Human Rights

Photo Essay: When a Kid's Bedroom Isn't a Room

A striking look at where children from nine countries sleep at night.

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| Fri Nov. 23, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Will China's New Policy Silence Future Protesters?

A new environmental regulation could make it easier for authorities to suppress protesters before they hit the streets.

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| Fri Nov. 16, 2012 4:00 AM PST

11 Things the Lame-Duck Congress Might Do

Partisan gridlock and fiscal-cliff priorities may impede progress on other pieces of legislation. In some cases, that might be a good thing.

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| Mon Nov. 12, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Gay Marriage Finally Wins at the Polls

Tuesday brings four unprecedented gains for marriage equality.

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| Tue Nov. 6, 2012 3:19 PM PST

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Inside Sheriff Joe's Weird, Wild Reelection Race

The bizarre election to take down America's most infamous sheriff, featuring a special guest appearance by Steven Seagal.

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| Thu Nov. 1, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

VIDEO: Sandy Leaves Elderly New Yorkers Trapped in Dark High-Rises

In candle-lit apartments on Manhattan's Lower East Side, senior citizens and their caregivers struggle to make it without power or water.

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| Thu Nov. 1, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Not a Polar Bear in Sight: Arctic Ocean Diaries No. 11

We're going to have to learn how to learn faster than we ever have before if we hope to keep up with the rate of change in the Arctic.

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| Wed Oct. 31, 2012 2:17 PM PDT
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Romney Still Wants to Indict Ahmadinejad for Violating Genocide Convention

This has been a (rather bizarre) Romney talking point for years.

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| Tue Oct. 23, 2012 10:32 AM PDT

Book Review: Sri Lankan Civil War Refracted in "Island of a Thousand Mirrors"

A fictionalized family epic through the island nation's bloody civil war flushes life into headlines and body counts.

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| Tue Oct. 23, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

"I Am Not a Leader": Russell Means' 1980 Mother Jones Cover Story

In a provocative piece, the American Indian Movement activist lashed out at European "death culture" and the left.

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| Mon Oct. 22, 2012 10:53 AM PDT

7 Surprising Items That Get Prisoners Thrown Into Solitary

From Christmas cards to newspaper clippings, California prison officials have cited just about everything as "evidence" of gang activity.

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| Wed Oct. 17, 2012 6:33 PM PDT
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Solitary in Iran Nearly Broke Me. Then I Went Inside America's Prisons.

We throw thousands of men in the hole for the books they read, the company they keep, the beliefs they hold. Here's why.

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| Mon Sep. 24, 2012 5:58 PM PDT
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What Extreme Isolation Does to Your Mind

In the 1950s, university researchers put volunteers in tiny rooms and deprived them of sensory input. The results were shocking.

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| Fri Oct. 12, 2012 1:41 PM PDT

Maps: Solitary Confinement, State by State

An exclusive review of how state prisons use isolation to discipline inmates and weed out gang members.

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| Tue Oct. 9, 2012 12:29 PM PDT

VIDEO: Former Hostage Shane Bauer Returns to Solitary

"There are no windows here:" Investigating America's prisons after years locked up in Iran.

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| Wed Oct. 17, 2012 11:35 PM PDT

Voter Fraud Billboards in Ohio Target Minorities

A shadowy campaign to stop nonexistent election fraud in Cleveland is seen as an attempt to scare off voters.

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| Thu Oct. 11, 2012 3:01 AM PDT

Supreme Court Shuts Out Foreign Torture Cases

Under the ruling, human-rights victims like those in an Exxon case we investigated may have no redress US courts.

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| Fri Oct. 5, 2012 11:40 AM PDT
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Donald Rumsfeld Inadvertently Disses Himself Yet Again

This time, the ex-Defense Secretary does it while slamming UN ambassador Susan Rice over the Benghazi embassy attack.

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| Tue Oct. 2, 2012 11:39 AM PDT

The Drone Unknowns

A new report says the impact of drones goes far beyond how many people they kill.

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| Mon Oct. 1, 2012 8:15 AM PDT

As Appeal Trial Approaches, Pussy Riot Asks the World for Help

The band's defense team rallies for international support ahead of the October 1st trial.

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| Fri Sep. 28, 2012 3:01 AM PDT