Opinion: “Civil Rights Groups Fight Back Against Georgia’s Voter Purges”
The importance of the January 5 Senate runoff elections in Georgia cannot be overestimated. They will determine which party controls the Senate, with vast ramifications for economic policy, climate change, workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights, judicial nominees, and much more. The purging of nearly 200,000 registered voters from the voting rolls …
Opinion: “Canada Refuses to Cower Down; Takes Hard Stand Against China Over Human Rights Abuses”
It began with the arrest of Huawei official over the charges of spying, the relationship between Canada and China has seen downfall since then. And Beijing’s impudence while responding to the world’s concerns over Covid-19 outbreak, erosion of Hong Kong’s autonomy and genocide of minority Uyghur Muslims have added to …
Opinion: “After Trump Blocked UN Inquiry of Racist Violence, NGOs Are Conducting Their Own”
Truthout Shortly after the public lynching of George Floyd, the U.S. Human Rights Network and the ACLU organized an international coalition of more than 600 organizations and individuals to urge the United Nations Human Rights Council to convene a commission of inquiry to investigate systemic racism and police brutality in …
Opinion: “The Impact of Australian Migration on Low Wage Growth”
Karl Marx Alienation Theory suggests Coalition Government policy amendments to migration policy and Temporary Work Visas, are proposedly designed to alienate migrants, limit wage growth and create inequality Alienation Theory – where the authorities of the land, utilize their power to eliminate one’s self determination, allowing political and cultural groups …
Opinion: “The Covid-19 Pandemic Is Threatening Decades Of Progress In Global Health”
With ever-present news of climbing case counts and deaths from Covid-19, and now the hopeful arrival of a vaccine, it can be easy to neglect the impact of the coronavirus on other health challenges around the world. The pandemic has caused sweeping disruptions to all aspects of our global health …