Tag Archives: Human Rights
Locked In Limbo
Ankle monitors are preferable to putting immigrant families behind bars. But the devices interfere with daily life and work — and they aren’t always used as an alternative to detention.
Ankle monitors are preferable to putting immigrant families behind bars. But the devices interfere with daily life and work — and they aren’t always used as...Read More
Taking Shelter
For decades, residential shelters have operated as humane alternatives to immigrant detention. Could they work on a larger scale?
For decades, residential shelters have operated as humane alternatives to immigrant detention. Could they work on a larger scale?...Read More
Haters Get Flushed: Texas Town Comes Together to Fight Transgender Bathroom Regulations
A transphobic group targeted a Dripping Springs ISD student, but didn't expect the community's reaction.
Texas Values, an anti-transgender group, targeted a Dripping Springs student. They didn't anticipate the community's reaction....Read More
‘Even the Birds and Animals Are Free’
Asylum-seeker Jeelani Ghulam traveled through 11 countries over one year from Pakistan to the U.S.-Mexico border, but his ordeal was only beginning....Read More
America Beyond Detention
By Gus Bova, Melissa del Bosque, Jen Reel and Emma Pérez-Treviño The United States portrays itself as a beacon of freedom and liberty, yet it operates the wor...Read More
The 10 Best Observer Stories of 2016: ‘Who Guards the Guardians?’
Texas counties have stripped thousands of elderly and disabled citizens of their rights — and then forgotten about them.
The 10 Best Observer Stories of 2016: ‘Who Guards the Guardians?’ Texas counties have stripped thousands of elderly and disabled citizens of their right...Read More
Who Guards the Guardians?
Texas counties have stripped thousands of elderly and disabled citizens of their rights — and then forgotten about them.
Texas counties have stripped thousands of elderly and disabled citizens of their rights — and then forgotten about them....Read More
Families of the ‘Ayotzinapa 43’ Seek Justice on U.S. Tour
Maria de Jesus Tlatempa Bello had come more than 1,110 miles from her home in Guerrero, Mexico, to tell the story of her son, Jose Eduardo, one of the Ayotzinap...Read More
Historic Meeting Gives Hope to Mexican Exiles Living in the U.S.
El Paso immigration attorney Carlos Spector represents more than 100 families who have fled violence in Mexico. Many were forced to flee while investigating the...Read More