Geneva (19 June 2024) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture is alarmed at the prevalence, frequency and intensity of sexual torture in current armed conflicts. In this past…

“It didn’t even feel like learning.” Illustration by Tyler Comrie for The Atlantic Recently, an old friend of mine from elementary school ran a hand over my bookshelf, stopped, and said,…

A white protester applauds speakers in Brooklyn last year during a rally to celebrate Juneteenth. “By embracing the liberation struggle and each of its signal events, of which Juneteenth is…

The anniversary of an 1865 announcement by a Union military official in Texas has grown over the years into a celebration of emancipation - the end of slavery in the…

Do you know the story of Juneteenth?  Can you imagine it? June 19, 1865, the day that General Order No. 3 “informed all Texans that, in accordance with a Proclamation from the…

Narges Mohammadi, Iran’s most prominent human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, has been sentenced to another year in Tehran’s notorious Evin prison, her lawyer said Tuesday. Jailed…

In order to fully realize the promise of Juneteenth, historian Yohuru Williams says we need to move beyond symbolism to doing the hard work of addressing structural racism. Support stories that…

For as long as I can remember, farmlands across Nigeria, especially the middle belt have been under siege. The scenes depicted in this video are all too familiar—herders grazing their…

Preventing and responding to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) is a top priority for President Biden and Vice President Harris.  The Biden-Harris Administration is advancing policies and programs to prevent conflict-related…

Today in JAMA, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that clinicians either provide or refer children aged 6 and older who are overweight or obese to intensive behavioral therapies. Based on…