Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Solitary confinement is torture, as defined by the United Nations and many of the world’s human rights organizations. Another pair of us (Renita and Jen) initiated the Meeting Ethnography project back in 2013. Solitary confinement is one of the most obvious and ubiquitous state-sanctioned practices of carceral dehumanization.

Anthropology 105

Anthropology Civics Humanities Advocacy 105

Political Science Now

AUGUST 30, 2024

Mealy has developed extensive external partnerships with leaders of other associations such as the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), where she has served on the Science and Human Rights Coalition Council since 2017.

Political Science 69

Political Science Leadership Advocacy Human Rights 69

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

The other two textbooks are “Mississippi: Portrait of an American State,” published in 1999, and “A Place Called Mississippi,” from 2013. After the state overhauled its standards, the group called it a leader in civil rights instruction. Related: Have lessons about Mississippi’s violent past become optional?

K-12 94

K-12 Social Studies History Archiving 94

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2016

Thirty-eight religiously affiliated institutions have received exemptions from Title IX, according to a list released by the Education Department under pressure from Democrats in Congress after the gay rights organization the Human Rights Campaign used public-records laws to help expose the practice.

Government 61

Government Human Rights K-12 Advocacy 61