Rashon Nelson initially brushed it off when the Starbucks manager told him he couldn't use the restroom because he wasn't a paying customer.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani Tuesday called on people to speak out to defend their rights, as he took aim at the country’s powerful security apparatus.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani Tuesday called on people to speak out to defend their rights, as he took aim at the country's powerful security apparatus.
Donald Trump was combative at his news conference on Aug. 15. “This week it’s Robert E. Lee,” he said. “I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down.
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is an internationally recognized agreement among nations which establishes a comprehensive set of goals for...
Canada's federal transport minister is urging the country's airlines to stop removing passengers against their will from full flights even before a new...
Canada introduced a ban Tuesday against bumping passengers from commercial flights following a public outcry over a passenger being dragged off a plane in the...
In 1944, president Franklin Roosevelt urged Congress to pass a "second bill of rights." Number six on the list was "the right to adequate medical care and the...
America’s leading poets are averse to Donald Trump, and they’re not about to go gentle into that good night.
An imprisoned Iranian activist has ended a 70-day hunger strike after officials agreed to temporarily release his wife following a public outcry, Iranian...
Two decades ago, I wrote an essay in Foreign Affairs that described an unusual and worrying trend – the rise of illiberal democracy.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani unveiled a landmark bill of rights Monday, guaranteeing freedom of speech, protest, fair trials and privacy, as he lashed out...
It’s common to describe ruthless or devious politicians as “Machiavellian.”
Illinois has become the latest state to grant legal protections to nannies, house keepers and in-home caregivers with a domestic workers "bill of rights
Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema Sunday blasted the national election commission for slow progress in releasing results from this week's...
Zambians went to the polls Thursday shaken by an election campaign of "unprecedented" violence that could threaten the country's relative stability and its...
Bidding in an online auction for the pistol George Zimmerman used to shoot and kill unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 topped a total of $65 million on...
President Barack Obama gave a speech Tuesday at the National Archives that stood in almost perfect counterpoint to the Republican presidential debate that...
Nobody knows where Donald Trump will stand six months from now in this bizarre Republican presidential campaign.
Heroes forged in Afghanistan and Iraq are having their names bestowed on a new generation of warships, joining those whose exploits in World Wars and battles...