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Chen Guangcheng, a blind, 39 year old, self-taught, human rights lawyer in China who was recently released after years in prison has…
Bill Quigley
Bill Quigley is a law professor and Director of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center at Loyola University New Orleans. He served as Legal Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights. He has been an active public interest lawyer since 1977. Bill has served as counsel with a wide range of public interest organizations on issues including Katrina social justice issues, public housing, voting rights, death penalty, living wage, civil liberties, educational reform, constitutional rights and civil disobedience.
Justice for George W’s torture violations jumped much closer this weekend. Ex-President George W Bush was supposed to fly to Switzerland to…
In recent remarks on U.S.-Latin American relations made at the Brookings Institute, Arturo Valenzuela, a State Department official with responsibility for the region,…
“We as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values… when machines and computers, profit motives and property rights, are considered…
One year after the January 12 2010 earthquake, more than a million people remain homeless in Haiti. Homemade shelters and tents are…
Eight young people, who the Fire Department said were “trying to stay warm,” perished in a raging fire during the night in…
The right to liberty is one of the foundation rights of a free people. The idea that any US President can bypass…
Human rights advocates have significant new sources of information to hold the United States accountable. The transparency, which Wikileaks has brought about,…
The federal criminal trial of five veteran peace activists facing several charges was recessed until Monday after their jury announced late Friday…
“Information is the currency of democracy.” Thomas Jefferson. Since 9-11, the US government, through Presidents Bush and Obama, has increasingly told…