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We, the Data

Human Rights in the Digital Age

by Wendy H. Wong

ISBN: 9780262048576

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 10, 2023

A rallying call for extending human rights beyond our physical selves—and why we need to reboot rights in our data-intensive world.

The Most Human Right

The Most Human Right

The Most Human Right

Why Free Speech Is Everything

by Eric Heinze

ISBN: 9780262547246

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: September 19, 2023

A bold, groundbreaking argument by a world-renowned expert that unless we treat free speech as the fundamental human right, there can be no others.

Beyond Data

Reclaiming Human Rights at the Dawn of the Metaverse

by Elizabeth M. Renieris

ISBN: 9780262047821

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 7, 2023

Why laws focused on data cannot effectively protect people—and how an approach centered on human rights offers the best hope for preserving human dignity and autonomy in a cyberphysical world.

Seeing Human Rights

Seeing Human Rights

Seeing Human Rights

Video Activism as a Proxy Profession

by Sandra Ristovska

ISBN: 9780262542531

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 3, 2021

As video becomes an important tool to expose injustice, an examination of how human rights organizations are seeking to professionalize video activism.

Our Moral Fate

Evolution and the Escape from Tribalism

by Allen Buchanan

ISBN: 9780262043748

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: March 24, 2020

A provocative and probing argument showing how human beings can for the first time in history take charge of their moral fate.

Human Rights in the Age of Platforms

Human Rights in the Age of Platforms

Human Rights in the Age of Platforms

Edited by Rikke Frank Jørgensen

Foreword by David Kaye

Introduction by Rikke Frank Jørgensen

ISBN: 9780262039055

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 19, 2019

Scholars from across law and internet and media studies examine the human rights implications of today's platform society.

Global Gay

How Gay Culture Is Changing the World

by Frédéric Martel

Foreword by Michael Bronski

Translated by Patsy Baudoin

ISBN: 9780262537056

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: May 14, 2019

A panoramic view of gay rights, gay life, and the gay experience around the world.

Children Without a State

Children Without a State

Children Without a State

A Global Human Rights Challenge

Edited by Jacqueline Bhabha

Foreword by Mary Robinson

ISBN: 9780262525992

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: January 10, 2014

The first book to address children's statelessness and lack of legal status as a human rights issue.

Race, Incarceration, and American Values

Race, Incarceration, and American Values

Race, Incarceration, and American Values

by Glenn C. Loury

With Pamela S. Karlan, Loïc Wacquant, Tommie Shelby, Deborah Chasman and Stanford University

ISBN: 9780262123112

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 22, 2008

Why stigmatizing and confining a large segment of our population should be unacceptable to all Americans.

Diamond

A Struggle for Environmental Justice in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor

by Steve Lerner

Foreword by Robert D. Bullard

ISBN: 9780262622042

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 17, 2006

The story of how a mixed-income minority community in Louisiana's Chemical Corridor fought Shell Oil and won.

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