A UN report on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) warned Tuesday that the impacts of climate change and inequality across countries are increasing global hunger and undermining goals to end extreme poverty by 2030. The report identified notable gaps toward achieving 17 SDGs, some of which address poverty, clean water and sanitation, economic growth, and [...]

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators lined the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday in protest of a new extradition bill that would create a legal mechanism by which individuals could be extradited from Hong Kong to mainland China. Hong Kong was guaranteed the right to retain its own social, legal and political systems for 50 [...]

UN rights experts on Friday called on the UN to enact an independent investigation into human rights violations in the Philippines, citing an increase of unlawful killings and attacks on individuals and institutions defending human rights. The report illustrates the “staggering number” of unlawful deaths and police killings in context of the “war on drugs,” [...]

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Saturday signed into law a bill that prohibits the use of red light cameras by local authorities. House bill 1631, sponsored by state state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, was approved by the House and Senate in the last weeks of the legislative session and effectively bans the implementation or operation of [...]

The Missouri House on Friday passed a bill banning abortion at eight weeks gestation with an exception only for medical emergencies. HB 126, referred to as “Missouri Stands with the Unborn,” declares that Missouri is a “‘sanctuary of life” that protects “pregnant women and their unborn children.” The bill would make it a class B [...]

US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a sweeping immigration and border reform proposal that would utilize a “point-based selection process” that favors younger, educated, English-speaking workers, rather than focusing on familial ties. The White House plan claims that it will not change the number of green cards allocated each year. “But instead of admitting [...]

San Francisco on Tuesday voted to ban the use of facial recognition software by the police or other agencies, becoming the first US city to do so. The “Stop Secret Surveillance” ordinance, which was passed in an 8-to-1 vote by the Board of Supervisors, will further prevent city agencies from adopting any other type of [...]

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday granted a full pardon to Conrad Black, a disgraced media mogul who recently wrote a wrote a book about Trump’s triumphs. Black was convicted in 2007 on fraud charges, including alleged embezzlement, and obstruction of justice. He served 3.5 years in prison and was deported to Canada after he [...]

A coalition of Animal rights groups on Monday filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Iowa’s new “Ag-Gag” Law that makes it a trespass crime to conduct undercover investigations at livestock farms. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Des Moines and claims that the new law violates constitutional free speech and [...]

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) on Monday issued a subpoena to former White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn II following “revelations” uncovered during Robert Mueller’s investigation into obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump. The subpoena calls for “testimony and documents related to the Committee’s ongoing investigation into obstruction of justice, public corruption and other [...]