Ethical Issues

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Ecology (For 2006 articles go to Environment Ethics)

California Valley Sets Smog Fees on Builders (Dec 05)
Drier, Tainted Nevada May Be Legacy of Gold Rush (Dec 05)
Below a Mountain of Wealth, a River of Waste (Dec 05)
Tree-planting projects may not be so green (Dec 05)
End of Sahel drought may mean more U.S. hurricanes (Dec 05)
Beckett urges binding targets to fight climate change (Dec 05)
Inuit accuse Washington of violating human rights (Dec 05)
Great Lakes cleanup may hit $20 bln: US task force (Dec 05)
America's Shame in Montreal (Dec 05)
TV ads for junk food tied to obesity, disease (Dec 05)
Arctic, tropical islands unite in climate fight (Dec 05)
When the Sea Destroys a Road, the Question Arises: Is It Worth Saving? (Dec 05)
ENVIRONMENT: 2005 Costliest Year for Extreme Weather (Dec 05)
U.S. Congress Pledges to Double Funds to Fight World's #1 Killer: Unsafe Water (Nov 05)
Fish Numbers Plummet in Warming Pacific (Nov 05) 
Business faces pressure on climate change stance (Nov 05)
Seeking Clean Fuel for a Nation, and a Rebirth for Small-Town Montana (Nov 05) 
Illegal logging devours Honduran forests (Nov 05)
U.N. Agency: Rate of Deforestation Slowing (Nov 05)
When Cleaner Air Is a Biblical Obligation (Nov 05)
Millions face glacier catastrophe (Nov 05)
Environment hurt by oil sands boom (Nov 05)
Climate change threatens world fish stocks: WWF (Nov 05)
Poor Nations Are Littered With Old PC's, Report Says (Oct 05)
Old Ways of Life Are Fading as the Arctic Thaws (Oct 05)
The National Parks Under Siege (Oct 05)
Grasping the Depth of Time as a First Step in Understanding Evolution (Aug 05)
New US move to spoil climate accord (Jun 05)
UC scientist says ethanol uses more energy than it makes (Jun 05)

Another Attack on the Arctic (Jul 04)
Two Billion in Floodpath by 2050, Warns UN (Jul 04)
Take a tough line (Jun 04)
Suddenly, It's Hip to Conserve Energy (Jun 04)
Take a tough line (Jun 04)
Suddenly, It's Hip to Conserve Energy (Jun 04)
Detroit Zoo to Free Elephants on Ethical Grounds (May 04)
Cattle Farming Biggest Threat to Amazon (Apr 04)
It's time to call time on our cheap flight hypocrisy (Apr 04)
Pakistani Kiln Workers' Jobs May Go Up in Smoke (Apr 04)
New Study Pushes GM Crops to Conserve Water (Apr 04)

Economy

Incomes, Inequality Rising in South Asia: UN 
G8: Health Over Intellectual Property Rights, Says G5 (Jun 07) 
Buffett Slams Tax System Disparities (Jun 07)
U.S. Cotton Subsidies Cost W. Africa Millions - Report (Jun 07)
Gold in them thar day laborers (May 07) 
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves (Apr 07) 

Wal-Mart Says Thank You to Workers (Dec 06)
Richest 2 Percent Own Half the World's Wealth (Dec 06)
Executive Compensation Comes Into The Clear (Dec 06)
Yunus and Grameen Bank Receive Nobel Peace Prize (Dec 06)
World Bank Reports Poverty Programs Ineffective (Dec 06)
America’s Laziest Man? (Nov 06)
Here Come the Economic Populists (Nov 06)
Expanding NAFTA and CAFTA to Peru is a Bad Idea (Sep 06)
Chicago Raises Minimum Wage for Wal-Mart Workers (Aug 06)
Africa Adds to Miserable Ranks of Child Workers (Aug 06)
Mexico's corn farmers see their livelihoods wither away (Jul 06)
Chicago Orders ‘Big Box’ Stores to Raise Wage (Jul 06)
Shareholders' poor options (Jul 06)
Food Aid 'Overhaul' Would Save Money and Lives - Report (Jul 06)
Living in a hidden-fee economy
Study Documents ‘Ghetto Tax’ Being Paid by the Urban Poor (Jul 06)
Immigration Enforcement Benefits Prison Firms (Jul 06)
A Coffee Connoisseur on a Mission: Buy High and Sell High (Jun 06)
The Corner Office in Bangalore (Jun 06)
Foul! Adidas, Fila Exploiting Workers, Charges World Cup Report (Jun 06)
Mortgage Giant Is Expected to Pay $400 Million in Settlement (May 06)
Labor Shortage in China May Lead to Trade Shift (Ap 06)
Pander at the Pump (Ap 06)
Bay Area man was imprisoned in Kabul, yet he plans to return (Ap 06)
Investors Target Hershey Over Child Labor on Cocoa Farms (Ap 06)
Development in defiance of the Washington consensus (Ap 06)
A Cozy Arrangement: Outrageous Salaries for Executives (Ap 06)
Deutsche Bank fined £6.3m by FSA (Ap 06)
With Big Boost From Sugar Cane, Brazil Is Satisfying Its Fuel Needs (Ap 06)
Growth's Caprice Angers Some Peruvians (Ap 06)
Farm Workers Target McDonald's, Suppliers Over Wages (Ap 06)
Education, race drive incomes (Ap 06)
Cities can keep out big stores (Ap 06)
Big Gain for Rich Seen in Tax Cuts for Investments (Ap 06)
Minimum Wage in California (Ap 06)
U.S. Plan to Eliminate Survey of Needy Families Draws Fire (Mar 06)
In Dubai, an Outcry From Asians for Workplace Rights (Mar 06)
Latin Americans Look to Trade Bloc to Fight Poverty, U.S. Power (Feb 06)
Incomes Fall, Hunger Worsens as Bush Says 'We're Doing Fine' (Feb 06)
Is Freedom Just Another Word for Many Things to Buy? (Feb 06)
Street-Corner Immigration Reform (Feb 06) 
G.M. Cuts Dividend and Trims Executive Pay (Feb 06)
Family Farmers Oppose Subsidies, Urge Plan to Save Homesteads (Feb 06)
U.S. Royalty Plan to Give Windfall to Oil Companies (Feb 06)
Chile's Indigenous Children Torn Between Farm Work and Homework (Feb 06
China Unveils Plan to Aid Farmers, but Avoids Land Issue (Feb 06)

