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Category: Human Rights

When hate hits home: A Muslim-American’s story

April 12, 2016 Hafsa Mansoor Human Rights, Missouri region, Women, Youth issues 5 comments

“Al-lah, Al-lah!” Go home, you filthy terrorist!” At least, those were the words I think I heard. To be honest, I sort of shut

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Microaggressions

December 17, 2015 Hafsa Mansoor Gender issues, Human Rights, Ideas, Language/Words, Women One comment

In the past few months, I witnessed a reinvigoration of discussions regarding microaggressions– whether that’s a societal phenomenon, or just something I have personally

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Judeo-Christian values? How about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights instead?

November 24, 2015 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Democracy, Foreign Policy, History, Human Rights, Religion in Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans Leave a comment

Following the attacks in Paris, Republican Presidential candidate and Ohio Governor John Kasich said that he wants to set up an agency with a

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Abortion: Focusing on the real issues, not the distractions

August 21, 2015 Arthur Lieber Civil liberties, Ethics, Gender issues, Health care, Human Rights, Justice, Reproductive rights Leave a comment

Abortion opponents often like to dwell on minutia, such as whether or not Planned Parenthood profits from making embryonic organs available for life-saving research.

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Black power can only do so much to solve our racial problems

June 16, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Congress, Courts, Economy, Ferguson, Good government, Human Rights, Justice, Police Leave a comment

One of the interesting differences between the discord following the deaths of unarmed black men in Ferguson, MO and Baltimore is to what extent

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Since I became a “hijabi:” What it means to wear a Muslim headscarf

April 22, 2015 Hafsa Mansoor Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Gender issues, Human Rights, Women 3 comments

I decided I wanted to don the hijab last summer. It’s been almost a year now since I became a hijabi (someone who wears

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This church – state thing gets curiouser and curiouser

April 3, 2015 Arthur Lieber Civil Rights, Human Rights, Legal issues/Law, LGBT, Religion in Politics Leave a comment

Republican legislators and Governor Mike Pence in Indiana have presented us with the latest incarnation of church – state relations in the United States.

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We need police who are also social workers

December 15, 2014 Arthur Lieber Crime/Violence, Good government, Human Rights, Public safety Leave a comment

  What would have happened on that hot August afternoon had a social worker come upon Michael Brown on Canfield Avenue? What if a

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Talking about race

December 11, 2014 Hafsa Mansoor Civil Rights, Human Rights, Ideas Leave a comment

We need to have a serious discussion about race. Because believe it or not, not talking about race is not going to end racism;

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Infographic: Literacy around the world

September 8, 2014 Bobbi Clemons Education, Human Rights Leave a comment

For Literacy Day, the United Nations made an infographic looking at literacy statistics around the world. Education is listed again and again as one

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