The UN has denounced the treatment of the Standing Rock protesters

The United Nations’ special rapporteur on the rights of freedom of association and peaceful assembly has called out security forces out west for their treatment of  protesters at the Dakota Access pipeline. You can read the letter here.

Women are not equal in the U.S.

A new United Nations report says that it’s a myth that women are equal in the U.S. We aren’t. Far from it. From the report: US women do not take their rightful place as citizens of the world’s leading economy, which has one of the highest rates of per capita income. In the US, women fall …

Lest you get lost in the jargon

Here’s a guide to understanding some of what is going on in Paris right now, with COP21, the United Nations’ climate talks. And here are the pledges. They’re pretty significant.