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E.C. Human Rights Commission to host Human Rights Day Dec. 10
EAST CHICAGO | The East Chicago Human Rights Commission will host its Human Rights Leadership Award in commemoration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Day celebrated internationally. A breakfast featuring keynote speakers, will be held to recognize those who have demonstrated cont…
YOUNG VOICES: GOP's goals invading Americans' private lives
It has come to my attention that the Republican Party has a few main goals, none of which involves the economy.
Freedom Riders Near Burning Bus
May 14, 1961, Anniston, Ala. — Passengers of this smoking Greyhound bus, some of the members of the "Freedom Riders," a group sponsored by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), sit on the ground after the bus was set afire by a mob of people who followed the bus from the city. The mob met …
Attorney: Free trade, ecotourism can lead to human rights abuses in Mexico
VALPARAISO | Ecotourism and the North American Free Trade Agreement often result in human rights violations toward the indigenous people of Mexico.
GUEST COMMENTARY: A perfect storm in the Middle East
Speaking at a recent international security conference, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said: "The region is being battered by a perfect storm of powerful trends." This raging storm, fomented by the autocratic governments' suppression of basic human rights, needs and freedom expressi…
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