UN rights boss urges ‘wide range’ of reparations over racism
BERLIN — The UN human rights chief on Monday urged countries to “fully fund comprehensive processes” and take “a wide range of reparations measures” to address the legacies of slavery,…
Iowa City doesn’t want a real Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Commissioners are being required to do the kind of work other city commissions have paid staff do for them On Tuesday, the Iowa City Council once again demonstrated that they…
Iowa City Council seems reluctant to give Truth and Reconciliation commissioners monthly pay
The Iowa City Council started considering the proposed budget for the Ad Hoc Truth and Reconciliation commission Tuesday, including a request for a $1,000 monthly stipend for its nine members. With…
New Lafayette Square marker highlights role of slavery in building White House
The unveiling ceremony on the north side of Lafayette Square on Wednesday wasn’t large and it didn’t last long, but history was made. Or rather, history was recognized. Finally. Fifty…
Widow Marcy Jacobs, left, stands with her daughter, Jaclyn Winer, under flags bearing names of people, including her husband, Keith Jacobs, who have died from COVID-19, outside the First Congressional Church, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Holliston, Mass. The flags are part of the COVID Art and Remembrance project spearheaded by Jaclyn. “Don’t expect us to move on without giving us a place to grieve,” Marcy Jacobs said, recalling her husband as kind, uncomplaining and simple. “Is it a stone for everyone? I don’t know." (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
US memorials to victims of COVID-19 pandemic taking shape
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has planted a memorial grove of native trees to remember people who died of COVID-19, and governors and state lawmakers nationwide are considering their own…
‘We were once alive’: 100-year-old portraits from rural Sweden
A new book showcases self-taught photographer John Alinder’s extraordinary and compelling portraits, discovered in the 1980s, of his Swedish neighbours – revealing their humanity and his artistic brilliance
5 Miami Beach police officers charged with using excessive force against Black men in hotel lobby
Five police officers in Miami Beach, Fla., were charged Monday for allegedly using excessive force against two Black men in a hotel lobby about a week ago, as prosecutors say…
Can we save the planet by shrinking the economy?
The “degrowth” movement to fight the climate crisis offers a romantic, utopian vision. But it’s not a policy agenda. Most of the world is very poor. Billions of people go…
100-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard to be tried
Man deemed fit to stand trial in Germany and is accused of complicity in murder of more than 3,500 people A 100-year-old former concentration camp guard will stand trial in…
US to return 17,000 looted ancient artefacts to Iraq
Items smuggled out after 2003 invasion include 3,500-year-old Gilgamesh clay tablet The United States is returning more than 17,000 ancient artefacts that were looted and smuggled out of Iraq after…
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