Before the year 2000, the holiday that is now known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was referred to as Human Rights Day in ...

Will we embrace King's call to seek light, love and justice? Or a darker vision, where if some of us are to have, we must ...

“We see around the world that there is a risk of backlash as we make gains on [women’s] rights and opportunities,” said USAID Senior Coordinator Jamille Bigio.

As Joe Biden’s presidency comes to a close, MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin takes a closer look at how his policies in the Middle ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration will restore sweeping power to anti-abortion activists’ staunchest ally, who many ...

Jurors in the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal call on weapon makers to pay reparations for suffering they caused.

Progressive lawmakers, climate activists, and Kerry Kennedy are urging Joe Biden to pardon Donziger, who was prosecuted by Chevron’s law firm.

We host a roundtable on the planned Gaza ceasefire with former Israeli peace negotiator Daniel Levy of the U.S./Middle East ...

Maribel Hernández Rivera thought that no one cared about her struggles as an undocumented person living in the U.S. Today, as ...

Sarah Yager is Washington Director at Human Rights Watch. She worked on human rights under three U.S. presidents and from ...

Human Rights Watch on Thursday blasted the "craven unwillingness" of governments to defend international norms and ...

Kenyans have been experiencing a worse human rights situation over the past year, a global lobby group has revealed in its ...