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Human Rights

The Case for Investing in Responsible A.I.

"We see a unique opportunity for our colleagues in business and philanthropy to lay an early stake in a rapidly evolving field, putting the public interest front and center."
By Roy Swan and Mike Kubzansky
US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman announces charges against Jeffery Epstein on July 8, 2019 in New York City.

Banks Are Accused of Facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Trafficking in a Lawsuit That Faces High Legal Hurdles

JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank were sued by two women who say the banks overlooked red flags about Jeffrey Epstein. But proving they facilitated his sex trafficking faces legal barriers.
By Courtney Vinopal

Ripple CEO Meets Georgian Prime Minister With Awful Human Rights Record

During this week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of the popular cryptocurrency Ripple, met with Iraki Garibashvili, the Prime Minister of Georgia, whose government has a spotty human rights record and a demonstrated hostility to LGBTQ rights.
By James Ledbetter

Artist Yulia Tsvetkova, Accused of Distributing Pornography, Begins Hunger Strike

By Helen Holmes
J.K. Rowling

What J.K. Rowling Can Teach Us About Blockchain’s Relationship to Magic

By Mariana Dahan
The concerns over AI killer robots wreaking havoc on our civilization has gotten to the point where an organization has been formed called The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots.

Ex-Google Engineer Warns AI ‘Killer Robots’ Could Cause Catastrophes

By Harmon Leon
Neil Bush.

Political Elite Ask Trump to Address ‘Human Rights Abuse’ in Kuwait

By Patrick Hillmann
Saudi state media is now threatening foreign countries from behind a computer screen.

Saudi Arabia Threatens Canadian 9/11, Shows Limits of Twitter Diplomacy

By John Bonazzo

Why Did the US Ambassador to Germany Defend a Human Trafficker?

By John R. Schindler
View of Christ the Reedemer during sunset at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Gang Violence Ravages Rio de Janeiro Ahead of Carnival

By Les Neuhaus
Actress and education activist Cynthia Nixon speaks onstage during "The People's State Of The Union" at Town Hall on Jan. 29, 2018 in New York City.

Cynthia Nixon: ‘We Need Bluer Democrats’ in New York

By Madina Toure
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand speaks at a ceremony designating the Stonewall In as a National Monument on June 27, 2016 in New York City.

Gillibrand: Defeat Trump in 2020 to Ensure Passage of Equality Act

By Madina Toure
Gov. Andrew Cuomo marches in the New York City Pride March on June 26, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Human Rights Campaign Endorses Andrew Cuomo for Reelection

By Madina Toure
Packages of Tampax brand tampons on a drugstore shelf in New York on Feb. 10, 2016. (Photo by Richard Levine/Corbis via Getty Images)

New York Schools May Start Providing Free Feminine Hygiene Products

By Madina Toure
Protesters attend a "Me Too" rally to denounce sexual harassment and assaults of women in Los Angeles, California on Nov. 12, 2017.

California to Consider New York City’s Legal Standard for Sexual Harassment

By Madina Toure
Women hold children at a makeshift camp in Rakhine state in Myanmar, where hundreds of Rohingya Muslims wait before crossing into Bangladesh, on November 12, 2017.

US Must Crush Myanmar’s ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Rohingya

By Les Neuhaus
Saudi Arabia announced to allow women to drive for the first time. The change will take effect in June 2018.

Saudi Arabia Bets on Women Drivers to Boost Troubling Economy

By Sissi Cao
Alfredo Jaar, The Garden of Good and Evil, 2017.

Alfredo Jaar Creates a Garden of Good and Evil in Northern England

By Margaret Carrigan
All Lyft needs to beat Uber is the right pink decoration.

Lyft Launches Pride Fundraiser and Donates 100K to LGBTQ Causes

By Sage Lazzaro
A man points at a Biafran flag painted on a wall on Old Market road in Onitsha on May 30, 2017, during a shutdown in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Nigerian civil war. Nigeria on May 30 marks 50 years since the declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra plunged the country into a civil war, amid renewed tensions and fresh calls for a separate state. The main pro-independence groups -- the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) -- have called for a day of reflection. / AFP PHOTO / STEFAN HEUNIS

Why Don’t All Black Lives Matter?

By Judith Bergman
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

Trump Slaps Sanctions on Venezuela, the North Korea of South America

By John A. Tures
Egyptian Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas in Cairo, Egypt, on January 6, 2016.

ISIS Pegs Coptic Christians Made Vulnerable by Egyptian Government

By Bridget Johnson
Dina Ali Lasloom posted a video on Twitter pleading for help.

#SaveDinaAli Emerges as Saudi Arabian Woman Detained for Flying Without Male Guardian

By Michael Sainato and Chelsea Skojec
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 21: Women take photos as protesters walk during the Women's March on Washington, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, on January 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. Large crowds are attending the anti-Trump rally a day after U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president.

Why the American Feminist Movement Is Steeped in Hypocrisy

By Eliana Rudee
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