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Thomas J. Rachko, Jr.

Thomas J. Rachko, Jr.

Coordinator, US Program Follow @ThomasRachkoJr

Thomas J. Rachko, Jr. serves as a program coordinator in the US Program at Human Rights Watch. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch, Thomas completed the 2016-2017 New York City Urban Fellows program at the New York Police Department Office of Management Analysis & Planning focusing on the Department's use of force policies and responses to the opioid overdose epidemic, and, was a Legal Advocate at the Urban Justice Center Safety Net Project, where he oversaw weekly legal clinics and represented clients in administrative law hearings to protect rights to public benefits. He graduated from the City University of New York Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College in 2015 with a B.A. in history.

Articles Authored

  • December 5, 2019 Dispatches

    US Official Threatens Communities That Don’t ‘Respect’ Police

  • November 25, 2019 Dispatches

    US Should Cease Returning Asylum Seekers to Mexico

  • July 16, 2019 Dispatches

    Congress Should Condemn Trump’s Racist Comments

  • May 29, 2019 Commentary

    My Father Served Over a Month in Solitary Confinement

  • February 13, 2019 Dispatches

    Will the US Deport Rapper 21 Savage?

  • October 22, 2018 Dispatches

    Confronting US Policing’s Record of Violence and Abuse

  • August 14, 2018 Dispatches

    White Supremacists See a Friend in Trump

  • June 29, 2018 Dispatches

    US Turning Its Back on Human Rights

  • May 17, 2018 Dispatches

    New York City Easing Off Pot Arrests

  • March 27, 2018 Dispatches

    US Immigrants’ Rights Groups Turn to Education to Protect Rights

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