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Justice
‘We were treated as disposable beings’: Waste pickers in Colombia fought for their rights after 11 murders
US Special Envoy Rina Amiri addresses the 16th annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards virtual ceremony at the State Department, Monday, March 14, 2022, in Washington. 
Afghanistan
US special envoy: Taliban ‘puts women’s right at peril everywhere’
Sophia, a robot integrating the latest technologies and artificial intelligence developed by Hanson Robotics is pictured during a presentation at the "AI for Good" Global Summit at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in Geneva, Switzerland Jun
Technology
Saudi Arabia has a new citizen: Sophia the robot. But what does that even mean?
Environment
Stimulus money for high-speed Internet
The Fight to Bring High-Speed Internet to Rural America
Arts, Culture & Media
As civil rights leaders pass on, a narrowing window into their lives
Global Politics
FCC to unveil plan for faster, cheaper broadband access
Global Politics
Shrinking the American broadband gap
Arts, Culture & Media
The sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights