Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Solitary confinement is torture, as defined by the United Nations and many of the world’s human rights organizations. Solitary confinement is one of the most obvious and ubiquitous state-sanctioned practices of carceral dehumanization. prisons and jails. The vast majority have been put in solitary for non-violent reasons.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

After the state overhauled its standards, the group called it a leader in civil rights instruction. But, while Alabama earned an A after revamping its standards, eighth-ranked Mississippi earned a C from the advocacy group, which rates state standards for inclusion of leaders, groups, events, history, opposition and tactics.

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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. Patty Murray, D-Wash.,

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2017

Eight transgender people have died this year, and 22 transgender people died last year in the United States because of violence , according to the Human Rights Campaign. It was the most ever recorded, according to the advocacy group. Related: Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice.

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