A three-part series from Reveal and the Center for Public Integrity tells the history of “40 Acres and a Mule,” the United States’ most famous attempt at reparations for formerly…
Ottawa, ON—July 25, 2024 With hate crimes consistently on the rise, the Office of the Federal Ombudsperson for Victims of Crime (OFOVC) is announcing the signing of a Memorandum of…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After 80 years, a World War II sergeant killed in Germany has returned home to California. On Thursday, community members lined the roads to honor U.S.…
As a historian, I always remind people that General Order No. 3, which Juneteenth celebrates, was necessary to enforce freedom and instruct white enslavers that they could no longer hold…
Beneath the blazing summer sun on a former slave plantation, Lamont Gross and fellow prisoners stooped in long rows, picking vegetables by hand under the watchful eyes of armed guards…
The global average surface temperature soared to 17.15 degrees Celsius on Monday, or 62.87 degrees Fahrenheit, breaking a short-lived record set on Sunday Shi En Kim July 25, 2024 1:36…
Acknowledging with concern that the neglect of the genocide of the Roma has contributed to the prejudice and discrimination that many Roma** communities still experience today, and accepting our responsibility…
Today, on Self-Care Day, WHO released new guidance to help countries roll-out effective self-care interventions within their health care systems. These interventions include medicines, diagnostic and monitoring devices and digital tools, which…
About this Risk Bulletin Welcome to the first issue of this Risk Bulletin, a periodic publication of the Observatory of Violence and Resilience in Haiti, a forum for research and…
U.S. authorities arrested a 72-year-old Syrian man at the Los Angeles airport — in a case that activists hope will be a turning point for victims of Syria's ruling regime.…