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Liberation Stories: A Conversation with Shanelle Matthews and Marzena Zukowska
The need to “change the narrative” is often articulated. But how is this done? In this interview, two editors of a new book on “liberation stories” offer their perspectives.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:
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Using Narrative Power to Advance Liberation: Six Key Elements
To change the world requires altering how we see the world, and that requires narrative change. In this book excerpt, the authors offer a framework for how to do so.
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:World Cup: A Year Out, Growing Attacks on Rights
Click to expand Image US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order alongside President of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, March 7, 2025. 2025 Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (Amsterdam) – The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) should take immediate and demonstrable steps to safeguard human...
Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source:Brazil Should Reject Bill Gutting Environmental Licensing
Click to expand Image Cattle walk along an illegally deforested area in an extractive reserve near Jaci-Parana, Rondonia state, Brazil, July 12, 2023. 2023 Andre Penner/AP Photo Legislators in Brazil are currently deliberating theGeneral Environmental Licensing Law (LGLA), a new bill which dismantles environmental licensing requirements and, if approved, could accelerate oil and gas extraction, cattle ranching, and...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Damaging Denial of DR Congo’s Ex-President’s Media Coverage
Click to expand Image Former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila arrives in Goma, May 29, 2025. 2025 Moses Sawasawa/AP Photo Last week authorities in theDemocratic Republic of Congo imposed a 90-day ban on any media coverage of former President Joseph Kabila or his party in response to his recent statements and visit to the country’s embattled east after hereturned to Congo from exile.Kabila led the...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Meet the Hidden Majority of Nonprofits: The All-Volunteer Organization
The United States has over a million nonprofits, but the majority of them to do not have paid staff. What do we know about this largely hidden part of the nonprofit sector?
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Colombia: Presidential Candidate Attacked, Severely Injured
Click to expand Image Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay during a demonstration in Bogotá, Colombia, February 15, 2023. 2023 Sebastian Barros/NurPhoto via AP (Bogota) – The June 7, 2025, attack against theColombian congressman and presidential candidate Miguel Uribe Turbay is a blow to democracy, Human Rights Watch said today.A15-year-old boy shot and severely injured Uribe Turbay during a campaign event in Bogota,...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Germany-Sri Lanka Summit Should Address Rights, Accountability
Click to expand Image Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (C) during a ceremony to commemorate the 16th anniversary of National War Heroes Day, marking the end of the country’s civil war, in Colombo, May 19, 2025. 2025 Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images Both Sri Lanka and Germany have newly elected leaders, but key human rights concerns that Chancellor Friedrich Merz should raise with visiting President...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Trump Takes Advantage of Anti-ICE Protests in California
Click to expand Image Thousands of protesters gather to demand an immediate end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ramped-up raids at worksites, schools, stores and courthouses in California, Los Angeles, US, June 8, 2025. 2025 Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images On Saturday, US President Donald Trump wrested control of 2,000 California National Guard forces from the state’s Governor Gavin Newsom and...
Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source:Trump’s Authoritarian Spectacle: Corruption in US Governance and What Nonprofits Can Do About It
As the Trump administration’s brazen corruption continues, grassroots organizations and nonprofits stand as a critical bastion of resistance, with the opportunity to develop new systems of care that center the many rather than the few.
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:Pakistan: Blasphemy Laws Exploited for Blackmail, Profit
Click to expand Image Police and residents stand amid debris outside the torched St. John Church on the outskirts of Faisalabad, Pakistan, on August 17, 2023, a day after Muslim men were incited to commit anti-Christian violence. 2023 AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images (New York) –Pakistan’s blasphemy laws perpetuate religious discrimination and are used to target the poor and minorities in unlawful evictions and land...
Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source:Indictment of Cameroonian May Be A Step in The Right Direction
Click to expand Image Eric Tataw. Eric Tataw/X In a possible step towards justice, Eric Tataw, a Cameroonian national residing in the US state of Maryland, has been charged in Federal court with crimes including threatening violence against civilians.Tataw, 38, is a social media activist.The April indictment stemmed from an investigation conducted by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with the...
