“We hear from time to time about horrible human rights atrocities happening around the globe. Our government claims that it stands in favor of human rights, and our leaders are in the news demanding consequences for other countries that are abusing their populations. But there is a huge denial about how widespread and common these kinds of atrocities are in the United States, and that we are not nearly as different from other countries as we would like to believe we are.” BelieveHumansKindChildrenDifferentCountryStatesGovernmentUnitedCommonLeaderUnited StatesRightsHugeNewsHappeningsConsequenceClaimsHuman RightsPopulationFavorsHorribleDenialOther CountriesGlobesAtrocities Author:Lundy Bancroft
“Where I come from, if you see your family and friends' civil rights being taken away, you speak up and do everything you can to keep that from happening!” IfsSpeakTakenRightsHappeningsCivil RightsOur FamilyFamily And Friends Author:Cyndi Lauper
“The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues that were happening in places like Detroit, where there was a deep process of deindustrialization going on. So you have this response of angry young people, with a war going on in Vietnam, a poverty program that was insufficient, and police brutality. All these things gave rise to the black power movement. The black power movement was not a separation from the civil rights movement, but a continuation of this whole process of democratization.” PeopleWarWholeYoungPoliticalProcessBlackDealsCitiesPovertyIssuesRightsMovementHappeningsProgramPoliceAngryResponseSeparationCivil RightsVietnamPolice BrutalityBrutalityCivil Rights MovementDetroitInsufficientContinuumDemocratizationBlack PowerDisenfranchisement Author:Danny Glover
“It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about democracy and human rights and to be silent when these things are happening in Zimbabwe .” HumansBigsViewsLeaderDemocracyRightsHappeningsSilentHuman RightsEmbarrassmentHypocriticalZimbabweDemocracy And Human Rights Author:Raila Odinga
“The African-American community still needs to come together as one and stand up for rights of the people and of what's happening in their culture, their community.” PeopleNeedsStillsTogetherCultureCommunityRightsHappeningsAfrican AmericanTogether As One Author:Ziggy Marley
“I cannot find words to express the depth of my loss or outrage about what's happening to this country. I don't know if I can find the words for it, but if this country ever recovers, it will not be in my lifetime. If I were elected President, the first thing I would do would be to set up a Department of Restoring the Bill of Rights. I would have 10,000 people working there.” PeopleIfsKnowsFirstsI CanCountryWould BePresidentLossRightsHappeningsBillsLifetimeDepthDepartmentOutrageBill Of RightsRestoring Author:Sara Paretsky
“When ISIS last year called for the destruction of the Yazidi people, President Obama said that would constitute genocide and he ordered U.S. forces to keep it from happening. Human rights advocates say Christians now face a similar threat Nina Shea directs the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute.” PeopleYearsHumansSaidChristianLastsFacesForcePresidentReligiousRightsHappeningsDestructionThreatHuman RightsGenocidePresident ObamaLast YearIsisInstituteReligious FreedomNina Author:Tom Gjelten
“What's blinking red on my radar is the fact that for people who prioritize abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, or voting rights, those things are coming out of state legislatures, and some of the laws on reproduction stuff is coming out of city council, and so what's getting at me is the fact that there's just a fundamental lack of understanding that these laws are happening and being created by people who often won by ten votes in a midterm election.” PeopleStatesFactsLawStuffUnderstandingCitiesRightsTenHappeningsRedVoteElectionFundamentalsAbortionVotingComing OutCouncilLegislatureReproductionRadarRight To VotePrioritizeLack Of UnderstandingAbortion RightsState LegislaturesMidtermsCity CouncilMidterm Elections Author:Lizz Winstead
“Legislators could easily be out-voted if people voted in midterm elections. The fact that we don't talk about all this stuff [ abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, or voting rights] very much because Donald Trump and the general election is sucking all the air out of the room - if people aren't paying attention to their state, they're certainly not paying attention to what's happening in other states.” PeopleIfsStatesFactsStuffRoomsAttentionRightsAirTrumpHappeningsElectionPay AttentionAbortionVotingLegislatorsRight To VoteAbortion RightsGeneral ElectionsMidtermsMidterm Elections Author:Lizz Winstead
“Those of us who believe in human rights and the truth - particularly the journalists and the media - should stand in defense of Julian Assange and Bradley Manning. We owe them a lot for telling us the truth of what is happening in our world, and that is why I would continue to support them.” WorldShouldBelieveHumansSupportRightsMediaHappeningsHuman RightsDefenseJournalistOur WorldAssangeBradley Manning Author:Mairead Corrigan
“The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues that were happening in places like Detroit, where there was a deep process of deindustrialization going on.” PoliticalProcessDealsCitiesIssuesRightsMovementHappeningsCivil RightsCivil Rights MovementDetroitDisenfranchisement Author:Danny Glover
“We oppress people, we make our victims small wherever they are, whether they are a black girl in a rural community in, say, America or Britain, or whether it's something happening out there in one of the countries of conflict. I mean Sri Lanka, the human rights abuse there is appalling.” PeopleHumansMeanCountryAmericaGirlBlackCommunityRightsConflictHappeningsAbuseVictimHuman RightsBritainSri LankaBlack GirlRural Communities Author:Roma Tearne