News & Commentary about Human Rights
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Mar 8, 2012
Counting On Us: Release of New Civil Rights Data Is the First Step in Helping Our Kids
Mar 6, 2012
ACLU Lens: New York Times Highlights Data Showing Harsh Discipline for Minority Students and Students with Disabilities
Feb 16, 2012
Add Your Voice to Doug Liman's Upcoming Movie "Reckoning With Torture"
Feb 7, 2012
10 Years Later: Our First Step Toward Torture
Jan 24, 2012
The Internal Investigations on Abuse the CIA Doesn't Want Anyone to See
Jan 24, 2012
Accountability for Torture Still the Goal, Still Elusive
Jan 23, 2012
The Long Path Ahead: People of African Descent and the Realization of Human Rights
Jan 20, 2012
Demanding Accountability in the Home of Torture Taxi Headquarters