Human Rights - Deceleration (Page 4)

Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons ‘Plainly Unconstitutional,’ But Judge Stops Short of Requiring A/C

About two-thirds of Texas prisons are not fully air conditioned, and dozens of inmates have died in the sweltering heat.

By Texas Tribune

/ 2 Apr 2025

Extreme Heat in Texas Prisons ‘Plainly Unconstitutional,’ But Judge Stops Short of Requiring A/C

Why the U.S. Left Needs to Get Ukraine’s History Correct and Deepen Its Solidarity with the Victims of Russian Violence

More than ten years after Ukraine’s Maidan Revolution and an estimated million lives lost to Russia’s war on Ukraine, mischaracterizations continue.

By Truthout

/ 18 Mar 2025

Why the U.S. Left Needs to Get Ukraine’s History Correct and Deepen Its Solidarity with the Victims of Russian Violence

LGBTQ+ Rights: To Survive Attacks on Trans And Queer Texans Stronger Communities Are Needed

Nonprofits that serve LGBTQ+ Texans are struggling with the limits of the old playbooks, while fighting renewed attacks on transgender and queer rights.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 28 Feb 2025

LGBTQ+ Rights: To Survive Attacks on Trans And Queer Texans Stronger Communities Are Needed

Texas Colleges Rolled Over For Anti-DEI Bill—And Set Themselves Up for Broader Attacks

University administrators’ rush to obey not only abandoned targeted faculty and students—it also permitted an insidious slide toward eliminating entire fields of study.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 11 Feb 2025

Texas Colleges Rolled Over For Anti-DEI Bill—And Set Themselves Up for Broader Attacks

Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe Planning Indigenous-Led Higher Ed In Shadow of DEI Crackdowns

White supremacist movements seeking to eradicate the study of race and racism are driven by a fear of discomfort, says Juan Mancias, tribal chair of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. That’s also where the healing we all need resides.

By Greg Harman

/ 29 Jan 2025

Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe Planning Indigenous-Led Higher Ed In Shadow of DEI Crackdowns

Disability Rights: ‘We Don’t Want to Go Into the Fetal Position and Do Nothing’

Legendary disability rights organizer Bob Kafka and Cathy Cranston speak with Deceleration about the incoming 89th session of the Texas Legislature and inauguration of a president promising cuts to vital services.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 22 Jan 2025

Disability Rights: ‘We Don’t Want to Go Into the Fetal Position and Do Nothing’

To Defeat Trump’s Agenda, Embrace MLK’s Teachings on Class Struggle

Project 2025 aims to recreate the state-sanctioned discrimination and inequality that our ancestors fought to end.

By Nicholas Powers

/ 20 Jan 2025

To Defeat Trump’s Agenda, Embrace MLK’s Teachings on Class Struggle

Messages from Jess’s Last Days—A Social Autopsy

A close reading of the last week of Jessica Witzel’s life reveals predictable failures by public agencies, facilitated by the dehumanization housed residents often direct at unhoused neighbors. It also reveals possibilities for neighbors banding together to meet all residents’ ‘true level of need.

By Marisol Cortez

/ 16 Jan 2025

Messages from Jess’s Last Days—A Social Autopsy

Her Body Was 126 Degrees After She Died; Bexar County Medical Examiner Blames Drugs

Jessica Witzel’s autopsy report raises an important question: How many other heat-related deaths among unhoused residents are being erased by the failure to collect and report accurate data on climate-related mortality?

By Marisol Cortez

/ 9 Jan 2025

Her Body Was 126 Degrees After She Died; Bexar County Medical Examiner Blames Drugs

Texas Supreme Court Scrutinizes San Antonio’s Bird & Tree Removals In Religious Liberty Debate

While a legal decision that could reanimate a federal lawsuit may take until summer, the City of San Antonio is expected to move ahead with tree removals at Brackenridge Park as soon as it gets clearance from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

By Greg Harman

/ 6 Dec 2024

Texas Supreme Court Scrutinizes San Antonio’s Bird & Tree Removals In Religious Liberty Debate

Opposing Jewish National Fund, Dallas Protesters Plant ‘Tree of Life’ Against Genocidal Greenwashing

A dozen arrests and days of creative resistance spotlight determination to continue challenging Palestinian deaths and displacement, even in a new era promising increased crackdowns on protest.

By Kit O’Connell

/ 22 Nov 2024

Opposing Jewish National Fund, Dallas Protesters Plant ‘Tree of Life’ Against Genocidal Greenwashing

Fighting for the Climate Under Authoritarianism Regimes—A Q&A with Yeb Saño

Former chief climate diplomat for the Philippines Yeb Saño discusses his work with Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the challenges climate activists face under repressive governments.

By Waging Nonviolence

/ 22 Nov 2024

Fighting for the Climate Under Authoritarianism Regimes—A Q&A with Yeb Saño