• Worker rights are one of the least protected human rights

    A new report has found that worker rights – including the right to form a trade union and the right to bargain collectively – are among the least protected human rights globally.

  • Employers are reforming workers' rights and Labour is right to follow their lead

    Enlightened employers are already prioritising security and flexibility at work in order to attract the best talent, says Anthony Painter of the Chartered Management Institute With it’s plans to reform workers’ rights, Labour has managed to attract the ire of both the business lobby and the trade unions. Yet the more important divide is between []

  • Letter: Learn when it’s right to turn right at red light

    Drivers are losing sight of the purpose of turning right after stop. The primary purpose is to stop and let pedestrians cross, and to yield to cars with the green light. It appears to me that many drivers are now thinking they automatically have the right of way to turn right after stopping, if they stop at all.

  • The US Right-Wing Media Embrace Russia’s Far-Right Ideologue

    The sit-down meeting of Tucker Carlson and Russian ideologue and

  • Human rights scholar Martha Minow on civil rights, race and gender at commencement

    Human rights scholar Martha Minow addressed around 30,000 graduates and guests at NYU’s 191st commencement ceremony in Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, after receiving an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the university. Minow, the former dean of Harvard Law School and holder of Harvard University’s highest professorship, delivered NYU’s commencement address on behalf of this This story Human rights scholar Martha Minow on civil rights, race and gender at commencement appeared first on Washington...

  • Failing grade: Worker rights are the least protected human rights, study finds

    With the foundational workers’ right of collective bargaining in decline, how long before working hours and conditions and fair wages evaporate as well?

  • The Right of Mother: Commentary on Imam Sajjad’s (AS) Treaties of Right (Part 22)

    Shafaqna English- The Right of Mother (22nd): Commentary on Imam Sajjad’s (AS) Treaties of Right by Mohammad Sobhanie. بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ فَحَقُّ أُمِّكَ، فَـــــــــأَنْ تَعْلَمَ أَنَّهَا حَمَلَتكَ حَيْثُ لا يَحْمِلُ أَحَدٌ أَحَدًا وَأَطْعَمَتكَ مِنْ ثَمَرَةِ قَلْبها مَا لا يُطْعِمُ أَحَدٌ أَحَدًا، وَأَنَّهَا وَقَتكَ بسَمْعِهَـــــــا وبَصَرِهَــــــا ويَدِهَــــا وَرِجْلهـــــا وَشَعْرِهَا وبَشَرِهَا

  • Inside the far-right plan to use civil rights law to disrupt the 2024 election

    Election experts worry that if even one sympathetic judge rules in favor of United Sovereign Americans, it could sow doubts about election integrity.

  • Inside the far-right plan to use civil rights law to disrupt the 2024 election

    Election experts worry that if even one sympathetic judge rules in favor of United Sovereign Americans, it could sow doubts about election integrity.

  • Jimmy Anderson’s England exit ‘right decision at right time’, insists Rob Key

    England managing director says ‘it’s time for us to move on’Key plays down Stuart Broad’s fears over lack of experienceJimmy Anderson’s international retirement is “the right decision at the right time”, according to the England managing director, Rob Key.Anderson, the most prolific seamer in Test history, is set to make his farewell appearance against the West Indies at Lord’s in July. News of the bowler’s impending England retirement was first published in the Guardian on Friday, with Anderson...

  • PBS Slights Non-Protester Rights on Campus: 'No Right toMost Convenient Path to Library'

    Tuesday’s PBS NewsHour actually brought on a critic of the pro-Hamas protesters currently infesting college campus quads across the country, which so far have gotten a nearly free ride from scrutiny (there’s certainly been little scrutiny of the pro-Biden groups funding them). New York Times columnist David French is certainly no hard-core conservative -- he's pretty close to PBS regular David Brooks -- but his opinion that the “camping” protesters posed a threat to other students and should be...

  • PBS Slights Non-Protester Rights on Campus: 'No Right toMost Convenient Path to Library'

    Tuesday’s PBS NewsHour actually brought on a critic of the pro-Hamas protesters currently infesting college campus quads across the country, which so far have gotten a nearly free ride from scrutiny (there’s certainly been little scrutiny of the pro-Biden groups funding them). New York Times columnist David French is certainly no hard-core conservative -- he's pretty close to PBS regular David Brooks -- but his opinion that the “camping” protesters posed a threat to other students and should be...