I've been teaching courses on human rights, history and economics for around 17 years.  I decided to start this blog for others interested in teaching issues surrounding human rights, for activists looking for background, and as a general discussion board to share ideas.

Human rights form the basis of most of what I teach, whether it is a class in U. S. history or economics.  Approaching these subjects from a human rights perspective helps me to connect issues to students directly as well as give a global perspective on all topics.

Above you'll notice a couple tabs. UDHR is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the foundation of our ideas and laws about the basic rights we share by the fact of being human.  There is also a tab for those interested in the legal side of pursuing human rights.