Maryland Sets a Health Cost for Wal-Mart (Jan 06)
The lost boys: Begging in Italy (Jan 06)
Robin Hood, Reversed: Economic Policy in Israel (Jan 06)

Coca-Cola Faces Mounting Pressure over Abusive Practices at Plants Worldwide (Dec 05)
In Worker's Death, View of China's Harsh Justice (Dec 05)
The New Year in Taxes (Dec 05)
Economies Are Growing, But Unemployment and Poverty Remain High in Africa (Dec 05)
Another School Barrier for African Girls: No Toilet (Dec 05)
Immigrants' Dreams Mix With Fury Near Paris (Dec 05)
Slave Labour Alive and Well in Argentina (Dec 05)
Tire Giant Firestone Hit with Lawsuit over Slave-Like Conditions at Rubber Plantation (Dec 05)
Dow Chemical Said Shirking Responsibility 21 Years After Disastrous Gas Leak (Dec 05)
Newly Bankrupt Raking In Piles of Credit Offers (Dec 05)
All Roads Lead to Cities, Transforming India (Dec 05)
Profiles in Pusillanimity (Dec 05)
Drought Deepens Poverty, Starving More Africans (Nov 05)
EU finally sweetens life of world's poor (Nov 05)
AARP's America Is a Mirage (Nov 05)
Cambodia Profits From Killing Fields and Other Symbols (Nov 05)
Mountains of Corn and a Sea of Farm Subsidies (Nov 05)
Sometimes, a Tax Cut for the Wealthy Can Hurt the Wealthy (Nov 05)
A Wal-Mart-Brand Symposium (Nov 05)
Wolfowitz calls for end to farm subsidies (Oct 05)
The End of Pensions (Oct 05)
Privatizing Social Security Would Drive Millions Below Poverty Line - Report (Oct 05)
Wal-Mart Memo Suggests Ways to Cut Employee Benefit Costs (Oct 05)
UN spells out the stark choice: do more for world's poor or face disaster (Sep 05)
Whoops! There Goes Another Pension Plan (Sep 05)
Work-Related Deaths Top 5,000 Per Day Globally, and Rising (Sep 05)
How Costco Became the Anti-Wal-Mart (Jul 05)
Fair Trade Coffee (Jul 05) 
Newsom backs sweatshop labor ban (Jun 05)
Pay Abuses Common for Day Laborers, Study Finds (Jun 05)
More milk means more udder pain for cows (Feb 05)

World Bank Disappoints NGOs Over Mining, Energy Review (Aug 04)
Bangladesh: Poverty Pushes Millions to Child Labor (Jul 04)
HRW Report Slams Pakistan Forces for Terrorizing Farmers (Jul 04)
'A dire situation' for working poor (Jul 04)
Think Global, Act Local (Jun 04)
Coke Benefiting From Child Labor in Sugar Cane Fields (Jun 04)
Judge approves class-action case against Wal-Mart (Jun 04)
Stunted development (Apr 04)
Turning Bangladesh's Beggars Into Businessmen (Mar 04)
Altering of Worker Time Cards Spurs Growing Number of Suits (Mar 04)
Promises, Promises (Mar 04)
Wal-Mart, Other Big Retailers Driving Down Working Conditions Worldwide (Feb 04)
Brown calls for stronger fight against world poverty (Feb 04)
Economist's Challenge Puzzles Free-Trade Believers (Feb 04)

Foul Water and Air Part of Cost of the Boom in China's Exports (Nov 03)
The Flight of Jobs to India (Oct 03)
U.S. Firms Keep Billions Overseas (Oct 03)
A Hip-Hop Star's Fashion Line Is Tagged With a Sweatshop Label (Oct 03)
Corporate Plea on Tax Breaks: Ours Come First (Oct 03)
Fast-Food Giant Ignores Rights of Workers (Mar 03)
Water Tap Often Shut to South Africa's Poor May 03)
Put Your Money Where Their Mouths Are (Apr 03)
Indians Fight Moves to Privatize Water (Mar 03)

Education

Make SATs Fair (Mar 06)

Academic Freedom and Educational Responsibility (Dec 05) 
Why the United States Should Look to Japan for Better Schools (Nov 05)

Wooing Guidance Counselors Raising Profiles and Eyebrows (Jul 04)
Poverty and Turmoil Cripple Iraq Schools (Mar 04)
Education Key to Stability, Growth in Poor Countries (Feb 04)

