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The Unborn Children of Immigrants Face Persecution Because of Race, Not Immigration Status
by Lauren Boyer — It recently hit me how different my experience is from my Spanish-speaking neighbors. In high school, I had a friend...
1 day ago5 min read
Unequal Victims, Unequal Justice
by Lauren Pope — My cousin Aaron was murdered. The last time anyone in my family saw him alive was when he came up to the hospital, high...
Aug 143 min read
Whose America? Which Identity? — 'America First' vs. Human Solidarity
by Dr. William Tullius — In the follow-up to his now-classic After Virtue , the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre posed a fundamental set of...
Mar 1210 min read
A Cause of Prejudice at Home? The Dangers of Anti-China Attitudes
by John Whitehead — US-China relations have continued to deteriorate this year. Issues ranging from Taiwan, to the presence of an alleged...
May 31, 20236 min read
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...
Jan 11, 20235 min read
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...
Jan 7, 20237 min read
“Grieved Out”: How Suicide Affects US Indigenous Communities
by John Whitehead — NOTE: This post discusses suicide and sexual and intimate partner violence. Suicide is a leading cause of death in...
Nov 24, 20224 min read
“Sacrificed in the Name of Global Power”: How US Nuclear Policy Harmed Native American Nations
by John Whitehead — The lethal effects of nuclear weapons in wartime are well known. What is less appreciated is how nuclear weapons can...
Oct 10, 20225 min read
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...
Jul 11, 20223 min read
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right: Constructively Discussing Race in the Russo-Ukrainian War
by Sophie Trist — Around ten P.M. on the night of February 23, a breaking news alert on my phone told me that Russia had just launched a...
Mar 21, 20223 min read
Colonialism and Pregnancy Intersect in "White Lies"
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Warning: Spoilers. One thing that has always fascinated me about issues relating to pregnancy is that...
Feb 7, 20224 min read
"Precious": Finding Hope Amid Tragedy
by Christy Yao Pellicioni — Warning: Spoilers. Precious was the first movie to give me nightmares in a while. It's not a particularly...
Jan 28, 20223 min read
George Stinney Fund Will Provide Reparations for the Families of Those Wrongfully Executed in South
by Sophie Trist — On June 16, 1944, fourteen-year-old George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person to be legally executed in the United...
Jan 12, 20223 min read
Eugenics: How Did It Start?
by Christy Yao Pelliccioni — Dr. Laura Rivard of the University of San Diego, founder of Genetics Generation, makes an excellent point in...
Dec 13, 20213 min read
Racial Discrimination and Weapons of Mass Destruction: The Navajo’s Struggle against Uranium Mining
by John Whitehead — A long struggle against injustice took a new turn this fall when a group of Navajo activists moved forward with an...
Dec 7, 20213 min read
Aimee Murphy's Remarks at the Vigil for Justice
Below are Aimee Murphy's remarks at the 2021 Vigil for Justice held by Rehumanize International and Death Penalty Action to honor the...
Oct 12, 20216 min read
We Need Justice for Thousands of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
by Sophie Trist — President Joe Biden has just become the first U.S. president to issue a proclamation in honor of Indigenous People’s...
Oct 10, 20214 min read
United Nations Office of Human Rights Issues Groundbreaking Report on Combating Systemic Racism
by Sophie Trist — Following the brutal murder of George Floyd and subsequent racial justice protests around the globe, the United Nations...
Aug 2, 20214 min read
Babies and Dreams: Addressing Structural Inequality While Defending the Preborn
by Katherine Noble — Pro-choice organizations, people, and rhetoric often frame abortion as an easy solution to a complicated problem....
Jul 8, 20214 min read
Juneteenth and Its Symbolic Significance for the Consistent Life Ethic
by Rana Irby — June 19th, or “Juneteenth,” commemorates the end of chattel slavery in the United States. For the Black American...
Jun 19, 20212 min read
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