human right

Gut check time for US
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
Mar 20, 2022
Who are we as a nation? While the answer may lead to policy debates, a serious consideration of who and what we are about is critical to getting out o...
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Pushing back against China’s control of athletes
Opinion, Сolumns
TRUDY RUBIN Tribune News Service 
Dec 11, 2021
In 1936, human rights advocates pushed for a boycott of the “Nazi Olympics,” two years after Adolf Hitler seized power and began persecuting Jews. Som...
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Liberty Medal shines a needed light on dissidents
Opinion, Сolumns
TRUDY RUBIN Tribune News Service 
Sep 18, 2021
Many people ask me how the United States can claim to promote human rights after its abandonment of Afghan women — and its inability to move China on ...
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China and what  we stand for
Opinion, Сolumns
Sep 15, 2021
The struggle for freedom is never finished. It is iterative and incremental. Where freedom is won, it can be lost again. Surveying the world around us...
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Human rights vs. green energy?
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 22, 2021
During President Joe Biden’s first week in office he signed an executive order directing the federal government to, where possible, procure goods and ...
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A united front vs. China
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 06, 2021
The chances of the tension easing between the U.S. and China after President Joe Biden’s inauguration have dwindled from slim to none in recent weeks,...
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Speak up for Alexei Navalny
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 01, 2021
The government of Canada has imposed sanctions on nine high-ranking Russian officials for “gross and systematic human rights abuses.” The most promine...
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China and the Olympics
Opinion, Сolumns
MINKY WORDEN, Tribune News Service 
Feb 13, 2021
In September, five international labor auditing firms declared they could no longer help companies audit their supply chains in China’s Xinjiang regio...
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Adjectively speaking
Opinion, Сolumns
KATHLEEN PARKER 
Feb 26, 2017
WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Sean Spicer might owe Melissa McCarthy a thank-you note. The actress who mocked Spicer in her "Saturday Night...
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