India's Poor Bet Precious Sums on Private Schools (Nov 03)

Fair Trade

Hewitt: scrap Europe's farm subsidies (Jul 04)
Selling to Poor, Stores Bill U.S. for Top Prices (Jun 04)
Poor Countries Face Development Deadlines, But Rich Do Not (Jun 04)
Gap Reports on Violations at Contracted Factories (May 04)
We're More Productive. Who Gets the Money? (Apr 04)
WTO rules American cotton subsidy illegal (Apr 04)
Activists Target Chocolate, Gold on Valentine's Day (Feb 04)

Letter to M&M to urge Fair Trade (2004)

Lying and Conscience

Research Links Lead Exposure, Criminal Activity (Jul 07) 
Good neighbors without virtual fences (Jul 07)
Taxes a Pleasure? Check the Brain Scan (Jun 07) 
American Pop Culture: Degeneracy On Parade (Jun 07)
David Grossman: Writing in the Dark (May 07) 
If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Be Only Natural (May 07) 
Save the Earth Sacrifice Your Returns? (May 07)
The Brain on the Stand (Mar 07)
Study Finds Brain Injury Changes Moral Judgment (Mar 07)
Scientist Finds the Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior (Mar 07)

Media guide offers reviews for parents -- but no soapbox (Dec 06)
Devious Butterflies, Full-Throated Frogs and Other Liars (Dec 06)
Drug Files Show Maker Promoted Unapproved Use (Dec 06)
What Should a Billionaire Give – and What Should You? (Dec 06)
Election Day: Intellectual Dishonesty in the US (Nov 06)
Scandal Grows Over Backdating Of Options (Oct 06)
Hungarian Leader Defies Calls to Resign (Sep 06)
California's rich are cheap, study says (Sep 06)
Nice Rats, Nasty Rats: Maybe It’s All in the Genes (Jul 06)
Kazaa pays $100 mln to settle lawsuits (Jul 06)
Faith, Reason, God and Other Imponderables (Jul 06)
That Wild Streak? Maybe It Runs in the Family (Jun 06)
Playing Hardball With Secrets (Ap 06)
Advertising Junk Food to Kids (Ap 06)
I'm O.K., You're Biased (Ap 06)
World-renowned religious scholar Karen Armstrong talks about her personal spiritual path (Ap 06)
Atheism in Europe Protects Religious Freedom (Mar 06) 
When Death Is on the Docket, the Moral Compass Wavers (Feb 06)
The Trust Gap: The Deception Practiced by the Bush Administration (Feb 06)
A Young Bush Appointee Resigns His Post at NASA (Feb 06)
Lying by public figure about his homosexual past (Jan 06)
Spies, Lies and Wiretaps (Jan 06)

Prisoner Rights and Capital Punishment

U.S. Prison Population Sets Record (Dec 06)
European Response Focuses on Death Penalty (Dec 06)
The Religious Right in the U.S. Has a Jailhouse Conversion (Dec 06)
For Young, Justice as Impoverished as Africa (Dec 06)
Florida Death Penalty Inquiry Welcomed (Dec 06)
Religion for a Captive Audience, Paid For by Taxes (Dec 06)
U.S. has most prisoners in world due to tough laws (Dec 06)
Illinois prison program a model for California? (Aug 06)
Prison plan attacked by expert (Jul 06)
Schwarzenegger's proposal not enough, say 2 of his officials (Jul 06)
Ex-prisons chief launches broadside at 'gutless' Blair (Jul 06)
Prisons at Center of Damning Report on U.S. Human Rights (Jul 06)
Degrading America's Image (Jun 06)
Alito breaks tie, Kansas death penalty stays (Jun 06)
Seeking an Exit Strategy for Guantánamo (Jun 06)
UN experts urge Guantanamo closure (Jun 06)
Torture "widespread" under US custody: Amnesty (May 06)
UN watchdog calls for Guantánamo closure (May 06)
US urged to close Guantanamo (May 06)
Babies Behind Bars (May 060
Judges Set Hurdles for Lethal Injection (Ap 06)
Lethal Cruelty (Ap 06)
California prison reform in disarray (Ap 06)
Death Penalty in Iraq Seen Simply as Death, Not Justice (Ap 06)
New York Deal Restricts Force by Jail Guards (Mar 06)
US defends Guantanamo force-feeding (Mar 06)
Prisons Often Shackle Pregnant Inmates in Labor (Mar 06)
U.N. Report Calls for End to Guantánamo Detentions (Feb 06)
The Shame of the Prisons: Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo (Feb 06)
Hundreds of Mentally Ill to Be Executed in America: Amnesty (Feb 06)
Convicts' Right to Vote is Human Right (Feb 06) 
What Happens After They Leave Guantánamo? (Feb 06) 
Packed prisons, elusive reforms (Jan 06)
Killer's lawyers make pitch for clemency (Jan 06)

Racism Spares The Killers Of Blacks (Dec 05)
The Forgotten of Africa, Rotting Without Trial in Vile Jails (Nov 05)
Throw Away the Key: Thousands of U.S. Children Serving Life Without Parole (Oct 05)
Jailed for Life After Crimes as Teenagers (Oct 05)

