human rights
World Literature Luminaries Gather to Promote Human Rights
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This week, authors from around the world will gather to celebrate, defend, and analyze the power of the written word as a means to protect and promote human rights.
freedom of expression
Arab Digital Philanthropy Meets the Culture of Transparency
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Considering the worsening humanitarian situations in the Arab world, such as in war in Syria and famine in Yemen, broadening giving capacities in the region will likely prove critical.
Nonprofit News
Indigenous-led Philanthropy Responds to Continuing Danger to Local Movements
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The dangers of indigenous people’s activism on environmental and other issues have been well documented. Since philanthropic attention has been so spotty, interest has grown in a network of indigenous-led philanthropy.
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Breitbart, the Trump White House, and the Future of a Free Press in National Politics
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During the campaign, Trump promised to open up the libel laws, insulted reporters, and set up a de facto blacklist. With Steve Bannon in his cabinet, has the president-elect found a way to circumvent the traditional press entirely?
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Incident at Kansas City Library Goes off the Rails
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Off-duty police and private security detain a provocative questioner and a library employee during a public forum.
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International Collaboration Reports on Violence against Environmental Activists
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Practicing environmental activism in Latin America can be deadly. A new report documents the “increasing criminalization of social protest” in the region and what the future may hold.
civil society
So What If Ghana Did Ban Social Media on Election Day?
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Is banning social media the only way to avert chaos in a charged political environment? Ghana’s police chief thinks so. If a government bans social media access on Election Day because it has security concerns, when else could online free speech be abridged?
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Politics Goes to School: Principal Faces Political Wrath
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What are the limitations on free speech if you take a government job? The suspension of an award-winning Chicago school principal has a lesson to teach us about the rules in Rahm Emanuel’s city.
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Religious Persecution in China: Woman Dies as Couple Buried Alive in Demolished Church
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In any society, people should never be called upon to pay for their convictions with the price of their lives. But tyranny is jealous of its power and prestige and fearful of dissent.
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Liberia: Death of Democracy or Dalliance with Dictatorship?
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In Liberia, the arrest and treatment of an activist raises questions about the country’s closing space for freedom of speech and association without a robust presence of UN peacekeepers.