Archive: 2025

VIEWPOINT SERIES: FIGHT FOR RIGHTS  Thomas Pogge The billionaires fight a two-front war. Within the United States, they fight to convert the country into an enduring plutocracy in which their wealth will enable them to dominate the three branches of…

VIEWPOINT SERIES: FIGHT FOR RIGHTS Beatrice Were and Vanessa Okumu-McCarron Uganda has been a pioneer in combating HIV, spearheading a multi-sectoral response coordinated by the Uganda AIDS Commission.[1] Between 1990 and 1995, through its AIDS…

19 February 2025 Varun Raj Wahane and Azma Khan  The rights to health, nutrition, and shelter of some Indigenous tribes in the Indian controlled territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are being threatened by the Indian government’s…

VIEWPOINT SERIES: FIGHT FOR RIGHTS Winona Xu Shortly after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration on January 20, 2025, he issued an executive order halting nearly all foreign assistance for at least 90 days.[1] Almost immediately, the US…

VIEWPOINT Joseph J. Amon Nearly 60 years ago the comedian Lenny Bruce was arrested for saying “forbidden” words in his stand-up show.[1] A few years later, George Carlin carried on the tradition and was arrested for a routine on the “seven words…

2 February 2025 Dana Repka The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls has released a guiding document on key considerations for conscientious objection to abortion, explicitly recommending that…