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The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) | Northeastern University

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May 10, 2011 NESRI: victory for universal health care in U.S.

Last week, Vermont passed the first-ever universal health care bill in the U.S., creating a path toward a publicly financed system that will provide health care as a public good for all.

Event Nov. 19, 2010 : The Human Rights Reshaping of International Regimes

Nov. 4, 2010: Human Rights Groups Urge the United States to Place Greater Focus on Achieving Freedom from Want

A group of U.S. and international human rights organizations today called on the U.S. government to put a greater focus on achieving freedom from want by implementing its obligation to protect, respect, and fulfill economic and social rights.

Aug. 31, 2010: US Human Rights Report's Focus on More Perfect Union Leads to Imperfect Reporting on the Human Rights Situation in the United States

The U.S. commitment to freedom from want requires the government to take specific action in its fiscal and monetary policies to prioritize full employment and to ensure that third party behavior does not compromise human rights.

San Antonio Independent School District v. Demetrio P. Rodriguez et al., 411 US 1 (1973)

This was a class action brought on behalf of children residing in a school district with a comparatively low property tax base - 98% of whom were Mexican-American. The plaintiffs challenged the reliance of the State of Texas on local property taxes to finance schools, which meant that students in poorer districts received only two-thirds of the amount students received in the wealthier districts.

June 16, 2010: Media Mobilizing Project launch TV show

Watch the first episode of MMP TV, "Infection in Our Health Care System," an hour-long investigation into the local impacts of the healthcare crisis in Philadelphia.

April 19, 2010: Towards a Human Rights-Centered Macro-Economic and Financial Policy in the US

Read this joint submission on the human rights implications of the financial crisis and subsequent domestic policy responses in the USA. In particular, it focuses on the human rights obligation to protect and fulfill economic and social rights as well as the need for transparency, accountability and participation in the making of macroeconomic policy.

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April 19, 2010: Rights Groups Report to UN on US Human Rights Failure to Hold Corporations Accountable for Human Trafficking, Child Labor, Torture, Murder, Indigenous Rights' Violations

Human Rights organizations submitted a report to the United Nations in Geneva today on the United States failure to hold corporations, including private government contractors, accountable for human rights abuses ranging from human trafficking to murder.