When Steven Hawkins was hired to head Amnesty International USA two years ago, he didn’t have time to bask in the Nobel Prize-winning organization’s reputation. He had a crisis on his hands. The U.S.

“I started writing the [new] book while I was finishing up my book on Fannie Lou Hamer,” says Keisha N. Blain, referring to 2021’s “Until I Am Free” (Beacon). “I had spent several years thinking a lot ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, one of Iran’s most prominent human rights activists, was rearrested Friday when Iranian authorities violently raided a memorial ceremony she attended at a ...