March 2012

In Debate, NESRI Stresses the Value of Economic and Social Rights
March 29, 2012
During a lively conversation about economic and social rights, NESRI Executive Director Cathy Albisa dialogued with Rev. Harcourt Klinefelter, a former speechwriter to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Aryeh Neier, President of Open Society Foundations and an opponent to the economic and social rights... Keep reading »
More Than A Roof Visits California and Idaho
March 28, 2012
The grassroots documentary film chronicling the first official mission to the United States by the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, traveled with NESRI staff to Moscow, Idaho and Irvine, California, catalyzing audience discussions about a human right to... Keep reading »
Supreme Court Arguments Favor Tax-funded, Public Health Care System
March 27, 2012
Case for Market-Based Health Reform Challenged in Supreme Court Hearing During the second day of arguments in the Supreme Court’s review of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a number of Justices, along with a lawyer for the plaintiffs, pointed to a tax-funded, public health care system as a... Keep reading »
The Right to Health Care Is Not on Trial: Does the Supreme Court’s Review of Health Reform Matter?
March 26, 2012
As the U.S. Supreme Court embarks on its review of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), advocacy for and against the law is reaching fever pitch, driven by long and intensive planning efforts. If only the vision for a truly universal, publicly funded health care system attracted... Keep reading »
Fast for Fair Food Demands Justice for Farmworkers
March 9, 2012
NESRI partner the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)  organized an historic Fast for Fair Food near Publix headquarters in Lakeland, Florida, beginning on Monday, March 5th, during which sixty-one workers from Immokalee and their allies chose to forego food for six days in the hopes of... Keep reading »
International Women’s Day: Attacks Increase on Women’s Health Rights in the United States
March 8, 2012
Today is International Women’s Day, a symbolic day to “join women around the globe in solidarity for human rights, dignity and equality.” Yet these are challenging times for women in the United States. Attacks on women’s human rights have increased, reproductive rights are... Keep reading »