Ms. Cheeks is the author of the novel “Acts of Forgiveness.” In my debut novel, a family retraces their lineage in order to be eligible for the nation’s first federal…

California politicians are bold when it comes to discussing reparations, but not when it comes to implementing them. The true leader of the country’s reparations movement — and the place…

Detroit’s reparations task force is eight months away from its deadline to submit recommendations, which would address systemic racism toward Black Detroiters, but the board has been losing members and…

Today, 28 February 2024, Trial Chamber IX of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or "Court") composed by Judge Bertram Schmitt, Judge Peter Kovács, and Judge Chang-ho Chung, delivered in a…

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A coalition of Ukrainian human rights groups has written to Rishi Sunak, calling on him to “end the impasse” over using funds from the sale of Chelsea to help victims of war…

The Alabama Legislature Thursday approved bills to extend criminal and civil immunity to in vitro fertilization (IVF) providers, trying to address the fallout of an Alabama Supreme Court decision that…

A controversial law in Missouri doesn't allow pregnant women to get divorced. The legislation has been in place for 50 years, but there is now a push by a Democratic state…

On the occasion of the annual session of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, which opened on 15 February 2024, Politically Speakingtakes a look at how the implementation of its mandate…

As the General Assembly and Security Council prepare to hold meetings on 23 February 2024 marking two years since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, Politically Speaking takes a look…