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How do you put a human face on an injustice that so often goes under the radar?

How the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta.

Let’s celebrate a new generation of activists who challenge the powerful and mobilize the masses.

Even though there's plenty to be proud of after this year's Pride weekend, there's still a long way to go for the LGBTQ movement.

Community members gathered to protest the discriminatory practice that has increased by 600 percent since Mayor Bloomberg took office.

At the first International Drone Summit, advocates call for transparency and an end to the US policies that rain terror from the sky.

We do not care a whit about their human rights as long as they satiate our unbridled appetites.

The Hunger Games

Katniss Everdeen is a new kind of pop heroine. No boy-crazy shopaholic, she's a complex character on a quest of her own.

On its fiftieth anniversary, the founding declaration of SDS echoes today in democracy movements around the world.

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By the end, several Justices appeared skeptical at best over whether their decision should reach the merits.

March 26, 2013

Today gave airtime to former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky—which, for his victims, only twists the knife further.

March 26, 2013

In Floyd v. City of New York, stop-and-frisk is on the stand—bringing to light police dissent with the NYPD’s discriminatory policies.

March 25, 2013

Hollingsworth v. Perry is the first gay marriage case ever argued before the Court. What’s it going to take for advocates of equality to win?

March 25, 2013

Another white officer is absolved in the killing of an unarmed Latino man.

March 22, 2013

This week, the drone debate continues, punctuated only by the tenth anniversary of another US power-play. Meanwhile, the Church got a new pope! And a Canadian immigration raid got caught on TV.

March 21, 2013

Tens of millions of Americans can rise out of extreme poverty—if policy-makers respond to a growing national movement.

March 20, 2013

The US’s guest worker program is riddled with holes—and abuse. Just ask McDonald’s workers on “cultural exchange.”

March 18, 2013

The numbers on job creation and unemployment are not as positive as they first appear—just watch American Winter.

March 18, 2013

A nonprofit, Catholic healthcare giant makes hundreds of millions in profits, raises the salaries of corporate executives and asks workers earning $31,000 a year to pay a $3,100 deductible for healthcare.

March 18, 2013