Drug Warrior
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte follows prohibitionist logic to its lethal conclusion.
Cindy McCain's Charities Are Plagued With Scandal and Corruption. Now Trump Wants to Make Her Human Rights Ambassador
Examining McCain's philanthropic past reveals a long history of personal abuse of nonprofit resources, shady connections, and shoddy work.
Cindy McCain: Crony Philanthropist
From pill theft to cozying up to authoritarians, Trump's pick for U.S. ambassador on human rights has a long history of abusing the system.
Congress Wants to Let Cops Wiretap Sex Workers, the CDC Study Them, and Homeland Security Screen Them
A batch of frightening new bills take aim at all sorts of civil liberties under the guise of stopping sexual exploitation.
Jeff Sessions Says Social Media, Encrypted Apps Hamper War on 'Modern Slavery'
These are the tools of pornographers, "sextortionists," and human traffickers, Sessions told a police conference this week.
Theresa May and Rodrigo Duterte Both Find 'Human Rights' Annoyingly Inconvenient
Security threats don't excuse the abolition of due process.
'Operation Big Bad John' Used 75 Cops, Six Federal Agencies to Catch 13 Sex Buyers
Naturally, they're portraying it as a success.
'What a Great Job You Are Doing,' Trump Tells Thug Who Fights Drugs With Murder
Trump praises Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, which is tied to thousands of extrajudicial killings.
What America Taught a Murderous Drug Warrior
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte follows prohibitionist logic to its deadly conclusion.
Trump Embraces Murderous Drug Warrior, Inviting Him to the White House
The president praised Philippine strongman Rodrigo Duterte for "fighting very hard to rid his country of drugs."
Philippine President Says Trump Supports His Murderous Antidrug Campaign
The president-elect "understood the way we are handling it," says Rodrigo Duterte.
Euro Logic: We Must Kill Free Speech to Promote Free Speech
Americans must resist the delusional embrace of E.U.-style "hate speech" rules.
Government-Sponsored Hacking of Activists Should Give Authorities Pause, Not Inspiration
How an oppressive Middle Eastern country led to everybody's iPhones getting a security update.
Killer Robots: Protectors of Human Rights?
Why a ban on the development of lethal autonomous weapons is premature
Decriminalization Is the Only Feminist, Humane Response to Prostitution, Says Human-Rights Group Amnesty International
Group calls on governments worldwide to stop the criminalization of sex work
Influential Ex-Marines Commandant Wants Next President to Make War on Human Trafficking More Like the Drug War
His new organization, Generation Freedom, will "press the next President to make human trafficking a top priority" with a significantly higher budget.
Killer Robots: Protectors of Human Rights?
Why a ban on the development of lethal autonomous weapons now is premature.
Raul Castro Denies Cuba Holds Political Prisoners at Press Conference with President Obama
Dictator makes incredible claim a day after scores of dissidents were arrested.
"Cuba: the untaught lesson on the perils of socialism"
If millennials really do dig socialism, there's a museum of it just 90 miles south of Miami.
Justice, Not Amnesty, for 'Illegal' Immigrants
Granting "amnesty" supposes that a wrong was committed. But an immigrant without papers has done nothing wrong.
How Obama's War on Drugs Destroys Legal Immigrant Families
When it comes to legal immigrants and drug policy, you are guilty until proven innocent.
How Obama's War on Drugs Destroys Legal Immigrant Families
When it comes to legal immigrants and drug policy, you are guilty until proven innocent.
Gloria Steinem Believes in 'Bodily Integrity,' Just Not for Sex Workers
Feminist icon holds human rights in the highest regard-as long as they're for the right kind of people.
Morals Group Plans Worldwide Protest Against Human Rights
Amnesty International offices around the world to be targeted this month in protest of AI's support for decriminalizing sex work.
Human Trafficking in America: Myths and Realities
A Reason event on prostitution, sex trafficking, and the law
Sex Workers From Around the World Tell Hollywood to Mind Its Own Business
Hundreds of human-rights orgs, sex workers, and allies kindly ask Lena Dunham et al. to STFU about prostitution.
Resolution Calling for the Global Repeal of Blasphemy Laws Introduced in Congress
An attack on free speech is a greater blasphemy than is an insult to the divine.
Killer Robots Should Be Banned, Says Human Rights Watch
Warbots might actually behave more morally than soldiers.
This Chart Shows How Much Freedom the World Has Won and Lost Since 1972
Looking at Freedom House's data from the perspective of individuals instead of states
How the Feds Bungled the Ali Saleh al-Marri Case
President Obama cannot undo the mess his predecessor created by his fixation on torture.
This One Weird Trick Can Turn an Important Issue Into a Pointless Partisan Food Fight
The dumb debate about Obama's absence from a Paris rally
Human Rights Conference Attendee Risked Her Life to Watch Titanic
Sixth Annual Oslo Freedom Forum, a human rights conference actually organized by people who believe in human rights.
Obama Likely Violated Federal Law in Deal He Cut With Bergdahl's Captors
The law prohibits providing material assistance to a terrorist organization, which is what Obama did in releasing five untried Taliban leaders.
Why Did Nicholas Kristof Believe Somaly Mam's Lies?
The roots and consequences of a deception.
China Rejects UN Human Rights Report on North Korea, Sends Special Representative to Pyongyang
Says accusations unfounded, recommendations "divorced from reality"