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:US Travel Ban: New Rhetoric, Same Old Prejudice
Click to expand Image Afghani evacuee Israr, 26, shows photos on his phone of himself working in Afghanistan as a translator with military forces at his new apartment in Charlestown, Massachusetts, February 21, 2022. 2022 Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images Have you ever been shut out or denied something based solely on your group identity? That is the essence of discrimination; a deeply dehumanizing disregard for...
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Report Uplifts New and Old Challenges Facing Nonprofits
In this year’s State of Nonprofits report, the Center for Effective Philanthropy notes that burnout and staffing issues continue to plague nonprofit leaders who are also now burdened with having to navigate a hostile political climate.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:The Civic Bond: Friendship as Democracy’s Essential Thread
How can we rebuild democracy? Let’s explore how democracy relates to the quality of relationships we have with one another.
Published on: June 06, 2025 | Source:Thailand: Army Trainers Jailed for Conscript’s Death
Click to expand Image Soldiers march during the annual Military Parade in Saraburi province, Thailand, January 18, 2020. 2020 Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters (Bangkok) – A Thai civilian court’s conviction of two army instructors for the beating death of a conscript is the first successful prosecution under Thailand’s 2022 prevention of torture law, Human Rights Watch said today. The case highlights the need for the Thai...
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Burnout Among the Youngest Climate Activists
In the past few years, young people have emerged as some of the most passionate, informed, and persuasive leaders of the climate movement. But despite their youth, burnout has come for them too.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Remembering Tulsa: Justice, Reparations, and the Fight for Healing
Last weekend marked the anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre of 1921 when the thriving Black community in the Greenwood neighborhood was violently attacked by a white mob, killing more than 300 Black residents, as well as destroying many homes and businesses. As of today, neither the two remaining survivors nor anyone else have received compensation for their losses. Click to expand Image Smoke billows after 1921...
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Conservatives Attack Nonprofits on Capitol Hill
In a hearing on Capitol Hill, Republicans and Democrats clashed over Trump administration attacks on nonprofits.
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:World Environment Day Spotlights Communities Fighting Climate Crisis
Click to expand Image A person from the Guna Indigenous community along the shore of Gardi Sugdub Island, off Panama's Caribbean coast. 2024 Matias Delacroix/AP Photo World Environment Day 2025 arrives amid a barrage of sobering news.Key developments around the world, however, offer a reminder that the global fight for environmental human rights is waged in frontline communities as well as in legislative halls. And...
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:Syria: Türkiye-Backed Attack Kills, Injures Family
Click to expand Image Remnant of a Turkish-made drone dropped munition used in an attack on a farm south of Kobane that killed ten members of the Abdo family, March 2025. 2025 Private (Beirut, May 29, 2025) – A March 16, 2025 drone attack byTürkiye or Türkiye-backed Syrian factions killed seven Kurdish children, their 18-year-old sister, and their parents, apparently all civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. The...
Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source:South Africa Should Address Violence Against Children
Click to expand Image People protesting against the abuse of girls, Durban, South Africa, April 1, 2025. 2025 Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images As South Africa commemorates Child Protection Week, an annual campaign to raise awareness about the safety and wellbeing of children, a recent spate of violent attacks highlights how children in the country are still often left unprotected.Despite legislation that protects...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Armenia’s Justice System Excludes Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities
Click to expand Image The Criminal Court of Appeal building in Yerevan, Armenia, July 12, 2018. 2018 Asatur Yesayants/Sputnik via AP Photo Vahagn Petrosyan was 36 years old when a court stripped him of his legal capacity in September 2015, claiming his psychosocial disability prevented him from being able to make his own decisions. For years he endured neglect and violence in institutions, without the right to control...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Australia Extends License for Nation’s Biggest Fossil Fuel Project
Click to expand Image Save Our Songlines protesters march near the site of the North West Shelf oil and gas project in 2022. 2022 Save Our Songlines Last week, the Australian governmentannounced it had given preliminary approval for the country’s biggest fossil fuel project, the North West Shelf Project, to continue operations until 2070. The facility, on Western Australia’s Burrup Peninsula, is the country's largest...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:What Does Centering Native Justice Require? A New Report Has Answers
A new report offers a deep dive into Native conceptions of justice, how existing injustice affects Native communities, and how these injustices can be remedied.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Should For-Profit Corporations Exist?
