Tag: human rights
The limited mind: Why fear is driving humanity to extinction
I have previously written many articles describing one or more aspects of the dysfunctional nature of the typical human mind, together with...
Immigrant children sent to Chicago shelters are traumatized and sick, in...
The Trump administration is sending immigrant children who are alone, afraid and sick with fever, chickenpox and even tuberculosis to shelters in...
The inhumane treatment of migrants is not new. It’s a key...
More than a week after lawmakers flocked to the U.S.-Mexico border to observe the horrible treatment of refugee children and families in...
How Albuquerque hopes to meet the unique needs of urban Native...
In Albuquerque, Native Americans account for about 4% of the population, yet they make up 44% of the city’s homeless population, according...
In photos: As fury grows, tens of thousands rally across us...
Tens of thousands of Americans showed up at rallies across the country on Tuesday to demand the Trump administration close the detention...
The nonprofit hospital that makes millions, owns a collection agency and...
In July 2007, Carrie Barrett went to the emergency room at Methodist University Hospital, complaining of shortness of breath and tightness in...
Remembering Stonewall: On 50th anniversary, leaders of uprising look back on...
Fifty years ago today, just after midnight, at 1:30 in the morning on June 28, 1969, New York City police officers raided...
Fund head start, not internment camps
I came to this country from Mexico as a small child because my mother was escaping poverty and wanted to give my...
20 ways you can help immigrants now
Immigrant children are dying in federal custody. Children in detention are being denied basic supplies like soap and blankets—and the Trump administration says...
Trump admin moves 100 migrant kids back to “child jail” despite...
The Department of Homeland Security has moved 100 migrant children back to a Border Patrol facility in Clint, Texas, where infants and...
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Phoenix places 10th on worst zoo List, pledges to shut down elephant exhibit
Phoenix Zoo’s decision is part of a growing trend among zoos across North America with about 40 zoos closing their elephant exhibits and many more pledging to close their exhibits.
How ten holier-than-thou MAGA dictates threaten to invert Jesus’ biblical commandments
Because a Christian God rules the universe, Christians should naturally run government.
The Santa Ana by Joan Didion
Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.
UnitedHealthcare interrupts doctor mid-surgery to question patient’s cancer care
A Texas doctor was forced to step out of the operating room after an insurance company questioned her patient’s approved cancer treatment.
LA wildfires destroy homes as insurers abandon policyholders in high-risk areas
Insurance companies pull out of fire-prone areas, leaving homeowners scrambling for coverage amid record-breaking climate disasters.