Issues
Anne Frank was 15 years old when she died in a German concentration camp. Her story is just one of millions during the Holocaust, which was the genocide of six…
In 1918, Nelson Mandela was born in a fishing village in South Africa. 30 years later, in 1948, the system of apartheid was established. Apartheid, which means “apartness,” segregated South…
For human rights to flourish, inequality must be addressed. Inequalities happen worldwide across society -- in workplaces, doctor’s offices, in the home, and at the highest offices of political power.…
When laws are unjust, governments are corrupt, and human rights are violated, what is a moral-minded person meant to do? Henry David Thoreau, a writer best known for Walden, would…
In 2022, Freedom House released a report titled “The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule.” Since then, other organizations, journalists, academics, and grassroots groups have warned the threat is not going…
Around 8.4% of the world lives in extreme poverty, which the World Bank defines as living on less than $2.15 a day. To put that in perspective, the average cost…
The Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international treaty that defines a child as anyone younger than 18 years old, outlines every child’s human rights. Like adults, children…
Human trafficking is the capture, recruitment, transfer, or receipt of people by force, fraud, or manipulation to exploit them for money, according to the United Nations. Men, women, children, and…
In 2024, the World Economic Forum released its annual Global Gender Index Report. Of the 146 economies surveyed, no country achieved full parity, but 97% of the surveyed areas had…
In every society, certain groups have more wealth, education, job opportunities, access to healthcare and other advantages. This creates inequality on a local, national and global scale. Inequality is like…
International Transgender Day of Visibility takes place every year on March 31. As the Human Rights Campaign describes, it’s a day to celebrate the joy and strength of trans and…
Freedom of expression protects everyone’s right to seek out information, form their own opinions, and share ideas freely through conversation, social media, books, radio, TV, and all other media. It’s…
