Broccoli Shows Major Healing Potential

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published August 27, 2018, and has been updated with new information.

Understanding Today’s Hybrid War

STORY AT-A-GLANCE In the video above, podcaster Joe Rogan interviews Maajid Nawaz, author of “Radical,” a former Islamist revolutionary who eventually became an anti-extremism activist.

Feds’ Annual Energy Report: Oil, Gas Dominate Energy through 2050

The federal Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its Annual Energy Outlook 2022 on Thursday that shows that despite the global war on fossil fuels in the name of climate change, oil and gas will be the most consumed energy source in the United States through 2050. The report said energy

Coalition of 8 State Attorneys General Opens Investigation of China-Owned TikTok

A bipartisan coalition of eight state attorneys general announced that it has opened an investigation into the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok this week.

Rwanda gets free pass at African Court

In January 2014, I was invited to visit Rwanda in my capacity as the UN special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.

Uzbekistan Should Stop Harassing, Jailing Bloggers

In many countries social media has become the infrastructure of discussion in the public sphere.

US Unprecedented Excess Death Toll Keeps Climbing

STORY AT-A-GLANCE More than 1 million excess deaths have been recorded since the COVID-19 pandemic began nearly two years ago, according to data released by the U.S.

Curcumin Supplementation May Impart Cognitive Benefits

STORY AT-A-GLANCE This article was previously published February 8, 2018, and has been updated with new information.

Pending Execution Highlights Singapore’s Failures on Disability Rights

When Singapore ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2013, it committed to protect the rights of the more than quarter-million people with disabilities in the city-state. However, the case of Nagaenthran Dharmalingam, sentenced to death for a nonviolent drug offense, has highlighted Singapore’s

Ukraine: Countries Request ICC War Crimes Inquiry

Thirty-eight governments have taken a significant step toward ensuring documentation of potential war crimes by asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to open an investigation in Ukraine, Human Rights Watch said today. On February 28, 2022, the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, signaled his intention to seek to open a

Global Plastics Treaty: A Historic Opportunity to Protect Human Rights

Today, parties to the United Nations Environment Assembly agreed to establish a committee to draft a treaty addressing the global plastics crisis.

Brazil's Supreme Court Orders Plan to Reform Rio de Janeiro Police

On February 3, 2022, Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Rio de Janeiro, a state where the problem of police abuse is particularly dire, to draft a plan to curb police killings that includes concrete measures, a timeline, and budget. This was the main recommendation Human Rights Watch made at a

Alcohol & The Endocannabinoid System

Excerpted from Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana—Medical, Recreational and Scientific.

SOTU: Biden Demands Lower Insulin Prices After Canceling Trump's Order to Lower Them

President Joe Biden told Congress Tuesday evening in his State of the Union address to pass legislation to lower insulin prices — after he suspended, and then rescinded, former President Donald Trump’s executive order to lower them. In his address, Biden said: My plan to fight inflation will lower your

Fact Check: Biden Claims Trump's Tax Cuts Only Benefited The Wealthy

CLAIM: At his first State of Union address, President Joe Biden claimed that Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cut only benefited the top one percent of earners.