Woman identified as last survivor of US-African slave trade
A woman abducted from Africa as a child has been identified as the last known survivor of the slave ships that took kidnapped West Africans to the United States. Hannah…
California task force will consider paying reparations for slavery
In a year of national protests against racial injustice, state lawmakers approved Assembly Bill 3121 to force the state to begin to confront its racist history and systemic disparities that…
‘There’s a lot of hurt’: four years of fire take toll on California’s wine country
As Will Abrams and his wife worked desperately in the early hours of Monday to distract their panicking children from the wildfire flames that crept closer and closer to their…
The U.S. Exported QAnon to Australia and New Zealand. Now It’s Creeping Into COVID-19 Lockdown Protests
For a conspiracy theory with origins in American politics, QAnon is proving remarkably malleable for export. In Australia and New Zealand, it has taken on a life of its own…
Are the Proud Boys Antisemitic? Your Primer on the Far-right Group Trump Told to ‘Stand Back and Stand By’
The group Trump referred to, the Proud Boys, is a far-right, 'western chauvinist' fraternal organization founded by Gavin McInnes Who are the Proud Boys, the far-right group that Donald Trump…
Gazans left stranded abroad by Israeli-Palestinian standoff
JERUSALEM (AP) — For the last four months, Ahmed al-Kurdi, his wife and three children have been stranded in Jordan, where they traveled from their home in the Gaza Strip…
UN meeting that began with unity concludes with divisions
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — This year’s U.N. General Assembly meeting began with calls for multilateralism and cooperation — a declaration that the urgency for countries to unite “has rarely been…
Black Appalachians find hope in national reckoning on race
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Dayjha Hogg has known racism her entire life, but until recently she thought she and her family had to face it on their own. Hogg, 19,…
Returning to the Shadows: China, Pakistan, and the Fate of CPEC
The CPEC Slowdown The troubles faced by the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)—the flagship of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—are perhaps the most conclusive demonstration that the BRI model…
The EU Should Not Turn a Blind Eye to Hungary’s Media Capture
The independent media space in Hungary has recently shrunk further. After the hostile takeover of the biggest independent news website, Index.hu, one of the last remaining independent radio stations, Klubrádió,…