Rights

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‘We were treated as disposable beings’: Waste pickers in Colombia fought for their rights after 11 murders

Justice

The people who collect garbage for recycling organized among themselves to change how they are paid and how they are treated. Today, waste pickers are officially recognized as part of the municipal waste system. 

US Special Envoy Rina Amiri addresses the 16th annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards virtual ceremony at the State Department, Monday, March 14, 2022, in Washington. 

US special envoy: Taliban ‘puts women’s right at peril everywhere’

Afghanistan
Sophia, a robot integrating the latest technologies and artificial intelligence developed by Hanson Robotics is pictured during a presentation at the "AI for Good" Global Summit at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland Jun

Saudi Arabia has a new citizen: Sophia the robot. But what does that even mean?

Technology

Stimulus money for high-speed Internet

Environment

The Fight to Bring High-Speed Internet to Rural America

The World

As civil rights leaders pass on, a narrowing window into their lives

Arts, Culture & Media

Several civil rights leaders have died in the past months. As they pass on, our chances to learn firsthand about their generation and their movement are fewer and fewer. We speak with civil rights activists about the legacy of these leaders.

The World

FCC to unveil plan for faster, cheaper broadband access

Global Politics

The FCC will unveil its first plan for national broadband access today. They propose to bring super-fast Internet access to the 100 million homes that don’t currently have access to broadband ? and make that access cheaper for everyone along the way.

The World

Shrinking the American broadband gap

Global Politics

The Obama administration has made universal access to broadband Internet a top priority, but a new FCC study says that 31 percent of Americans can’t afford the cost. Should broadband access be treated like a basic necessity and subsidized?

The World

The sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Arts, Culture & Media

While Americans may be unfamiliar with the 1772 words that make up the most translated document in world history, there are people all around the world who can recite it by heart …