Human Rights

Women Say No To War!

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

To fight is not the solution. We have a mouth and a brain, we should talk.” Dr. H.B. Ghazanfar, Women’s Affairs Minister
President Obama,
We, the women of Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and the United States, implore you to refrain from sending more United States military forces to Afghanistan.
We encourage you to work quickly for a political solution [...]

Hannity Refuses To Condemn The Bombing Of Innocent Children

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

In this video, Hannity displays phony outrage at the women when they do not condemn the G20 protesters throwing rocks at riot police in Pittsburgh. Hannity said:
You won’t condemn throwing rocks at police officers, vandalizing people’s stores…To put the police’s lives in jeopardy…Why wouldn’t you condemn violence? Why wouldn’t you condemn what is so morally [...]

Republican Moral Majority Shows Its True Colors At McCain Town Hall

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

You can disagree with someone’s politics all you want, but to not feel sympathy for a woman whose child was denied medical care for multiple sclerosis because it was a pre-existing condition, is twisted. At best, there was a smattering of cheers to the woman’s statement that this country is better than that..
The ironic part [...]

Sean Hannity Would Rather See 15 Million Americans Die Than Have Health Care Reform Passed

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

There are so many things morally and factually wrong with this video, it is hard to decide where to begin.
First of all, you can see that Hannity is in complete denial of the facts when he disputes the fact that the United States spends significantly more on health care than any other nation, a point [...]

If Justice Scalia’s Interpretation Of The Law Doesn’t Scare You, Then You Are Fearless

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Mr. Troy Davis, currently on death row in Georgia, was convicted in 1991 for the 1989 murder of an off-duty police officer. Since his conviction, a whirlwind of controversy has insued.
According to the NY times, Seven of the witnesses against Mr. Davis have recanted, and several people have implicated the prosecution’s main witness as the [...]

Ten Meanest Cities Toward The Homeless

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Study provided by the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty.
While most cities throughout the country either have laws or engage in practices that criminalize homeless persons, some city laws or practices stand out as more egregious than others in their attempt to criminalize homelessness.
The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and the National [...]

How Many Civilian Deaths Are Acceptable?

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

From Common Dreams:
It was a cryptic Pentagon answer to Senator John Kerry’s straightforward question, in notes from the Senate hearing on May 21:
Question. According to The New York Times July 20, 2003, Secretary Rumsfeld personally approved over 50 US airstrikes in Iraq which were expected to kill up to 50 innocent Iraqi civilians each. According [...]

The Truth About Hate Crime Legislation

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

It is difficult for bigots to understand, but the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, or the Matthew Shepard Act, will not further infringe on their rights to verbally spew intolerance.
For some reason, many on the right are fighting this legislation. Genuine disagreement with legislation is one thing, but when you have pundits, like [...]

Congressman Issa Is Misinformed On China

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have to realize that just because they say something, does not make it factual.
In this clip, Mr. Issa is trying to use Tiananmen Square as an example of how U.S. denunciation of human rights violations can have a positive and successful impact on movements abroad.
It is not clear [...]