Lifting a Terrible Burden: The Need to End Sanctions on Afghanistan
by John Whitehead — More than two years after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, the Afghan people’s situation remains dire. The...
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- May 3
- 4 min
What Do Abortion Bans Really Ban?
by Grattan Brown, STD — State abortion bans frighten the general public, anger abortion advocates, and encourage pro-life advocates. But...
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- May 1
- 4 min
The State of the Union
by Jack Champagne — Predictably, the 2023 State of the Union was overwhelmed by the effort to sell economic successes to an American...
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- Mar 27
- 4 min
Idaho Legislators Reinstate Firing Squads
by Judith Evans — An inmate is strapped to a chair and blindfolded. A white circle is placed on their chest, over the heart. Six...
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- Mar 25
- 2 min
Justice for the Five: One Year Later
by Liliana Zamora — One year ago, on March 25, 2022, 115 deceased infants were discovered by Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU)...
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- Mar 13
- 3 min
Remembering Judy Heumann: Humanizing People with Disabilities and Telling Our Stories
by Sophie Trist — For most of human history, people with physical and mental disabilities have been killed, institutionalized,...
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- Feb 3
- 2 min
Stop the Execution of Leonard “Raheem” Taylor
by Sophie Trist — In what is becoming an increasingly disturbing pattern, Missouri is set to execute a man with a credible innocence...
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- Jan 12
- 3 min
Twenty-One Years of GITMO: The Spotted History and Practices of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center
by Sean Wild — January 11, 2023, marked the anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, commonly known as GITMO....
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- Jan 11
- 5 min
159 Organizations Sign Onto Letter Demanding President Biden Close Guantánamo
Rehumanize International was among 159 organizations that signed onto a letter sent to President Biden urging him to prioritize closing...
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- Jan 7
- 7 min
Hundreds of Organizations Urge President, AG to Halt Federal & Military Death Penalty
Timed to coincide with the delivery of a new letter from Members of Congress to the Biden Administration’s Attorney General, Rev. Sharon...
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- Dec 3, 2022
- 3 min
Iranian Government Poised to Use Mass Executions to Quell Deepening Unrest
by Samuel B. Parker — In November, an Islamic Revolutionary Court in Iran sentenced a protester to death in a judicial proceeding that...
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- Nov 28, 2022
- 4 min
“Our Artworks are Parts of Ourselves”: The Unresolved Status of Art by Guantánamo Bay Detainees
by John Whitehead — The US prison at Guantánamo Naval Base, Cuba, remains a significant unresolved legacy of the Global War on Terrorism...
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- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
Death of LAPD Officer Houston Tipping After He Reported Sexual Assault Raises Concerns and Questions
by Samuel B. Parker — Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) Officer Houston Tipping died on May 29, 2022, allegedly as the result of what...
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- Oct 7, 2022
- 7 min
Anwar al-Awlaki: A Watershed Moment in the U.S. Drone Program’s Erosion of Constitutional Rights
by Samuel B. Parker — On September 30th, 2011, President Barack Obama ordered a drone strike against Anwar al-Awlaki, a Muslim cleric...
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- Oct 4, 2022
- 3 min
Mercy For John Ramirez
by Sean Wild Cover image by Michael Starghill/The Marshall Project — On October 5, 2022, the state of Texas plans to execute John...
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- Sep 3, 2022
- 7 min
The Consistent Life Ethic: A Historical View
by Sean Wild — The street is lined with people. Each end of the sidewalk is filled with protestors and counter-protestors. The issue at...
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- Aug 24, 2022
- 3 min
Gross Negligence and Excessive Force: Albuquerque Child Killed During Police Raid
by Samuel B. Parker — In early July, Brett Rosenau, a fifteen-year-old boy, died in a house fire during an Albuquerque Police Department...
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- Aug 22, 2022
- 4 min
Unheard Pleas for Mercy
by Jack Champagne — Because justice delayed is justice denied, any cognizable claim of innocence asserted by an incarcerated person...
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- Jul 29, 2022
- 4 min
Re-Imagining Roe: Life-Affirming Assistance for Families
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — The overturning of Roe v. Wade has made me reflect a lot on my own pregnancy. I’ve written about this before...
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- Jul 11, 2022
- 3 min
Texas Migrant Deaths Prove that Dysfunctional U.S. Immigration Policy has Lethal Consequences
by Samuel B. Parker — On June 28th, law enforcement agents and emergency responders in Texas announced that they had recovered the bodies...
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