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Human Rights Policy

  • Blogs

    September 16, 2009

    It's The Middle of The Month -- And The Beginning Of Hispanic Heritage Month

    ​Hispanic Heritage Month started yesterday and if you didn't notice, we're betting you do today since the majority of Latinos in U.S. will be celebrating 16 de Septiembre -- Mexican Independence Day.Maybe you missed it because no other month-long celebration begins in the middle of the month. Yes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    The Notorious Sheriff Of Phoenix Drops In On Houston

    ​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio was in town this Saturday pimping his new book, Joe's Law. Usually, where Sheriff Arpaio goes, protest and controversy follow, and this event was no exception.Even before the Sheriff made it to Houston, problems ensued. Texans For Immigration Reform (T.F.I.R ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Laid Off UTMB-Galveston Faculty Not Having A Lot Of Luck With Appeals

    The Scientist, a magazine that takes a skeptical look at goings-on in the medical industry, has a new report out on UTMB-Galveston's treatment of faculty in the wake of Hurricane Ike.Color them unimpressed. (Free registration may be required.)Or, maybe impressed -- just not in a good way. If you're ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 19, 2009

    Ron Paul, Bravely Standing Up Against The Iranian Revolutionaries

    Photo by fixermarkCongress, which has nothing better to do than pass non-binding, feel-good resolutionsthat will have no effect, did just that today with a vote on a bill "Expressing support for all Iranian citizens who embrace the values of freedom, human rights, civil liberties, and rule of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2009

    The ACLU, Stirring It Up Again In Texas And Elsewhere

    Muslims in Texas and around the United States aren't being allowed to practice one of the key tenets of their religion -- namely charitable giving -- because of our country's terrorism-finance laws, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.In its 164-report "Blocking Faith, Freezing Charity," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2009

    Amnesty International Not Impressed With The Immigrant Facilities At Port Isabel

    Lack of access to legal counsel and bond hearings were just two things that Amnesty International representatives found trouble with after touring the Port Isabel Detention Center near Brownsville this week."It's very hard to find legal counsel," Sarnata Reynolds told Hair Balls. Reynolds, AI's poli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Nobel Prize Winner Gets Hassled At Bush Intercontinental Airport

    Mairead Corrigan Maguire thought the hard part was over. Along with fellow Nobel Laureates Rigoberta Menchu of Guatemala, American landmine activist Jody Williams, and Iranian Shirin Ebadi, she had been in Guatemala, where the women had just co-hosted a three-day conference on democracy, human right ... More >>

  • News

    February 26, 2009

    Guantánamo's Final Days: Profile in Cojones

    Top Pentagon lawyer Alberto Mora risked his career arguing against Guantánamo abuses. Now he's an Obama man

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Sonidos y Mas: Various Artists, "The Price of Silence"

    Sixty years ago this week in Paris, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The original text was a collaborative effort from representatives from many nations including the United States (Eleanor Roosevelt was part of the team), written as a way to repudiate the atroc ... More >>

  • News

    November 20, 2008

    Al Green Goes All Rambo

    Sixty years ago this week in Paris, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The original text was a collaborative effort from representatives from many nations including the United States (Eleanor Roosevelt was part of the team), written as a way to repudiate the atroc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    DICK CHENEY INDICTED!! (Kinda)

    The long arm of Rio Grande Valley justice has reached out and nabbed....Dick Cheney? Yes, apparently. A grand jury has indicted the vice-president this afternoon. Hasn't the stature of limitations passed on "accidentally" shooting innocent bystanders? It turns out that it's not the shooting, it's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    ICE Raids Getting Flack

    The long arm of Rio Grande Valley justice has reached out and nabbed....Dick Cheney? Yes, apparently. A grand jury has indicted the vice-president this afternoon. Hasn't the stature of limitations passed on "accidentally" shooting innocent bystanders? It turns out that it's not the shooting, it's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    Representative Al Green Fights His Own Vietnam War

    The long arm of Rio Grande Valley justice has reached out and nabbed....Dick Cheney? Yes, apparently. A grand jury has indicted the vice-president this afternoon. Hasn't the stature of limitations passed on "accidentally" shooting innocent bystanders? It turns out that it's not the shooting, it's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    China Restricts Web Access for International Media, NBC Bows to Benevolent New Overlords

    The long arm of Rio Grande Valley justice has reached out and nabbed....Dick Cheney? Yes, apparently. A grand jury has indicted the vice-president this afternoon. Hasn't the stature of limitations passed on "accidentally" shooting innocent bystanders? It turns out that it's not the shooting, it's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2008

    UH Prof, Mia Farrow Tour Third World

    The long arm of Rio Grande Valley justice has reached out and nabbed....Dick Cheney? Yes, apparently. A grand jury has indicted the vice-president this afternoon. Hasn't the stature of limitations passed on "accidentally" shooting innocent bystanders? It turns out that it's not the shooting, it's ... More >>

  • Music

    May 29, 2008
  • Blogs

    April 8, 2008
  • News

    January 11, 2007

    Bikini Revolution

    UH student Mariyah Moten put on a two-piece and became (in)famous in Pakistan

  • Film

    September 1, 2005

    Low Yield

    The Constant Gardener ripens into a distasteful thriller

  • Music

    October 7, 2004

    Murder Music in Sharpstown

    Houston yawns as Jamaican homophobe Capleton blazes through town

  • Film

    May 20, 2004

    Radio Free Haiti

    Jonathan Demme's documentary brings a joyful revolutionary to the screen

  • Calendar

    May 13, 2004

    Naughty Boy

    Bisexual singer Houston Bernard has verses full of curses

  • Calendar

    April 24, 2003

    An Evening of Torture

    The Amnesty International production "Torture Watch" isn't out to entertain

  • News

    August 1, 2002

    Shore Thing

    Plus: Driving Us Nuts, Cheap Thrills, Gong Wrongs

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    The Gong Show

    Chinese officials say Falun Gong is a cult and forbid it. Jason Wang is one of the true believers who won't abandon his faith, even if it means deportation or death.

  • Music

    August 9, 2001

    Minibill

    Against All Authority

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    The Transgender Menace Next Door

    She's here. She's queer. The neighbors are used to it.

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    Left Return

    Once burdened by debt and internal politics, a rejuvenated Texas ACLU is back mixing it up with those who dare to trample on the U. S. Constitution.

  • Calendar

    December 10, 1998

    Night & Day

    December 10 - 16, 1998

  • Calendar

    September 24, 1998

    Manafest Destiny

    December 10 - 16, 1998

  • Music

    May 28, 1998

    Free-for-All

    December 10 - 16, 1998

  • Culture

    January 8, 1998

    The Last Eccentric

    Dominique de Menil did what she pleased. Thank God.

  • Calendar

    April 11, 1996

    Press Picks

    Dominique de Menil did what she pleased. Thank God.

  • Calendar

    February 23, 1995

    Press Picks

    Dominique de Menil did what she pleased. Thank God.

  • Film

    February 9, 1995

    Death Done Wrong

    Dominique de Menil did what she pleased. Thank God.

  • News

    January 5, 1995

    Letters

    Dominique de Menil did what she pleased. Thank God.

  • News

    January 20, 1994

    Play It Again, Sam!

    Police try another less-than-zero-tolerance plan

  • News

    December 2, 1993

    Uncivil Liberties

    The ACLU returns from the dead in Houston

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