Jun 16, 2020 | Human Rights
Search for: Breonna Taylor was an essential worker. An EMT with aspirations to be a nurse, she was one of the people whose daily labor of keeping people safe we have come to value anew in the age of COVID-19. In March, Louisville, Ky., police officers killed her after...
Jun 16, 2020 | Human Rights
Search for: George Floyd’s death brought Wanda Johnson back to a dark place. She was scrolling through Facebook when she came across the footage, now seen around the world, of a white Minneapolis police officer digging his knee into Floyd’s neck on May 25 as the...
Jun 16, 2020 | Human Rights
Search for: In his final moments of life, George Floyd called for his mother as a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck in the street. Floyd’s death has sparked a now worldwide anti-racism movement, huge anti-police brutality protests across America, and...
Mar 13, 2020 | Human Rights
Search for: When Parents Eavesdrop on Nannies It was troubling to learn that my voice was being recorded, day and night, without my knowledge or permission. I remember the deep betrayal I felt several years ago when I realized the family I had been working for as a...
Jul 6, 2019 | Human Rights
Search for: What we want from the G7 Summit in Biarritz: Progress, not Promises! It will take 108 years to achieve gender equality at the rate we’re going, and even longer in the world’s poorest countries. 26 of the 27 poorest countries are in sub-Saharan Africa,...
Nov 29, 2018 | Human Rights
Search for: Federal Judge Rules U.S. Ban on Female Genital Mutilation Is Unconstitutional In a historic ruling that strikes a chilling blow to women’s rights, a federal judge in Michigan declared unconstitutional the U.S. law against female genital mutilations (FGM),...