For Post-9/11 Witness, It Is Terror of a Different Kind (Aug 04)
American freed from death row says Britons saved his life (Aug 04)
U.S. Public Rejects Detainee Torture and Coercion (Jul 04)
U.N. Report Says U.S. Forces Mistreated Many Iraqis (Jun 04)
Sri Lankan Rights Groups Fail to Spotlight Rising Abuse (Apr 04)
Disenfranchised Florida Felons Struggle for Their Rights (Mar 04)
Prisoners must get right to vote, says court (Mar 04)
Camp X-Ray and a Family's Anguish (Mar 04)
U.N. Court Orders U.S. to Review Mexican Cases (Mar 04)
The Privatization of Prisons (Feb 04)
Mexico Asks Hague to Rule on Rights of Its Citizens (Jan 04)
Guantanamo Bay: a global experiment in inhumanity (Jan 04)

United States: Reports of Torture of Al-Qaeda Suspects (Dec 03)
Red Cross Criticizes Indefinite Detention in Guantánamo Bay (Oct 03)
Alleged terrorists can be detained indefinitely, rule judges (Oct 03)
Changes looming for California's troubled prisons (Aug 03)
Rehabilitate or Punish? (Aug 03)
The Legal Prohibition Against Torture (Mar 03)

The Temporary Insanity Defense in California (1995)

Sex and Gender Issues

Pas de Deux of Sexuality Is Written in the Genes (Apr 07)
Sex Education: The Abstinence-Only Delusion (Apr 07)
Mr. Spitzer and Gay Marriage (Apr 07)
Defying a Clan Code of Silence on Unspeakable Crimes (Apr 07)
Second Thoughts on Gays in the Military (Jan 07)
Conservative Jewish seminary to allow gays and lesbians to apply (Mar 07)
In Secret, Polygamy Follows Africans to New York (Mar 07)

Bill would expand domestic partner law in California (Dec 06)
Gender Pay Gap, Once Narrowing, Is Stuck in Place (Dec 06)
Women Lose Ground in the New Iraq (Dec 06)
Public Shaming of Prostitutes Misfires in China (Dec 06)
Canadian Prime Minister Loses Bid to Revisit Gay Marriage Law (Dec 06)
A Precarious Shelter for Women in Afghanistan (Dec 06)
Safe sex advertising campaign offers the bare facts (Nov 06)
N.J. Bill: Rights for Gays, Siblings (Nov 06)
Battle in US states over gay marriage deepens (Nov 06)
Sex Trafficking in San Francisco (Oct 06)
For Muslim Women Clothes Aren't the Issue (Oct 06)
N.J. court orders equal rights for same-sex couples (Oct o6)
The Battle Over Same-Sex Marriage (Sep 06) 
Using Nearly Nude Pictures, Child Sex Sites Test Laws (Aug 06)
Muslim Couples Sign Contracts to Protect Women's Rights (Aug 06)
Two Victories for Supporters of Gay Marriage Ban (Jul 06)
Washington Court Upholds Ban on Gay Marriage (Jul 06)
New York Judges Reject Any Right to Gay Marriage (Jul 06)
Lesbian couple seek UK recognition of marriage (Jun 06)
Europe's brothel - in a corner of Spain (Jun 06)
New centre to combat sexual slavery (Jun 06)
Nightmare world of suburban sex slaves (May 06)
Revealed: the horror in the UK of the 5,000 children under 16 raped every year (May 06)
Evangelicals who 'repent' on HIV (May 06)
Some may play fast and loose with virginity pledge, study finds (May 06)
The Shower That Washed Anti-AIDS Efforts Down the Drain (Ap 06)
Safer sex info goes high-tech (Ap 06)
Kiss-and-Tell No More: Restricting Teen Sex in Kansas (Ap 06)
Women and Governance: A Place at the Table (Mar 06)
Californians More Accepting of Gays (Mar 06)
Massive rise in child porn sites (Feb 06)
Teenage girls in UK call for compulsory sex education (Feb 06)
Victims of rape in Libya locked up (Feb 06)
Britain Relaxes Rules for Prostitutes (Jan 06)
No sex please until we're at least 17 years old, we're British (Jan 06)
In UK one in five firms break law over women's pay (Jan 06)
Men enjoy others' misfortune more than women -study (Jan 06)
Where Political Clout Demands a Maternal Touch (Jan 06)

Civil partnerships in the UK (Dec 05) 
Hold the Limo: The Prom's Canceled as Decadent (Dec 05)
Fleiss Plans Makeover for Nevada Brothel (Nov 05)
Forced to Marry Before Puberty, African Girls Pay Lasting Price (Nov 05) 
U.S. Joins Int'l Treaty Against Human Trafficking (Nov 05)
Report Finds U.N. Isn't Moving to End Sex Abuse by Peacekeepers (Oct 05)
Namibia Chips Away at African Taboos on Homosexuality (Oct 05)
Author backs forced-marriage ban (Aug 05)
United Church of Christ Backs Same-Sex Marriage (Jul 05)
The Heterosexual Revolution (Jul 05)
Gays may marry in Canada (Jul 05)
India and Pakistan's Code of Dishonor (Jul 05)
Spain Legalizes Same-Sex Marriages (Jun 05)
The 11-Year-Old Wife (Jun 05)

Report reveals London's sex slaves (Aug 04)
Wary Blunkett backs prostitution zones (Jul 04)
US Puts Bangladesh on Trafficking Black List (Jun 04)
New Law Fails to Curb Honor Killings in Pakistan (May 04)
Spain's New Government to Legalize Gay Marriage (Apr 04)
Gay couples win full rights to 'marriage' (Mar 04)

