"While it sounds like an extraordinary Hollywood plot, it's not. The reality of this apparent act of air piracy is chilling," Amnesty International said. "Piracy," "hijacking" and "state terrorism" —…
Samoa's first female prime minister has been sworn into office in a tent after she was locked out of parliament by her opponent, who has refused to step down. Fiame…
Sasha Johnson, one of the leading Black Lives Matter activists in the United Kingdom, is in critical condition after she was shot in the head early Sunday, according to reports.…
DC-Cam is playing a key role towards genocide prevention The preamble to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide states that “genocide is a crime…
My mother’s relationship with her parents was uneasy. Born into a strict Irish Catholic family, she’d been evacuated as a baby, sent to a convent boarding school at seven, and…
There's still snow in Colorado's mountains near the headwaters of the South Platte River, and Brian Domonkos has strapped on a pair of cross-country skis to come measure it. He's…
The handcuffed man lies prone on the ground. Police officers crowd around, at one point kneeling on the man’s shoulder blade. A video is being filmed. He cries out, “Please…
For almost two years, small groups of Boston College students, faculty, administrators, and staff have regularly held conversations about issues of racial justice.Lasting usually about 90 minutes apiece, the conversations…
Called the City Sanctuary, it would include a cafe, an “eco-poetics reading room,” a half-acre organic garden and two “garden studios.” Grammy-winning jazz and R&B musician Esperanza Spalding has launched…
BRADLEY — Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School will be continuing staff training on issues of race and racism as well as extending opportunities for students to get involved next school year.…