HUMAN RIGHTS
Rio Militarizes Its Favela Slums in Preparation for the 2014 World Cup
I have been in all kinds of crazy situations in my life, but I am always afraid of going to the Maré. Last time I was there I got stuck in the middle of a crowd of people running for cover as a machine gun was discharged directly outside the doorway of...
The Swedish Government Has Stopped Sterilizing Transgender People
While that's great for future transgender people, it doesn't help those who were already forced to undergo mandatory sterilization as part of their gender realignment surgery. We caught up with Amanda Brihed, who underwent forced sterilization when she...
Things Are Still Going Terribly in Bahrain
To find out about the country's mostly ignored human rights crisis and the actions the government has been taking against its own people, I spoke with Maryam al-Khawaja, the acting president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, who told me people...
We Interviewed Tommie Smith About the 1968 'Black Power' Salute
Tommie had an interesting story to tell. He says it was a fist raised for the world, not just Black Americans. And he spoke a lot in the third person because he's a badass.
Zinn And The Art Of History Maintenance
Though not quite yet a household name, as historians and public intellectuals go, Howard Zinn has in the last few years become increasingly present in the public eye (whatever that is).