The for-profit corporation is arguably the single most important institution in society today, yet we rarely ask ourselves if it has overstayed its usefulness. We should.
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Yemen: US Strikes on Port an Apparent War Crime
Click to expand Image Burned vehicles near Ras Issa port in Hodeidah, Yemen following US strikes on April 17, 2025. Photo taken on April 18, 2025. 2025 AFP via Getty Images (Beirut) – US military strikes on the Ras Issa Port in Hodeidah, Yemen, on April 17, 2025, caused dozens of civilian casualties and significant damage to port infrastructure, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack should be investigated as a war...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Sudan: Armed Forces Airstrikes in South Darfur
Click to expand Image Photograph shared by a Nyala resident on February 6, 2025, shows the destroyed building at the location of a February 3 airstrike near the Mecca Eye Hospital in Nyala, South Darfur. Private The Sudanese Armed Forces killed scores of civilians in attacks that used unguided air-dropped bombs on residential and commercial neighborhoods in Nyala, South Darfur in early February.These attacks were...
Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source:Federal Court Allows Jackson, Mississippi Discrimination Claims to Proceed
Click to expand Image Sen. Josh Harkins, R-Flowood (R), reacts as Sen. John Horhn, D-Jackson (L), purposes amendments that would affect Harkins' proposed legislation that would shift control of the Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport to state officials and surrounding counties, March 3, 2016, in Senate chambers at the Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi. 2016 Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo A federal courthas...
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Türkiye: Free Turkmen Activist; Halt Deportation
Click to expand Image Turkmen activist Umidajan Bekchanova. 2025 Private (Berlin, June 3, 2025) – Turkish authorities should immediately release Umidajan Bekchanova, a Turkmen dissident currently held in a deportation center in Istanbul, Human Rights Watch said today. They should guarantee that Bekchanova is not forcibly returned to Turkmenistan, where she faces a serious risk of persecution and abuse.“Bekchanova’s...
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:China: Address Tiananmen Massacre 36 Years On
Click to expand Image Tiananmen Square. June 4th, 1989. 1989 Stuart Franklin/MAGNUM (New York) – Thirty-six years after the killing of countless peaceful pro-democracy protesters in Beijing, theChinese government still seeks to erase the memory of the June 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should cease censorship of the crackdown, allow commemorations, provide compensation to the...
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:Learning from a Near-Death Experience: How to Survive a Budget Crisis
At the Post Growth Institute, a budget crunch in late 2023 and early 2024 could have sunk us. Instead, we found in solidarity economics tools for surviving and thriving.
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:DR Congo: Rwanda-backed M23 Executed Civilians in Goma
Click to expand Image M23 fighters at the Stade de l'Unité in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, February 6, 2025. 2025 ALEXIS HUGUET/AFP via Getty Images (Nairobi) – TheRwanda-backed M23 armed group summarily executed at least 21 civilians and most likely many more in Goma, easternDemocratic Republic of Congo, on February 22-23, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today.The M23 has occupied Goma, the capital of North Kivu...
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:ILO: Adopt Binding Treaty to Protect ‘Gig’ Workers
Click to expand Image Opening Ceremony of the 113th International Labour Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, June 2, 2025. 2025 Violaine Martin / OIT (Geneva) – Governments and employers’ representatives at the International Labour Organization (ILO) conference should agree to a new treaty to protect “gig” workers, 33 civil society groups, trade unions, and human rights organizations said today. The groups released a...
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source:US: Bans on Gender-Affirming Care Harm Trans Youth
Click to expand Image Lily, a 10-year-old trans girl, said she was devastated when her family felt forced to relocate to protect her from anti-trans hostility. 2025 Illustrations by Barrack Rima, Art directed by Studio Safar for Human Rights Watch Laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the United States are inflicting severe harm on young people and their families as well as health care systems...
Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source: