Articles by: Natalia Marques

How the Cuban Government and Its People Collaborated on the Family Code

How the Cuban Government and Its People Collaborated on the Family Code

On September 25, 2022, Cuba passed one of the world’s most progressive codes on families. All in one go, the small island nation legalized same-sex marriage, defined and upheld the rights of children, the disabled, caregivers, and the elderly, and redefined “family” along ties of affinity rather than blood. This opens the concept of “family” to include nontraditional forms of familial relations,[Read More…]

by 24/03/2023 Comments are Disabled World
The U.S. Blockade of Cuba Hurts Medical Patients in Both Countries

The U.S. Blockade of Cuba Hurts Medical Patients in Both Countries

The blockade of Cuba limits its ability to share its scientific and technological advances with the rest of the world. Scientists in Cuba believe that the breakthroughs they have made in the health care and technology sectors should be used to save and improve lives beyond the country’s borders. This is why the island nation has developed important scientific and[Read More…]

by 21/01/2023 Comments are Disabled World
Environmental Racism Is Poisoning America’s Waters

Environmental Racism Is Poisoning America’s Waters

Thousands of people in U.S. cities have been left without access to clean water. Communities say institutional racism is to blame. The United Nations General Assembly recognized “the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human rights” on July 28, 2010. Yet, 12 years later,[Read More…]

by 18/10/2022 Comments are Disabled Environmental Protection
Is the U.S. Legal System at War With Its People?

Is the U.S. Legal System at War With Its People?

Incarcerations, brutality, and torture are common in the U.S. Activists claim that this amounts to a war waged against racially marginalized, poor, and working-class people. The very laws and government agencies created to protect the people in the United States are increasingly being weaponized against those who are often marginalized in society: people of color, the poor, and the working[Read More…]

by 02/09/2022 Comments are Disabled Human Rights
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