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Honoring the Vision of a Remarkable Woman and Fortune 500 CEO

Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld | Posted 08.07.2012 | Women
Read More: Marion Sandler, National Security, Truman National Security Institute, Center for Equitable Growth at Berkeley, Woman Ceo, Human Rights Center, Sandler Foundation, Center for American Progress, Women News
Dr. Rachel Kleinfeld

While progressives have lost a lioness, she will live on in all that she started.

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Of Human Bondage: Slavery Bigger Than Ever in America

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Slave Labor, Free the Slaves, Modern Day Slavery, United Nations, Human Rights Center, Slavery, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The modern day slave trade nearly equals the illicit drug and arms sale trade. Captives work in plants, factories, farms, hotels and restaurants and in prostitution and sex rings.

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What Kind Of Hammer Is Twitter?

The Huffington Post | Russell Bishop | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: UC Berkeley, Corporate Responsibility and Complicity, Internet, Human Rights Center, Twitter, Social Networking, Video, Healthy Living News

In the ongoing debate about social networking tools, sites such as Facebook and Twitter are coming under increasing scrutiny for the potential of harm...

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From Guantanamo to Accountability and Beyond

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Geneva Conventions, Human Rights Center, Presidential Powers, Office of the Pardon Attorney, US Accountability Project, Interrogation, Jonathan Mahler, Carolyn Patty Blum, Presidential Pardons, Open Society Institute, Military Commissions, Detention, The Challenge, International Center for Transitional Justice, Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Violations, International Human Rights, Civil Liberties, Military Tribunals, Aclu, Pardons, Eric Stover, Laurel Fletcher, Osi, Politics News
Arlene M. Roberts

President-elect Obama made known his intention to close the Guantanamo detention facility. The projected closure raises a plethora of issues.

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