Race to save new victims of child porn (Nov 03)
Gay Marriage (Nov 03)

Various Personal Rights

Florida Lets Most Felons Regain Voting Rights (Apr 07) 
U.S. Judge Blocks 1998 Online Porn Law (Mar 07) 

Once Safe, Public Pensions Are Now Facing Cuts (Nov 06)
Credit Cards' Hidden Costs (Oct 06)
San Francisco Spotlights Workers' Stakes in Midterm Elections (Oct 06)
Virginia Catholics Pushed to Support Same-Sex Marriage Ban (Oct 06)
Africa’s World of Forced Labor, in a 6-Year-Old’s Eyes (Oct 06)
Israel admits using phosphorus bombs during war in Lebanon (Oct 06)
Protection urged for women migrants (Sep 06)
Immigration — and the Curse of the Black Legend (Jul 06)
Conspiracy Theories 101: Academic Freedom (Jul 06)
Poor pay more for services, study says (Jul 06)
The Don't-Bother-to-Knock Rule (Jun 06)
Banned (Jun 06)
They deserve citizenship: Immigrants in Israel (May 06)
Rallies on immigration across country today (Ap 06)
Public schools can ban anti-minority messages (Ap 06)
China slow to awake to need for sex education (Ap 06)
Study: Few Americans Know 1st Amendment (Mar 06)
Called by God to Help (Mar 06)
Muslim Scholars, Hosted by Denmark, Voice Hope and Anger (Mar 06)
The Gospel vs. H.R. 4437 (Mar 06)
Artists confront issue of how to address protests sparked by Muhammad's image (Feb 06)
At Mecca Meeting, Cartoon Outrage Crystalized (Feb 06)
Orphanages stunt growth, foster care better-study (Feb 06)
Eating the poisoned fruit: legal due process in Israel (Feb 06)
Dickensian Democracy: Denial of Voting Rights (Feb 06)

School of hard knocks (Jan 06)
Microsoft Shuts Down Chinese Blog (Jan 06)
DNA test on man 'wrongly executed' (Jan 06)
15-Year-Old Combatant in Afghanistan to Face Guantanamo Trial Three Years Later (Jan 06)
For West, Muslims total tolerance isn't the best answer (Jan 06)
What Is a Living Wage? (Jan 06)

Seeking a Public Voice on China's 'Angry River' (Dec 05)
Palestinian Justifies 1972 Olympic Killings in Munich (Dec 05)
In East Jerusalem, 23 students study in a single bedroom (Dec 05)
Women's Rights Laws and African Custom Clash (Dec 05) 
The Poor in Israel (Dec 05) 
Sweet surprise for See's clerk who lost her ring in chocolates (Dec 05) 
Indian Middle Class Grows, But Ugly Tradition Persists (Oct 05) 
The Stain of Torture (Jul 05)
Your Land Is My Land (Jul 05)

Housing Demolitions in Israel (2004)
Free From Slavery in Nepal But Bonded to Hunger (Aug 04)
Foreign Workers Endure Abuses in Saudi Arabia (Jul 04)
Sudanese critical of genocide resolution (Jul 04)
Sri Lanka-Christian Groups Dispute Anti-Conversion Bill (Jul 04)
Kangaroo Courts Hold Sway in Nepal Hinterland (Jul 04)
Food banks cater to immigrant taste (Jun 04)
Millions of Refugees Deprived of Basic Rights (May 04)
Indian Anti-Dam Tribals on Hunger Strike (May 04)
Cherie calls for women to be kept out of jail (Mar 04)
Indian Activists Hail NGOs' Call on Caste, Riots (Mar 04)
Asian Maids Often Find Abuse, Not Riches, Abroad (Jan 04)

Rule of Law

Illegal to work, but not to pay taxes (Jul 07) 
Living a Half-Life While Waiting for Those Lost (Jul 07) 
Many Poor Countries Progressing Against Corruption (Jul 07)
The ground war against workers' rights (Jul 07)
Human rights law applies in Iraq killing, lords rule (Jun 07) 
States Face Decisions on Who Is Mentally Fit to Vote (Jun 07)
Human Rights Watch condemns Hamas, Fatah for war crimes (Jun 07) 
Secret UN report condemns US for Middle East failures (Jun 07)
Give the Arab Peace Initiative a Chance (May 07) 
Advisers Fault Harsh Methods in Interrogation (May 07) 
Immigration Agency Mired In Inefficiency (May 07) 
I Lost My Son to a War I Oppose. We Were Both Doing Our Duty. (May 07) 
It's Our Cage, Too (May 07) 
Genocide Court Ruled for Serbia Without Seeing Full War Archive (Apr 07) 
OSHA Leaves Worker Safety in Hands of Industry (Apr 07)
Iran Exonerates Six Who Killed in Islam’s Name (Apr 07) 
In Mighty Arab City, the Poor Are Left to Their Fate (Mar 07)
Egypt Shuts Door on Dissent As U.S. Officials Back Away (Mar 07)
The Other Somalia: An Island of Stability in a Sea of Armed Chaos (Mar 07)
Restoring Civil Liberties in the USA
In Washington, Contractors Take on Biggest Role Ever (Feb 07) 
As Ethics Panels Expand Grip, No Field Is Off Limits (Feb 07)
Low Pay and Broken Promises Greet Guest Workers (Feb 07)
Canada's Move to Restore Rights (Feb 07) 
In War of Vague Borders, Detainee Longs for Court (Jan 07)
The Imperial Presidency 2.0 (Jan 07)

