Heat waves kill people—and climate change is making it much, much worse
A recent study found that more than a third of all heat deaths worldwide can be pinned on climate change. Parts of the U.S. are feeling the danger now. Heat…
COVID Infections in Israel Spike by 50 Percent
Forty-two percent of Israelis who caught COVID on Monday were vaccinated, spurring concerns over the efficacy of the vaccine against the highly contagious delta variant The Health Ministry reported 501…
When Palestinians Are Represented Positively in History Lessons, Israeli Students’ Trust in Them Grows
A new study shows that Jewish Israeli youth want to be exposed to differing narratives and discussions in the classroom – and those who are take a more positive approach…
DC-Cam’s Community Genocide Memorial, Prey Veng Province
A Community Genocide Memorial recently built by the Documentation Center of Cambodia (DC-Cam) in Prey Veng province. DC-Cam has built the Community Genocide Memorial for over 30 locations in Cambodia’s…
UN Makes Landmark Call to Address Systemic Racism
International Probe of Police Violence Urgently Needed (Geneva) – United Nations member countries at the UN Human Rights Council should take decisive action to carry out the UN High Commissioner…
Maternal health in Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate in the wealthy world. Maternal health in BIPOC groups is even worse, with Black people bearing a disproportionate share of maternal…
Amid rising police violence, New York City police to train entire force in de-escalation
Training applies only in situations where subject doesn’t have a gun, but that is the case in 40 percent of all police shootings An increasing number of American police chiefs…
A look at the first official act of reparations in Georgia
Bobby Crook remembers the day in 1966 that everything changed in his neighborhood of Linnentown in Athens, Georgia. He was 11 years old and had just come home from school.…
U.N. rights chief urges reparations for Black people, calls for an end to discrimination
GENEVA — In a landmark report launched after the murder of George Floyd, the United Nations human rights chief is urging countries worldwide to do more to help end discrimination, violence and…
The U.S. Can’t Move Forward on LGBTQ Rights Without Reparations
It is generally hard to know when a social revolution has achieved its goals. In the case of the American gay rights revolution, however, it appears that this is an…
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