This piece on the Texas power crisis originally ran in our monthly Cancel Corporate Abuse newsletter. You can sign up to receive these regular updates here. Texas is experiencing an [...]
Climate justice means looking beyond greenhouse gas emissions A majority of Americans care about climate change and support a drastic shift to renewable energy. In a 2020 survey, Pew Research [...]
Confronting corporate human rights abuses must be a priority for the Biden administration The minute that Joe Biden becomes president, he will immediately step into a cyclone of global crises [...]
As the COVID-19 crisis spreads, human rights activists are keeping a close watch on how governments, especially authoritarian leaders, have used the opportunity to consolidate power. But [...]
Last week, EarthRights D.C. staff braved the cold, wind, and rain to join the Fire Drill Friday rally at the U.S. Capitol. Four members of our team also made the personal choice to participate in [...]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently announced the formation of a new initiative–the Commission on Unalienable Rights. If you’re concerned about how an administration defined by [...]
This week, EarthRights filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief supporting a lawsuit by Iraqi torture victims against the U.S. military contractor company CACI. The case, Al Shimari [...]
When Donald Trump boasts about being above the law, he is speaking to a broader, more dangerous trend. Among America’s corporate class, immunity from the law—both from civil lawsuits and criminal [...]
10 Documentaries about Corporate Accountability, Human Rights and Environmental Justice to Check Out
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In an era of fake news, doctored video and a government-sanctioned war on reality, documentaries are truly more important than ever. Filmmaker SImon Kilmurry writes that “Documentary film is [...]
Going to the movies in summertime is a classic tradition in America, just like hotdogs at the ballpark and fireworks on the 4th of July. I recently found myself on a hot summer day retreating to [...]