It’s that time again, when we reflect on the year we’ve had and our hopes for the year to come. While 2025 was full of cruelty and injustice, both here in the United States and around the world, we are hopeful and even more determined to keep fighting to protect human rights in 2026. Cruelty? That’s so 2025.
Check out our 2026 Ins and Outs
OUT
Doomscrolling and despair
IN
Channeling outrage into action
OUT
Accepting cruelty as policy
IN
Holding your elected officials accountable
OUT
Waiting for someone else to act
IN
Bringing a friend to a protest
OUT
Profiting from repression and violence
IN
Valuing people over profit
OUT
Expanding the mass deportation machine
IN
Supporting a humane immigration system
OUT
Relying on fossil fuels
IN
Making more sustainable purchasing decisions
OUT
Calling human rights “controversial”
IN
Finding community in the human rights movement
