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human rights

  • A Snapshot of Human Trafficking

    by Guest Writer

    (Guest article by Maris Bey, a Master of Social Work student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has worked with adult and youth sex trafficking survivors in restoration care services for several years.) What is human trafficking?…Read More

  • Is Child Labor Sneaking into Your Grocery Bag?

    by Guest Writer

    Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching (don’t worry, this serves as a heads up if you had forgotten). The shelves of your favorite stores will be filled with teddy bears, flowers, and chocolates in every size and shape imaginable if they…Read More

  • Today is Human Rights Day

    by Guest Writer

    In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) declaring “the inalienable rights which everyone is inherently entitled to as a human being regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, language, political or other opinion,…Read More

  • UN Day: The Year of “Our Planet. Our Future.”

    by eco18

    Seventy-four years ago, the United Nations (UN) was created with the ultimate goal of maintaining world peace as a collective and a global effort to prevent another war like World War II. The pledge to protect human rights was a…Read More

  • The Current State Of Planned Parenthood

    by Guest Writer

      Planned Parenthood’s current budget situation should worry us all. Trump has said that if Planned Parenthood continues performing abortions, it will be defunded. A majority of federal funding comes from Medicaid reimbursements because people with low income rely on…Read More