KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government quarter, in an invasion of a democratic country that has…
The democratic recession is so severe that autocrats now openly stage coups, steal elections, and invade other countries. ladimir Putin has stopped pretending. For months, the Russian president had claimed…
At a U.N. Security Council meeting, a speech by Kenyan Ambassador Martin Kimani struck at the heart of the crisis set off by Russia’s aggression. AS EUROPE FACES the grim prospect…
BRUSSELS (AP) — World leaders Thursday reacted to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with raw outrage — and vows of unprecedented sanctions — that shrouded a sense of powerlessness to defend Ukraine militarily without running…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine’s government…
Analysis showed that the King County regulation was enforced disproportionately against homeless people and people of color. Critics say the repeal will jeopardize safety. In Seattle, home to one of…
The suit charges that diluting Indigenous power violates their voting rights and will handicap tribe members who run for office Days before a new legislative map for North Dakota was set to…
Prosecutor makes closing arguments in hate crimes trial of Travis and Gregory McMichael and William ‘Roddie’ Bryan Three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery on a residential street acted out…
In an effort to strengthen enforcement of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the US Department of the Interior is altering the 1990 law, under which institutions…
Researchers have observed higher COVID-19-related hospitalization and mortality rates among racially minoritized groups and people with lower incomes. A recent review describes how high poverty rates and racial discrimination led to…