States Take Lead on Ethics Rules for Lawmakers (Jan 07)
Spitzer in New York Signs Orders on Ethics and Open Government (Jan 07) 
Russia's Hidden Power Struggle (Dec 06)
Nuevo Catholics (Dec 06)
The Slaves in Our Midst (Dec 06)
Anglican head slams Britain and U.S. over Iraq (Dec 06)
Report Says TSA Violated Privacy Law (Dec 06)
Powerful Interests Ally to Restructure U.S. Agriculture Subsidies (Dec 06)
In Chinese Boomtown, Middle Class Pushes Back (Dec 06)
Former U.S. Detainee in Iraq Recalls Torment (Dec 06)
Legal System in Iraq Staggers Beneath the Weight of War (Dec 06)
Israel's Court Upholds Military's Right to Assassinate (Dec 06)
Court Lets Palestinians Sue Israeli Military (Dec 06)
Dairy Industry Crushed Innovator Who Bested Price-Control System (Dec 06)
IRAN: Stoning for Adultery - More a Women's Issue (Dec 06)
Textbooks In Israel to Designate West Bank (Dec 06)
An Assault on Local School Control (Dec 06)
Iraq Ministry Accuses 55 Iraqis of Prison Abuse (Nov 06)
Women in Afghanistan: Things are Getting Worse 
Israeli Map Says West Bank Posts Sit on Arab Land (Nov 06)
UN envoys: Israel and Hezbollah broke human rights law in war (Oct 06)
An Evolutionary Theory of Right and Wrong (Oct 06)
The City's Cost of a Life Redeemed (Oct 06)
U.S. Jobs Shape Condoms’ Role in Foreign Aid (Oct 06)
Cheney's Remarks Fuel Torture Debate (Oct 06)
Stricter Policy Splits West Bank Families (Oct 06)
Peace Now: 43% of settlements built on private Palestinian land (Oct 06)
Court Told It Lacks Power in Detainee Cases (Oct 06)
A Dangerous New Order (Oct 06)
Where Faith Abides, Employees Have Few Rights (Oct 06)
World's Governments Pressed on Native Peoples' Rights (Oct 06)
Irish Republican Army Not a Threat, Report Says (Oct 06)
Don't be fooled by this reform: the IMF is still the rich world's viceroy (Sep 06)
Do Unto Your Enemy... (Sep 06)
Are We Really So Fearful? (Sep 06)
Detainee Deal Comes With Contradictions (Sep 06)
Rules for the Real World (Sep 06)
Torture Is A Moral Issue (Sep 06)
Bush Detainee Plan Adds to World Doubts Of U.S., Powell Says (Sep 06)
Torture Is Torture: Bush's Program is a Disgrace (Sep 06)
Ties to GOP Trumped Know-How Among Staff Sent to Rebuild Iraq (Sep 06)
New Leaders, Similar Story at Iraq's Abu Ghraib (Sep 06)
U.N. Inspectors Dispute Iran Report By House Panel (Sep 06)
Interior Official Assails U.S. Agency for Ethics Slide (Sep 06)
Merkel criticizes U.S. over CIA prisons (Sep 06)
The myth of fair elections in America (Sep 06)
Stop the Band-Aid Treatment (Aug 06)
Rewriting the Geneva Conventions (Aug 06)
Public Pension Plans Face Billions in Shortages (Aug 06)
15 States Expand Right to Shoot in Self-Defense (Aug 06)
Race to Lower Corporate Taxes Hurting Governments' Bottom Lines - Report (Jul 06)
Audit Finds U.S. Hid Actual Cost of Iraq Projects (Jul 06)
The US Supreme Court Under Siege
Congo’s Election, the U.N.’s Massacre (Jul 06)
He Who Cast the First Stone Probably Didn’t (Jul 06)
The laws of war and Lebanon (Jul 06)
ABA Objects to Bush’s ‘Signing Statements’ (Jul 06)
Farm Harm: Could sunlight cure corruption? (Jul 06)
Advocate for China’s Weak Runs Afoul of the Powerful (Jul 06)
The Real Agenda (Jul 06)
Arrest Warrant Issued for Former Guatemalan Dictator (Jul 06)
Congress and Courts Try to Restore Balance (Jul 06)
Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions (Jul 06)
A Deal in Colorado on Benefits for Illegal Immigrants (Jul 06)
GIs in Iraq Could Be Stripped of Immunity After Rape-Murder Allegations (Jul 06)
Global Gun Control Conference Harpooned by U.S. Opposition (Jul 06)
Rights Activists Call for Russian Evolution (Jul 06)
Constitutional chauvinism in Israel (Jun 06)
First Time Out, Kuwaiti Women Become a Political Force (Jun 06)
Bring the water profiteers to heel (Jun 06)
A Threat That Belongs Behind Bars (Jun 06)
Taking the World Cup to the Streets (Jun 06)
Hiding Behind the Enemy (Jun 06)
Due Process (May 06)
A Sudden Taste for the Law (May 06)
Iraqi Charities Plant Seed of Civil Society (May 06)
Revealed: Blair attack on human rights law (May 06)
Illegal immigrant worker wins her rights but loses hope (May 06)
UN Launches New Chapter in Human Rights Defense (May 06)
Guantánamo is symbol of injustice, says Goldsmith (May 06)
Briton Wants Guantánamo Closed (May 06)
Where are all the leaders of faith? (May 06)
Veto? Who Needs a Veto? (May 06)
'Intifada Law' has barred compensation to Palestinian victims almost entirely (May 06)
California bill to deport immigrant prisoners (May 06)
Peru's Looming Disaster (May 06)
Iraq Findings Leaked by Cheney's Aide Were Disputed (Ap 06)
The Rehabilitation of the Cold-War Liberal (Ap 06)
Egypt Extends Emergency Law Allowing Detentions (Ap 06)
Melee in Cairo Reveals Stress in Government (Ap 06)
1,000 secret CIA flights revealed (Ap 06)
Latin America's Populist Shift (Ap 06)
3 Deaths in China Reveal Disparity in Price of Lives (Ap 06)
Democracy in the Arab World, a U.S. Goal, Falters (Ap 06)
World-renowned religious scholar Karen Armstrong talks about today's religious conflicts (Ap 06)
Congress Tries to Sanction Presidential Abuse of Power (Mar 06)
Thousands rally in LA, across country for immigrants' rights (Mar 06)
ARGENTINA: Kissinger Moved to Back Junta 30 Years Ago (Mar 06)
Justice O'Connor's Warning (Mar 06)
US Navy Lawyer Argues for Preserving Ban on Torture (Feb 06) 
U.S. Experts, Public Look Askance at Domestic Spy Program (Feb 06)
Israel Government Acts Against Settler Outpost (Feb 06)
Struggle to Enforce the Rule of Law in Israel (Feb 06)
More European papers defy Muslim protests (Feb 06)
Corporate Crime: Execs Taking Fall While Corporations Go Free (Jan 06)
Europeans Outraged by US Capital Punishment (Jan 06)
The Imperial Presidency at Work (Jan 06)
Cutting the corruption in Congress (Jan 06)
'Bigotry Conquers All,' Gay Rights Groups Say of U.S. Vote at UN (Jan 06)
IRS Tax Refunds: Guilty Until Proven Innocent (Jan 06)

