SYDNEY — Australians overwhelmingly voted against a constitutional amendment on Saturday that would have recognized the country’s Indigenous peoples and provided them with an advisory body, or “Voice,” to Parliament.…
By Mariam Aman BBC World Service A BBC programme for children barred from schools in Afghanistan has been described as a "learning lifeline" by the United Nations. The show is…
About us The Human Rights Center at the UC Berkeley School of Law promotes human rights and international justice worldwide and trains the next generation of human rights researchers and…
ABOARD THE ALLANKAY off Antarctica (AP) — The frigid waters around Antarctica are emerging as a major battleground between industry and activists as advances in technology and new demand for krill as…
NEW YORK (AP) — If people really looked for history at the New York City building where the Triangle Shirtwaist factory once existed, they could find it. There are plaques…
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food or filtered water. Dozens of river dolphins perished and washed up on…
The images are among the oldest known photographs of enslaved people in America. Tamara Lanier’s fight to gain control of them shows there is no clear system in place to…
Jocie Bentley: So what’s behind you right now? William Dillon, Jr.: What’s behind me? It’s all our old grounds for our garage. It will be falling into the ocean probably…
ATLANTA (AP) — The Native American Journalists Association is aiming to become more inclusive as its members vote on whether to rebrand as the Indigenous Journalists Association — a move…
As tourism returns to Maui, those displaced by this year’s deadly fires face losing their homes again. Like many other families this August, Krizhna Bayudan, 23, a Lāhainā resident, recalls…