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At a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting on Wednesday morning, Senate members and civilian advocates came together to discuss how we can end modern slavery in the United States, and more specifically sex trafficking of minors. As the chairman and co-founder of Thorn, an anti-human trafficking organization, Ashton Kutcher was there to talk about how […]

When you semi-insult your wife on live television, there’s a good chance you’ll face some repercussions back home. And no one knows this better than Ryan Reynolds, who is now living in the dog house thanks to some unsavory comments about Blake Lively’s cooking on Good Morning America last week.  Reynolds was dishing on his new-found bromance with […]

Human rights and land defenders face unprecedented levels of violence, torture, abductions, and murder across Latin America, according to a report published Tuesday by the Center for International and Environmental Law (CIEL)—and the situation is even worse for Indigenous people. The findings echoed an earlier report from human rights group Global Witness that showed an […]

Contesting the U.S.-Saudi Bromance With 1,000 Cuts

November 14, 2019 | News | No Comments

On September 8, Senators Rand Paul (R-KY), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Al Franken (D-MN) introduced a bipartisan resolution, SJ Res 39, to disapprove the $1.15 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia notified to Congress on August 8. New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich joined SJ Res 39 as a co-sponsor on September 13. […]

Americans are arrogant and greedy, according to people both within and outside the country. And, while Americans may believe themselves tolerant, that’s not the opinion of many across the globe. Those are some of the takeaways from a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday, which surveyed over 20,000 respondents in 16 nations. Respondents were read […]