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May 23, 2013
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Housing
Starting Monday May 20, 2013, over 100 protesters gathered outside of the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington D.C. This protest, organized by Occupy Our Homes along with a collection of community organizations, like the Home Defenders League as well as evicted homeowners, was centered on demands that the Obama Administration, especially Attorney General Eric Holder, Keep reading »
May 10, 2013
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Health
A coalition in Maine - the Maine People's Alliance, the Maine AFL-CIO and the Maine State Nurses Association - held press conferences in Portland and Bangor to kick off their new Health Care Is a Human Right Campaign. Keep reading »
May 3, 2013
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Economic and Social Rights
Today the New York Times reported that suicide has increased dramatically among middle-aged people in the United States, with disproportionately more men killing themselves. The article raised the question whether it was economic distress that was driving our people to kill themselves in larger numbers. The likely answer depends very much on how you define economic distress and the... Keep reading »
May 3, 2013
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Work with Dignity
In the last 15 years, the modern UN Human Rights system has been forging an evolving consensus around the human rights obligations of private actors. Last year, the UN adopted Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and launched a working group . That group culminated its first U.S. trip on May 1st by holding a press conference and issuing a statement. While the... Keep reading »
May 2, 2013
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Economic and Social Rights | Health
Watch the highlights of Vermont's large May Day march and hear how a member of the Put People First campaign describes the growing unity among the many struggles for our human rights.
Check out this article in the Bosten Globe: Keep reading »
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