A Deal Is Reached in Libyan H.I.V. Case, Bulgaria Says (Dec 05) 
Pope speaks about ethics in politics (Nov 05)
Egyptian Islamists blame America for poll abuses (Nov 05) 
This isn't the real America (Nov 05)
A Judge Tests China's Courts, Making History (Nov 05)
Doing Unto Others as They Did Unto Us (Nov 05)
U.S. Asked to Intervene on Behalf of 'Disappeared' Colombian Peace Activist (Oct 05) 
Call in the UK for Compulsory Voting (Jul 05)
The Founding Sachems (Jul 05)

Israeli Court Orders Changes in Barrier (Jul 04)
Anti-Terror Law Makes Predators of Protectors (Jul 04) 
Violence begets violence in Columbia (Mar 04)

UN Treaties

Israel cluster bomb use in Lebanon "outrageous": UN (Sep 06)
U.S. Found in Violation of Native Americans' Rights, Anti-Racism Treaty (Mar 06)
End of Secret Detention Urged (Jul 06)
International Criminal Court Acts on Congo (Mar 06)
UN Peacekeepers Hailed as 'National Security Bargain' for U.S. (Mar 06)
UN creates new rights council over US objections (Mar 06)
International Gun Trade Targeted at U.N. (Jan 06)

UN official says US detentions abuse Iraq mandate (Dec 05)
Qaeda-Iraq Link U.S. Cited Is Tied to Coercion Claim (Dec 05)
U.S. No Longer Promoting Landmine Ban (Dec 05)
U.S. Opposes Litany of Global Treaties in 2005 (Dec 05)
ElBaradei says nuclear arms should be taboo as slavery (Dec 05)
Racial Poverty Gaps in U.S. Amount to Human Rights Violation, Says U.N. Expert (Nov 05)
Stiffed by U.S., UN Asks Groups to Report on U.S. Rights Violations (Oct 05)

The Balance of Justice Amid a War (Jul 04)
Rights Groups Oppose U.S. Exemption from War Crimes Tribunal (May 04)
Human rights climate 'worst in 50 years' (May 04)
Sudan Violence Approaches Scale of Rwanda Genocide (Apr 04)
UN Draws Battle Lines Against Marine Invaders (Feb 04)

UN Anti-Cloning Treaty Seen Heading for Collapse (Oct 03)

Vatican Response to the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome (1998)

UNESCO Universal Declaration on the Human Genome (1997)

War against Terrorism

Lessons Unlearned In Iraq (Jul 07) 
Gitmo: A National Disgrace (Jun 07) 
Pushing the Envelope on Presidential Power (Jun 07)
Judges Say U.S. Can’t Hold Man as ‘Combatant’ (Jun 07) 
Colin Powell says Guantanamo should be closed (Jun 07) 
Not All Troops Would Report Abuse, Study Says (May 07)
Stark choice for Guantánamo detainee: stay in jail or face torture in home country (May 07)
Civilian Deaths Undermine War on Taliban (May 07)
Dutch Soldiers Stress Restraint in Afghanistan (Apr 07) 
3 Suspects Talk After Iraqi Soldiers Do Dirty Work (Apr 07)
The Senate’s Forgotten Iraq Choice (Mar 07) 
Italy Indicts 31 in ’03 C.I.A. Abduction Case (Feb 07) 
Denying the Facts, Finding the Truth (Jan 07)
Another Perspective, or Jihad TV? (Jan 07)

