The first fellowship program for social entrepreneurs starting organizations to improve the lives of black men and boys has 16 finalists in the running.
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About 47 million Americans—of all colors, ethnicities, and backgrounds—are living at or below the poverty line in the ever-growing gap between America’s wealthiest and poorest.
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A grassroots organization in Moscow that promotes humane drug policy based on tolerance, protection of health, and human rights is under threat.
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The high economic and human costs of mass incarceration reveal an America that in the most literal ways isn’t living up to its values of freedom and equality.
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Integration is a tortuous, generations-long climb for France’s Muslims. Perhaps nowhere is the effort more pronounced than in Paris and Marseille.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Chuck Sudetic, France, migration, Muslims in Europe
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The U.S. will turn over the political prisoners in Bagram prison to Afghanistan sometime in the next six months, but so far there are no clear answers about what happens to those prisoners, especially citizens of Pakistan.
Posted in: Asia, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Afghanistan, Bagram, Christopher Rogers, National Security & Counterterrorism, Pakistan, Sarah Belal, South Asia
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In the aftermath of the verdict at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, voices weighed in on the conclusion of the nearly six-year long saga.
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More than a thousand people marched along the streets of Taksim Square in Istanbul to demand full economic, political, and human rights for women. Many demonstrators highlighted the problem of forced and coerced sterilization, which disproportionately affects poor and marginalized women.
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Members of the UN have agreed that properly funded legal aid schemes are not just optional, but should be a basic part of any country's justice system.
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Research shows that parolees who engage in work soon after their release from prison have a lower rate of recidivism. A program supported by the Open Society Foundations is helping them find it.
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