US “admits” human rights shortcomings in UN report

San Luis Obispo Tribune: “In its first-ever report to the U.N. Human Rights Council on conditions in the United States, the State Department said Monday that some Americans, notably minorities, are still victims of discrimination. Despite success in reforming such inequities as slavery and the denial of women’s right to vote, the department said, considerable progress is still needed . . . High unemployment rates, hate crime, poverty, poor housing, lack of access to health care and discriminatory hiring practices are among the challenges the report identified as affecting blacks, Latinos, Muslims, South Asians, Native Americans and gays and lesbians in the United States.” The report is available via the U.S. Department of State. | See also: “ACLU welcomes first-ever U.S. report to U.N. Human Rights Council”