Panel Faults U.S.-Trained Afghan Police (Dec 06)
Offering Video, Israel Answers Critics on War (Dec 06)
Annan warns of "catastrophic" biotech danger (Nov 06) 
Reno Joins Criticism of Anti-Terror Strategy (Nov 06)
Embittered Insiders Turn Against Bush (Nov 06)
Detainee Memo Created Divide in White House (Oct 06)
Islam, Terror and the Second Nuclear Age (Oct 06)
Sudan Divestment Effort Gains Momentum at State Level (Oct 06)
Probe of Anthrax Attacks Casts Shadow on Brothers (Oct 06)
Guards describe Guantanamo prisoner abuse (Oct 06)
Afghans enjoy freedom despite growing fear (Oct 06)
Israeli Bomblets Plague Lebanon (Oct 06)
Lawyers and G.O.P. Chiefs Resist Proposal on Tribunal (Sep 06)
Detainee bill lifts Bush's power to new heights (Sep 06)
Many Rights in U.S. Legal System Absent in New Bill (Sep 06)
Rushing Off a Cliff (Sep 06)
Study Doesn’t Share Bush’s Optimism on Terror Fight (Sep 06)
Iraq Is 'Cause Celebre' for Extremists (Sep 06)
Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Worsens Terror Threat (Sep 06)
Canadians Fault U.S. for Its Role in Torture Case (Sep 06)
Better paid, better armed, better connected - Taliban rise again (Sep 06)
Stampeding Congress (Sep 06)
Losing the War on Terror (Sep 06)
Lessons from Libya Strategy (Sep 06)
Senate Panel Releases Report on Iraq Intelligence (Sep 06)
Interrogation Methods Rejected by Military Win Bush’ s Support (Sep 06)
Military superiority shows its weakness (Aug 06)
Still No Info on Terror War's 'Ghost Detainees' (Aug 06)
Al-Jazeera's Tricky Balancing Act (Aug 06)
Relief Agencies Find Hezbollah Hard to Avoid (Aug 06)
Bush Must Negotiate to Make America Safer, Say Former Generals (Aug 06)
At Guantanamo, Caught in a Legal Trap (Aug 06)
Killing Won’t Win This War (Aug 06)
Does Calling It Jihad Make It So? (Aug 06)
Charity Wins Deep Loyalty for Hezbollah (Aug 06)
In Big Shift, U.S. to Follow Geneva Treaty for Detainees (Jul 06)
From Planning to Warfare to Occupation, How Iraq Went Wrong (Jul 06)
White House Bill Proposes System to Try Detainees (Jul 06)
Our Corner of Iraq (Jul 06)
'It Looked Weird and Felt Wrong' (Jul 06)
In Iraq, Military Forgot the Lessons of Vietnam (Jul 06)
Rethink 'war on terror' strategy, says former MI6 head (Jul 06)
Taliban Threat Is Said to Grow in Afghan South (May 06)
Europeans knew of CIA rendition flights: US officials
International laws hinder UK troops - Reid (Ap 06)
Billions wasted in Iraq, says US audit (Ap 06)
U.S. Says It Fears Detainee Abuse in Repatriation (Ap 06)
Pentagon releases extensive list of Guantanamo detainees (Ap 06)
Rumsfeld Linked to Guantanamo Torture (Ap 06)
Ruined Treasures in Babylon Await an Iraq Without Fighting (Ap 06)
New anti-terror laws come into force (Ap 06)
Terror law an affront to justice - judge (Ap 06)
Mr Blair, you sent my son to die in a war based on lies (Mar 06)
Before and After Abu Ghraib, a U.S. Unit Abused Detainees (Mar 06)
Democracy Push by Bush Attracts Doubters in Party (Mar 06)
Symbol of Abu Ghraib Seeks to Spare Others His Nightmare (Mar 06)
Ex-Official: Iraq Abuses Growing Worse (Mar 06)
Blair-Bush deal before Iraq war revealed in secret memo (Feb 06)
U.S. Is Settling Detainee's Suit in 9/11 Sweep (Feb 06)
Guantanamo Bay Prison: Using terror to fight terror (Feb 06) 
A Judicial Green Light for U. S. Extraordinary Rendition and Torture (Feb 06)
A Growing Afghan Prison Rivals Bleak Guantánamo (Feb 06)
Years After 2 Afghans Died, Abuse Case Falters (Feb 06)
U.S. Anti-Terrorism Measures Said to Ensnare Refugees Fleeing Terror (Feb 06)
President Bush Tries to Defend Illegal Spying (Feb 06)
Ex-C.I.A. Official Says Iraq Data Was Distorted (Feb 06)
Fear of U.S. Drove Iran's Nuclear Policy (Feb 06)      
The Muslim protest (Feb 06)
After Neoconservatism (Feb 06)
An Exotic Tool for Espionage: Moral Compass (Jan 06)
Why we should take Osama's olive branch (Jan 06)

Peace-making a core mission in new Pentagon policy (Dec 05)
Interrogators Cite Doctors' Aid at Guantánamo Prison Camp (Jun 05)
Shake and Bake (Nov 05)
'The cardinal rule ... you don't target civilians' (Oct 05)